Straight out of Xi's playbook. Purge everyone who is not a yes man.
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straight out of every autocrat's playbook
XI? Even shit for brains Erdrogan did the same. Expect the fake coup in the coming years
A Reichstag fire.
Brian Driscoll, the acting FBI director and head of the bureau's Newark field office, pushed back so aggressively that some feared he would be dismissed.
Say what?
What type of person is it that says “You better fire those people for bad reasons, here in this organization that now fires people for bad reasons. Otherwise, they might fire YOU for bad reasons.”
Man, fuck it. Get fired. You think you’re going to be in six months even, looking back like “Thank God I held onto that being-in-the-organization-Trump-hates job. This is great, man, things have really turned around for the people who stayed in this place.”
Edit: Actually, better is from the story I ran across a little bit ago about William Watts. The process for this kind of thing is: First, try to punch Henry Kissinger in the face. Then, tell the secretary of defense to fuck himself. Then, quit before the bozos can gather themselves sufficiently to fire you, or to try to back down from the dumb shit they were asking you to do. That’s how you do it. None of this “ohwowhwhwheer what if they fire me” crapsack.
FDT!