E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump | The letter had accused the Trump administration of politicizing, dismantling and sidelining the agency.
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The agency said its actions were warranted because the employees had signed the letter using their official titles and because the letter had denigrated the agency’s leadership. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging and undercutting the administration’s agenda as voted for by the great people of this country last November,” the E.P.A. press secretary, Brigit Hirsch, wrote in an email.
What an unpleasant snowflake!
The agency said its actions were warranted because the employees had ... denigrated the agency’s leadership. ... undermining, sabotaging and undercutting the administration’s agenda
Holy fuck, they literally just went and said "they were suspended for daring to question the king" but in corpo tongue.
Sounds very cool, and very legal. 112% legal. Nothing to see here.