They should have just not said anything dragged their feet while at work while slowly eating up annual/sick leave to really slow everything down. Now there are 4 vacancies that could have been tied up for the better part of a year.
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Bingo. Drag your feet, use up time. File shitty motions you know won't work to tie up the courts. Sabotage is hard work, but slowing the gears of the Orphan Crushing Machine is important and actually pretty easy to do when it's the federal government.
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It's better strategically but you need to have the strength to do so. Sometimes people are overwhelmed by something and just need to get out of the situation and I think that is OK too. Everyone should do what they are capable off, but it should be fine to just stop doing wrong stuff.
Exactly. It's easy to tell people what they should be doing, from the outside.
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even moronic lawyers betting on trump over the constitution have to know there's no way that bloated sack of animated cholesterol is going to make it to 2028, and then where are they? working for couchfucker?
They aren't going to be able to fill these because fed attorney jobs pay dick and there is zero prestige to these postings now.
We also dont know the situation that led up to them resigning and getting fired. They very well could have been trying to drag their feet but were already under immense pressure to file charges immediately. No amount of feet dragging can help if the Nazis are literally hovering over you as you fill out the paperwork.
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I agree with "don't quit, impede" philosophy, but a very public show of support against these fascist actions is not something to dismiss.
Some people just don't want to eat shit for a living.
Weren't these the people earlier this week who supposedly resigned, of which people were complaining about. Now it comes out they were actually fired before they even could...
Maybe people should realize there might have been more going on that we aren't privy to.
All this 'not good enough' thinking does is breed toxicity and in-fighting. Both of which are not good when trying to form a solidarity.
Weren’t these the people earlier this week who supposedly resigned, of which people were complaining about. Now it comes out they were actually fired before they even could…
The prosecutors announced their intent to resign, and would have done so after using up their allocated PTO. A fairly standard practice in professional environments. Pam Bondi fired them in retaliation for announcing their intent to resign
She claimed it was because they wanted a tax payer funded vacation, but anyone who understands the basics of unemployment, especially in Minnesota, can tell you she just gave them even more tax payer money (if they want it). Not only will they be entitled to their PTO, but they are now also entitled to unemployment
Edit: Fixed typo
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not everyone seeks "lowering the bar" transgressions for feels
these people want to change the world not troll their boss
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What? They want to prosecute the widow? What for? Fucking monsters.
Can they sue for wrongful termination or something?
I'm sure I read some suggestion of charging her with felony murder; as in she committed a felony (anyone's guess what that would even be) and as a result her wife got shot, which somehow makes it her fault.
Who is that?
Damn hes got a great hairline
A reporter that asked trump some easy, direct questions during his first term and got substained crazy back. His expressions have been memed.
HBO reporter that interviewed Trump a few years back
Be warned, it's extremely painful to watch: https://youtu.be/NmrEfQG6pIg
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The need to dehumanize the victim because even some Republicans are upset that they are shooting white ladies.
Yeah but they'll let it slide because she was LGBTQ... /s
This, but not sarcastic.
"After a brief investigation over mimosas and a cheese platter, we have found credible evidence that Good was a member of the Alphabet Mafia. The agent was justified in his use of lethal force against a dangerous criminal. No charges will be filed."
It’s true but it’s getting close to where they are beginning to feel uncomfortable about it. Not quite unhappy yet but they’re getting there.
I'm not surprised that Hannity finds it "almost impossible to comprehend" that someone would resign to uphold their principles.
Both of these talking heads are puppets with the hands of the same puppeteer up their asses.
FOX news needs to be destroyed. Preferably with everyone still inside.
I had the chance to give the staff diarrhea but I felt bad for people like the camera operator or whatever... I worked for a company involved with Dairy Queen and Carvel ice cream and at the start of the "ice cream season" fox does a morning show with them as a advertisement. I was so close to putting exlax in the mix but I decided against it... I still kick myself for not doing it but it wouldn't have reached assholes like Hannity anyway.
As a Minnesotan, I've had a lot of conversations with friends, family, and neighbors lately about what is going on
Most are pissed about ICE being here, and how they're acting. Some, however, are 100% MAGA, and happy ICE is here
There is one thing everyone seems to agree on though: ICE being in Minnesota is political retaliation
We're a state with ~2% of the population of the US. We have less than 2% of the immigrants due to our location and climate. Yet 20-30% of ICE agents are now here
Dumb of her. You have more protections when fired than if you just quit. It's almost always in your best interest to have a shitty boss fire you and have those protections than leave voluntarily and have almost none.
She was:
Murdered!
Damn Pam. Ok,you broke up with them. Not the other way around. We got it.
Somebody literally needs to remind this lady to stop and take a breath before she passes out mid rant.
Or maybe we get lucky and she has a stroke.
Correct me if I am wrong here: Are there women in ICE? All I have seen are men who look like they are divorced and not paying their child support.
A quick search brings up stats from 10 years ago, and at that time about 7% were women.
No idea what the number is now, but I've seen recent information (news reports, vlogs, etc.) mentioning, and showing women in ICE uniforms.
I believe there are women in ICE, which isn't surprising, but not very many.
Just yesterday, we had the story of a female journalist who claims she was admitted to ICE with no vetting. So, they at least allow women to enter.
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The fact that these monsters would even think of going after the victim's wife tells you all you need to know about the conservative mind.
I so want to see her on the stand at some point. Under oath, and not in an environment controlled by conservatives, either.
Man who would think a corrupt AF soulless scumbag like her would do such a thing.
It wasn't her intention, but she did effectively help those prosecutors
She handed them a bulletproof unemployment claim. Now they'll get their PTO paid out in a lump sum, but they'll also be eligible for unemployment on top of it
Minnesota unemployment decisions are very favorable to workers
You can't quit! I fired you first! LOL
She calls them the "deep state" lol
Policy failure? Deep state. Polls down? Deep state. Your revenge prosecutions are getting thrown out of court? Deep state. The few people in the DOJ that have a teeny bit of integrity quitting? Believe it or not, deep state.
Daily reminder that ICE is a manufactured distraction from the Epstein Files.
Suck it Nazi Barbie.
More posturing to look like they’re taking charge. I don’t know if any of what I’m about to say is true but if those attorneys already had the accrued PTO, they will get their pay for that time anyway, at least that’s how it’s worked anywhere else I’ve worked in the US. Also, if they can prove that the firing was retaliatory, they may be able to get further compensation and payouts.
Like I said, I know nothing of their employment/contracts so I could be talking out of my ass, but if what I said is true then the government is paying more money than they would be if they just let the prosecutors resign. I could be wrong once benefits are included.
Overall, my theory lines up with yours. They knew thr simple minds at the top would fire them, and somehow that benefits them. They are lawyers after all, and getting hired into the jobs they had makes it very likely they were at least savvy in political maneuvers.
She is trying to save her job.
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