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John Duresky's avatar

If you've read any of my comments, you know JVL is my spirit animal, and we are in nearly complete agreement.

But while often politics can seem like a distant concept, until your tax bill comes due, this impacts me quite directly, and this week, I studied just how directly.

You see, I'm a civil servant. And when I heard Trump was going to purge 50K civil servants, I thought, "Well, but that isn't me, that is the Senior Executive Services guys, right." Wrong. There are only about 9,000 of them. The Trump plan is look for civil servants at my grade (I'm not in a leadership position or in any politically contentious field) and then look for civil servants actively disloyal to Trump on Social Media. Um... Guilty as charged. I'm shocked to be writing to you that this Trump thing, it impacts me directly (I mean, I was in the Military, and obviously impacted, but it seemed less direct at the time, less targeted). I will also tell you here and everywhere. Fucking bring it. I'm more entertained by this idea than scared.

Back on topic, when Trump won his first term, I said, "This is worst day in American History since April 9th, 1861." It appears I may have wrong. It may have just been the worst day in American History. Full Stop.

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

So, what should I do other than freak out?

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