Comment Re: Idiocy (Score 1) 71
Yes, first you frame the innocent person for a crime they did not commit, then take advantage of the 'sudden change' to insert your agent
If you want to see examples, just look at the trump administration firing essential personnel, then hiring stooges from the heritage foundation when positions have to be filled
I'll let AI explain
It is widely reported that the current Trump administration is pursuing a plan, significantly shaped by the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025," to replace non-partisan career civil servants with political loyalists. This initiative involves reclassifying potentially tens of thousands of federal jobs, making it easier to fire those employees and fill the positions with individuals who align with the administration's agenda.
Key elements of this effort include:
"Schedule Policy/Career" Reclassification: On his first day in office in January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to revive a plan (originally called "Schedule F") that creates a new job classification for federal employees in "policy-influencing" roles. This designation removes their civil service protections and due process rights, turning them into "at-will" employees who are easier to fire.
Ties to Project 2025: The effort to reintroduce this job classification was a key component of the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025," a comprehensive policy blueprint designed to restructure the executive branch. Many of the policies the Trump administration is implementing align with the project's recommendations.
Hiring Loyalists: Project 2025 includes a personnel database to collect resumes from individuals vetted for their conservative ideology, aiming to replace career experts with people selected for their loyalty to the President's agenda. The goal is to ensure the federal bureaucracy "faithfully implement[s] the law and the administration's policies," according to the White House.
Specific Appointments and Firings: Specific examples of this process have been reported, such as the nomination of Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the previous commissioner was fired. The administration has also dismissed other employees, including an Inspector General and various agency specialists, often with little notice or specific justification, leading to legal challenges.
Legal Challenges: Federal employee unions and good governance groups have filed lawsuits against these actions, arguing they violate existing laws and merit system principles designed to protect the apolitical nature of the civil service. A federal judge did issue an immediate halt to the firing of some federal workers during a government shutdown in late 2025, though other cases are ongoing.
Critics of these actions warn that this approach risks politicizing the federal workforce, leading to a "brain drain" of expert civil servants and potentially compromising the effective, non-partisan functioning of government agencies