Removal of watchdogs is by its nature authoritarian.

[berg80]

Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws​

The Justice Department is accelerating its efforts to undo decades of civil service protections intended to insulate the work of law enforcement officials from political interference, according to current and former officials, ramping up a wave of firings in recent days.

A new batch of more than 20 career employees at the department and its component agencies were fired on Friday, including the attorney general’s own ethics adviser, Joseph W. Tirrell. Others who were dismissed included a handful of senior officials at the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as prosecutors and support staff who once worked for Jack Smith when he was a special counsel prosecuting Donald J. Trump.

On the surface, the various groups have little in common. Justice Department veterans, however, see an overarching pattern: a quickening effort by the Trump administration to ignore and eventually demolish longstanding civil service legal precedents meant to keep politics out of law enforcement work, and to give more leeway to the president’s loyalists.

The latest round of dismissals appears to have picked up steam after the Supreme Court last week allowed, for the time being, the administration to go forward with mass layoffs of federal workers. The decision gave the president more legal leeway to fire people en masse, at least for now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/justice-department-dismissals-civil-service-laws.html

It's a reoccuring theme. The attempt to expand power. In this case in order to avoid accountability for unethical/illegal acts in pursuit of a corrupt agenda.

 

[Mac1958]

The press, the courts, Justice, business, Congress -- it's all about removing or intimidating anyone who might hold the buffoon accountable.

 

[MarcATL]

That's correct OP.

It's 13 and 14 on this list of the tenets of fascism....

https://www.keene.edu/academics/cchgs/resources/presentation-materials/characteristics-and-appeal-of-fascism/download/

 

[Rogue AI]

Removing people the president does not have faith in to enact the agenda he was elected to enact is hardly sinister. The executive branch serves the president, these 'protections' you whine about are not intended to impede the will of the people.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

A new batch of more than 20 career employees at the department and its component agencies were fired on Friday, including the attorney general’s own ethics adviser, Joseph W. Tirrell.

Trump’s is a corrupt, authoritarian regime.

 

[BluesLegend]

Trump’s is a corrupt, authoritarian regime.

Dem please, you people spent decades corrupting every branch of government. Now We The People are taking it back and getting rid of your corrupt shill hacks.

 

[Rawley]

Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws​

The Justice Department is accelerating its efforts to undo decades of civil service protections intended to insulate the work of law enforcement officials from political interference, according to current and former officials, ramping up a wave of firings in recent days.

A new batch of more than 20 career employees at the department and its component agencies were fired on Friday, including the attorney general’s own ethics adviser, Joseph W. Tirrell. Others who were dismissed included a handful of senior officials at the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as prosecutors and support staff who once worked for Jack Smith when he was a special counsel prosecuting Donald J. Trump.

On the surface, the various groups have little in common. Justice Department veterans, however, see an overarching pattern: a quickening effort by the Trump administration to ignore and eventually demolish longstanding civil service legal precedents meant to keep politics out of law enforcement work, and to give more leeway to the president’s loyalists.

The latest round of dismissals appears to have picked up steam after the Supreme Court last week allowed, for the time being, the administration to go forward with mass layoffs of federal workers. The decision gave the president more legal leeway to fire people en masse, at least for now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/justice-department-dismissals-civil-service-laws.html

It's a reoccuring theme. The attempt to expand power. In this case in order to avoid accountability for unethical/illegal acts in pursuit of a corrupt agenda.

Expanding power by reducing the size of the Executive branch. Interesting concept there Bergie.

 

[kyzr]

Expanding power by reducing the size of the Executive branch. Interesting concept there Bergie.

Compare his whining to the Biden admin's trying to hire 87,000 IRS agents "willing to kill".

IRS Deletes Requirement That New Agents Be Willing to Use 'Deadly Force'

Backlash against IRS hiring practices follows criticism alleging that tens of thousands of new agents will be hired and go after poorer Americans.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Foxfyre]

Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws​

The Justice Department is accelerating its efforts to undo decades of civil service protections intended to insulate the work of law enforcement officials from political interference, according to current and former officials, ramping up a wave of firings in recent days.

A new batch of more than 20 career employees at the department and its component agencies were fired on Friday, including the attorney general’s own ethics adviser, Joseph W. Tirrell. Others who were dismissed included a handful of senior officials at the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as prosecutors and support staff who once worked for Jack Smith when he was a special counsel prosecuting Donald J. Trump.

On the surface, the various groups have little in common. Justice Department veterans, however, see an overarching pattern: a quickening effort by the Trump administration to ignore and eventually demolish longstanding civil service legal precedents meant to keep politics out of law enforcement work, and to give more leeway to the president’s loyalists.

The latest round of dismissals appears to have picked up steam after the Supreme Court last week allowed, for the time being, the administration to go forward with mass layoffs of federal workers. The decision gave the president more legal leeway to fire people en masse, at least for now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/justice-department-dismissals-civil-service-laws.html

It's a reoccuring theme. The attempt to expand power. In this case in order to avoid accountability for unethical/illegal acts in pursuit of a corrupt agenda.

Removal of deep state partisan so-called 'watch dogs' is smart and makes government better. Those involved in unethical and improper 'watch-dogging' need to go.

 

[Billiejeens]

Trump’s is a corrupt, authoritarian regime.

I wish that it was close to as authoritarian and corrupt as the previous one,
We might be able to use that to really get somewhere good.

 

[Rawley]

Compare his whining to the Biden admin's trying to hire 87,000 IRS agents "willing to kill".

IRS Deletes Requirement That New Agents Be Willing to Use 'Deadly Force'

Backlash against IRS hiring practices follows criticism alleging that tens of thousands of new agents will be hired and go after poorer Americans.

www.newsweek.com

The talking points their masters are giving them are getting weaker and weirder.

 

[Marener]

Removing people the president does not have faith in to enact the agenda he was elected to enact is hardly sinister. The executive branch serves the president, these 'protections' you whine about are not intended to impede the will of the people.

He doesn’t have faith in people who value ethics.

Bondi is not AG because she’s ethical. Or even competent.

She’s compliant. That’s why she’s AG.

 

[Rogue AI]

He doesn’t have faith in people who value ethics.

Bondi is not AG because she’s ethical. Or even competent.

She’s compliant. That’s why she’s AG.

Nowhere in the Constitution does it say the president must rely on those he has no faith in. These alleged protections clearly violate the separation of powers.

Anyone that valued ethics would not have remained silent about Biden's decline. Try harder.

 

[berg80]

The press, the courts, Justice, business, Congress -- it's all about removing or intimidating anyone who might hold the buffoon accountable.

His background is running a small family business absent any oversight or anyone questioning his decision making. He has brought that autocratic impulse, the idea what he says goes without question, to our democracy. Anyone or anything that gets in the way of the expression of his ultimate, unilateral authority, which is antithetical to the way every prez has governed before him and our constitutional system, is viewed as an obstacle to be removed.

 

[Rogue AI]

His background is running a small family business absent any oversight or anyone questioning his decision making. He has brought that autocratic impulse, the idea what he says goes without question, to our democracy. Anyone or anything that gets in the way of the expression of his ultimate, unilateral authority, which is antithetical to the way every prez has governed before him and our constitutional system, is viewed as an obstacle to be removed.

Guess you never heard of FDR. What a drama queen and rube you are.

 

[westwall]

Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws​

The Justice Department is accelerating its efforts to undo decades of civil service protections intended to insulate the work of law enforcement officials from political interference, according to current and former officials, ramping up a wave of firings in recent days.

A new batch of more than 20 career employees at the department and its component agencies were fired on Friday, including the attorney general’s own ethics adviser, Joseph W. Tirrell. Others who were dismissed included a handful of senior officials at the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as prosecutors and support staff who once worked for Jack Smith when he was a special counsel prosecuting Donald J. Trump.

On the surface, the various groups have little in common. Justice Department veterans, however, see an overarching pattern: a quickening effort by the Trump administration to ignore and eventually demolish longstanding civil service legal precedents meant to keep politics out of law enforcement work, and to give more leeway to the president’s loyalists.

The latest round of dismissals appears to have picked up steam after the Supreme Court last week allowed, for the time being, the administration to go forward with mass layoffs of federal workers. The decision gave the president more legal leeway to fire people en masse, at least for now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/justice-department-dismissals-civil-service-laws.html

It's a reoccuring theme. The attempt to expand power. In this case in order to avoid accountability for unethical/illegal acts in pursuit of a corrupt agenda.

They are getting rid of corrupt scumbags who chose politics over the rule of law.

 

[Mac1958]

His background is running a small family business absent any oversight or anyone questioning his decision making. He has brought that autocratic impulse, the idea what he says goes without question, to our democracy. Anyone or anything that gets in the way of the expression of his ultimate, unilateral authority, which is antithetical to the way every prez has governed before him and our constitutional system, is viewed as an obstacle to be removed.

Exactly right. And his success at running that business was mixed at best, not even counting not paying vendors, the bankruptcies and the loan/tax/insurance fraud we know he committed. That, after starting with $400 million, Daddy's name and Daddy's contacts.

He's all flash, bullshit and showbiz, that's it, and apparently that's what America values.

 

[Rambunctious]

Biased dishonest watchdog's should be fired... where were they while Biden was letting his staff... an unelected staff run the country into the ground???

 

[Rogue AI]

Exactly right. And his success at running that business was mixed at best, not even counting not paying vendors, the bankruptcies and the loan/tax/insurance fraud we know he committed. That, after starting with $400 million, Daddy's name and Daddy's contacts.

He's all flash, bullshit and showbiz, that's it, and apparently that's what America values.

You loons are hilarious. Trump is extraordinarily moderate in comparison to many past presidents. Adherence and enforcement of the law is actually in the job description, yet that gets your panties in a twist. Removing those he has no faith in improves his ability to govern. You loons are just mad another deep state shill can't sabotage the country to appease your endless hissy fit.

 

[Marener]

Compare his whining to the Biden admin's trying to hire 87,000 IRS agents "willing to kill".

why would we whine about hiring law enforcement officers?