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applegrove

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Sat Aug 10, 2019, 07:45 PM Aug 2019

The 'Swamp' Trump Is Draining: Expertise

The ‘Swamp’ Trump Is Draining: Expertise

by Nancy LeTourneau at the Washington Monthly

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/08/09/the-swamp-trump-is-draining-expertise/

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It’s nearly impossible to fire a federal worker,” Mulvaney said. “I know that because a lot of them work for me, and I’ve tried . . . By simply saying to people, ‘You know what, we’re going to take you outside the bubble, outside the Beltway, outside this liberal haven of Washington, D.C., and move you out in the real part of the country,’ and they quit — what a wonderful way to sort of streamline government, and do what we haven’t been able to do for a long time.”

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The 'Swamp' Trump Is Draining: Expertise (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2019 OP
The swamp has turned into a cesspool. nt GemDigger Aug 2019 #1
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