The defiance of the unelected ruling class always comes cloaked in patriotism. They merely are upholding their sworn duty, protecting sacred institutions, defending the rule of law, promoting constitutional norms, and whatnot.
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When the will of the swamp is challenged, we are often warned, it makes them super sad. “Morale” is jeopardized when grown adults earning a six-figure salary and accumulating a cushy public pension are reminded by other grown adults that they don’t run the show. Apparently everyone inside the Beltway suffers from a degenerative case of FOMO—Fear of Missing Out—a common affliction among teenage girls.
Bill Taylor, the acting Ukrainian ambassador, repeatedly whined to the House Intelligence Committee last Wednesday that he was “confused” by President Trump’s “irregular” (his words) channel to Ukraine. This channel included the White House chief of staff, other appointed ambassadors, Rudy Giuliani, and the president of the United States himself.
Tsk-tsk, Taylor lamented. “Although this irregular channel was well-connected in Washington, it operated mostly outside of regular State Department channels.” Meaning, of course, that it operated outside of Taylor’s wandering eyes and ears.
Empty offices at the State Department, according to Yovanovitch, are causing a “crisis” at Foggy Bottom. “Leadership vacancies go unfilled and senior and mid level officers ponder an uncertain future,” she said in her opening statement. “The State Department is being hollowed from within in a competitive and complex time on the world stage. This is not a time to undercut our diplomats.”
(I’m not sure who has the heart to tell her that U.S. foreign policy seems to be moving along just fine without the International Desk of Mid Pacific Rim Islands being fully staffed.)
We are to believe that crying EPA employees, out-of-the-loop ambassadors, holier-than-thou law enforcement chiefs, and jobless assistant deputy undersecretaries for blah-blah affairs are the victims of a rogue president who must be removed from office for hurting their feelings and challenging their authority.
In other words, it is their Swingline stapler.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/11/18/the-swamps-swingline-stapler/
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When the will of the swamp is challenged, we are often warned, it makes them super sad. “Morale” is jeopardized when grown adults earning a six-figure salary and accumulating a cushy public pension are reminded by other grown adults that they don’t run the show. Apparently everyone inside the Beltway suffers from a degenerative case of FOMO—Fear of Missing Out—a common affliction among teenage girls.
Bill Taylor, the acting Ukrainian ambassador, repeatedly whined to the House Intelligence Committee last Wednesday that he was “confused” by President Trump’s “irregular” (his words) channel to Ukraine. This channel included the White House chief of staff, other appointed ambassadors, Rudy Giuliani, and the president of the United States himself.
Tsk-tsk, Taylor lamented. “Although this irregular channel was well-connected in Washington, it operated mostly outside of regular State Department channels.” Meaning, of course, that it operated outside of Taylor’s wandering eyes and ears.
Empty offices at the State Department, according to Yovanovitch, are causing a “crisis” at Foggy Bottom. “Leadership vacancies go unfilled and senior and mid level officers ponder an uncertain future,” she said in her opening statement. “The State Department is being hollowed from within in a competitive and complex time on the world stage. This is not a time to undercut our diplomats.”
(I’m not sure who has the heart to tell her that U.S. foreign policy seems to be moving along just fine without the International Desk of Mid Pacific Rim Islands being fully staffed.)
We are to believe that crying EPA employees, out-of-the-loop ambassadors, holier-than-thou law enforcement chiefs, and jobless assistant deputy undersecretaries for blah-blah affairs are the victims of a rogue president who must be removed from office for hurting their feelings and challenging their authority.
In other words, it is their Swingline stapler.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/11/18/the-swamps-swingline-stapler/
