Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

[GasBandit]

Joy Reid and Alex Wagner Axed From MSNBC Lineup in Major Network Shakeup

MSNBC will replace anchors Joy Reid and Alex Wagner in its evening lineup, some of the first big moves from new president Rebecca Kutler

variety.com

 

[Sara_2814]

Whelp, I just completely lost it during a call to Senator Ricketts' office. Had a script written and everything, but as soon as the poor schlub answering the phone asked me for my "concerns" all the rage poured out. Like, I sobbed for a couple minutes after hanging up and I'm still shaking. Went off on fascism and betraying our allies and spitting on the graves of American soldiers and Trump sucking up to Russians and oligarchs and selling the US out for money...

So I'm on a watch list now, how are you all doing?

 

[Tinwhistler]

21 DOGE Staffers Resign as They Refuse to 'Dismantle Critical Public Services'

"We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data," they wrote

www.thewrap.com

 

[Piotyr]

21 DOGE Staffers Resign as They Refuse to 'Dismantle Critical Public Services'

"We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data," they wrote

www.thewrap.com

That headline is a bit misleading as they weren't really "DOGE" staffers, they were actual regular federal employees with the US Digital Service (which is effectively the legal front for DOGE insanity) who refused to go along with the Musk-rats in the department and resigned rather than help those Nazis.

 

[Krisken]

Joy Reid and Alex Wagner Axed From MSNBC Lineup in Major Network Shakeup

MSNBC will replace anchors Joy Reid and Alex Wagner in its evening lineup, some of the first big moves from new president Rebecca Kutler

variety.com

All people who were critical of the Israel committing genocide.

 

[PatrThom]

Dear politics,
"Security" is not Politics, it is Security. Secure things must remain secure regardless and independent of politics, otherwise they will no longer be secure. Introducing any politics at all into security will immediately and unavoidably erode and compromise that security.
Additionally, it is impossible to justify the firing of certain people by claiming it is because "...they were only hired for political reasons." Firing someone because they were involved in some kind of politics is itself by definition a political act.

--Patrick