The Mick Mulvaney thing, somewhat plowed under in the avalanche of crap in last week's news cycle

[Miles Archer]

In case you missed it...watch this Rachel Maddow segment, and you'll see beady-eyed smirking little maggot Mulvaney in a state of euphoria over USDA employees he "couldn't" fire, but he sure got 'em to scamper when he told them to relocate in order to keep their jobs.

Mulvaney's remarks come in at 4:00, but I encourage you to watch the entire clip.

[empedocles]

1. Mulvaney is part Nixon's Watergate Chuck Colson - nasty

Colson went to prison - and got . . . religion!

[erronis]

14. I knew Colson during his "conversion". Just like Epstein's punishment in Miami

In name only. Once a skunk, always a skunk.

And I think "religion" is just another way for skunks to hide away for a bit before they come back out and show their true colors. In and out, out and in.

[DeminPennswoods]

2. This is important because, like the Census case,

it exposes that the Trump admin used a pretext to justify moving the USDA scientists. Maddow pointed out that the Ag Dept does not have the ability to move employees on its own authority. They weren't moving the scientists to help efficiency or be closer to customers or whatever it was they said, they decided to move them to make them quit. I expect this will all be halted by the courts. And Congress will not authorize a move or funds for a move.

[UniteFightBack]

4. This used skankbag admitted that is the only way to get rid of Federal employees. nt

[UniteFightBack]

3. THANK YOU for this post. I saw this too. Please DU lawyers advise if this is grounds/evidence

whatever in a lawsuit. PLEASE.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Not a lawyer, but I'm sure there has to be a process

to move, consolidate or disband offices. I was through several BRACs during my career at DoD. DoD's a lot bigger and closures, consolidations, etc, have a bigger impact on people, but still it's a process to make sure all i's are dotted and t's crossed.

[Miles Archer]

11. You're welcome...

...I didn't check to see if it was posted right after it aired...assumed it had, and was swept away by Trump's hospital visits and the Epstein mess...but Rachel re-tweeted it with a comment earlier and thought it deserved greater exposure.

[Ilsa]

6. I want the House to investigate and/or

employees to sue him for working this scheme to get rid of some of our best scientists.

[bronxiteforever]

10. +1000 This!

[Firestorm49]

7. Oh so typical cowardly tactics.

They don’t have the guts to confront what they perceive as a problem face to face. They’re just a bunch of vermin looking for an “out”.

[Mc Mike]

8. Whoops. Like twitler's lawyers trying to argue against the muslim ban, while he kept tweeting his

fool head off about it, drilling holes in the floor of the rowboat that was their case, constantly.

[bronxiteforever]

9. GOP war on science. This needs to be undone

When we retake the Presidency.

[Snarkoleptic]

12. It takes a sick, sad little person to side with corporations over the food safety/environment.

The same type of person it takes to side with loansharks against consumers, which Mulvaney also did.

[coeur_de_lion]

13. can't watch that weasel

[Miles Archer]

16. I'm with you on that

I don't think I've ever seen him this weasel-y.

It was somewhere between Austin Powers' "Dr Evil" and Francis from "Pee Wee's Big Adventure," plotting to steal Pee Wee's bike.

Oh, and an actual weasel. Between the three of them.

[NCLefty]

15. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

He also referred to the Midwest as the "real part of the country."