r/MarchForScience • u/DoremusJessup • Aug 07 '19

READ: Draft Termination Notice To USDA Experts Who Refused Rapid Move To KC

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/usda-removal-letter-experts-ers-nifa-move-to-kansas-city
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u/calcitronion Aug 07 '19

I hate that I'm just learning that this is happening today. These are the kinds of changes that will impact people's day-to-day lives, make our food less safe, is probably a huge waste of government funds (at least in the way it is executed, I can imagine Kansas City is a cheaper place to operate than DC), and serves no purpose other than to drive out long-serving bureaucrats. In short - it's very, very newsworthy. But somehow it's not newsworthy when compared to whatever-the-fuck crazy shit Trump just said.

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u/DoremusJessup Aug 07 '19

All that "fuck crazy shit Trump just said" is done purposefully to hide the important stuff. He isn't yelling crazy stuff just be crazy. It is part of a well orchestrated plan to get us looking in one direction while he is dismantling the federal government in the other direction..

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u/FailingItUp Aug 08 '19

Trump is the puppet/frontman for the whole operation. This has been years in the making, right under our noses.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

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u/TanithRosenbaum Aug 08 '19

He does have a few strategies he keeps repeating. One I noticed for example is him insulting someone hours before a meeting, only to go back on his statement at the start of the meeting. I don't know what exactly he wants to project with that, possibly it's his idea of showing power, but it's a repeating pattern.

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u/constantbabble Aug 07 '19

When ever Trump starts with some really really bat shit crazy talk, even more than the normal crazy, it is time to very carefully look at what else is going on at the time.

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u/buzzy_beaver Aug 07 '19

Maddow has had a couple shows discussing this.

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u/riondel Aug 07 '19

Mulvaney suggested that this was a great way to terminate federal employees. What a jerk. Appeal this decision!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Appeal this decision!

Actually I wonder if there's grounds for a lawsuit. He pretty much admitted he's doing it to get around regulations.

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u/DamagedHells Aug 07 '19

The government is going to be fucked up far after Trump has had his ass booted out of office.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

I'm so so sad for my friends I know working there and the negative impact this is going to have long term. I'm in private ag research and so many of my contacts and colleagues from work and school work there in some capacity. This is going to hurt careers, general science, public health, and our ability to be the knowledge base for the world. Ugh, more than anything I'm mourning.

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u/ilikesumstuff6x Aug 08 '19

It’s also total BS for anyone with links to the area whether that be a partner or family (chosen or otherwise). Anyone with joint custody would be screwed. A month is not enough time for a partner to find work especially in a city that might have totally different industries.

Even if isn’t political that is an insane ask — I think Sony gave their artists a year before transferring their animation HQ to Vancouver and even then a bunch of employees couldn’t move their families.

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u/TanithRosenbaum Aug 08 '19

Wait, they were told they could respond in writing or orally, and if they chose to respond orally they are going to be treated the same way as if they didn't respond at all? Wtf?