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DeJoy is still there, yes? Isn't it weird how an unelected asshat like fElon can fire employees of the government who were basically nonpartisan, not to mention dismantle agencies, as part of a fake "agency".
But somehow, in 4 years of the Biden administration a partisan hack like DeJoy kept his job....
The situation regarding Dejoy is not so simple.
Because the president can't fire him...learn then speak.
If Trump wanted to replace him, he would and nobody would fucking stop him.
Yes, nobody stops trump from doing illegal things, we know, what a bizzare and unrelated comment.
Bizarre and unrelated? Uhhh....
I'm sorry you don't understand. If it makes you feel better, lots of other folks seem to be in the same boat.
You ok?
Yeah, you seem to be the only one who's confused here...
Not unrelated. The Republic is cooked and there's no going back; nobody believes in it anymore as a functional, legitimate government.
Um, I'm watching time and time again how the cons, even as a minority, were able to slow things down, demand concessions, etc., in Congress. I'm also watching how an unelected, non-government employee with no clearance and no confirmation like fElon, running a fictional agency, is able to declare that an entire REAL AGENCY is being dismantled.
So...why couldn't Biden fire that partisan hack? He just watched donvict break all kinds of norms for four years during his residency, like having "acting" cabinet members w/o any confirmations and then attempting a coup while stoking an insurrection, so I doubt too many people but the stupid and useless Tone Police were going to do anything about him firing DeJoy.
Oh, I woulda been fine with him using "official acts" against certain people. It is less "well they do it so we can do it" and more "we should be destroying them for doing it". Voters don't care and people in power are paid off.
Because it's far harder to build than to destroy. That's the simple answer.
Democrats actually want to govern. They might be fucking stupid sometimes, but they (generally, obv there are exceptions) want the US to be successful in the long run. And because of that, they're beholden to mores that the Trump side could not care less about.
The lack of punishment for not wanting to actually govern, and instead abuse power, is the frustrating part. The illusion of checks and balances is broken and I am not sure we will get to learn from this and rebuild.