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Trump fires State Department watchdog
NBC News ^ | May 16, 2020 | Dennis Romero

Posted on 05/15/2020 9:42:16 PM PDT by rdl6989

President Donald Trump on Friday removed a watchdog critical of personnel moves in the State Department.

Trump informed Congress of the move in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, in which he gave no specific reason for firing State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.

Trump wrote he “no longer” had full confidence in the State Department's inspector general.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: cnbc; linick; msnbc; nbc; nobrainscollectively; statedept; statedeptig; stevelinick; trump; yourefired
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To: tired&retired

He may not be able to replace cabinet members without approval but he sure can fire people left and right...and should.


61 posted on 05/16/2020 7:43:56 AM PDT by Leep (We can go to the grocery store but we can't go to work?)
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To: dp0622

113,114 working for the DOJ in 2019.


62 posted on 05/16/2020 7:46:34 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: dp0622

“Why are there MILLIONS of federal workers!!??”

Federal Worker is an oxymoron.


63 posted on 05/16/2020 7:47:49 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: tired&retired

What in the name of all that is holy??

That’s bigger than some countries’ standing armies!


64 posted on 05/16/2020 8:06:06 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals N racists dont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: SaveFerris
[President Trump should have started a massive purge in January 2017.]

Exactly. It’s what I would have done. Any Obama holdover and/or anyone who expressed support for the Lying Kenyan would have been out.

Well now...his Chief of Staff probably advised against it.

Luckily, Trump knows better now than to have Inside-The-Beltway Republicans in his staff.

65 posted on 05/16/2020 8:11:17 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: dp0622
Why are there MILLIONS of federal workers!!??

Because in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except:


66 posted on 05/16/2020 8:15:17 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: Mariner
“President Trump should have started a massive purge in January 2017.”

His greatest strategic error, one that will haunt him.

Trump initially thought he could trust the members of his Party. He knows better now.

67 posted on 05/16/2020 8:17:34 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: lewislynn

“He didn’t have people waiting to join him. He had/has to take and try to work with what was/is given to him.”

Not only did he not have people waiting to join him, but the few who did joined to sabotage him. [coughSESSIONScough]


68 posted on 05/16/2020 8:17:59 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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To: dp0622

This next term we will see only if we get out and VOTE!
The Good Lord has given us a second chance; He relayed to us all His power could do. We need to spring forth from His Efforts in order to rightfully claim all benefits from His Action.

Our POTUS-VSG has used the rules and played the game of our foes. Projection done by them in front of a mirror to reflect back on them. Kim Clement prophesied what would come to pass. The fact he made this tape should open the eyes of all people that there is a Higher Authority and He does perform Miracles, building our Faith.

The MOST SHOCKING Prophecy About America’s Next 8 Years - Kim Clement (approx 35 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp7OBPYwLWs

Kim is just one, there are a number of others who have given the same testimony.


69 posted on 05/16/2020 8:19:14 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: Truthoverpower

Truthoverpower wrote:

“Don’t let the door hit you on the way out f***er!”

Fixed it...


70 posted on 05/16/2020 8:32:07 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

President Trump should have started a massive purge in January 2017.

* * *

He would have were it not for a couple things. 1) the real threat to he and his family; 2) the courts were festering with
OBamyistes.


71 posted on 05/16/2020 8:38:51 AM PDT by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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To: V K Lee

i’ll check it out.

If someone posts a link i almost always check it out and if it interests me i watch the whole thing.

It’s 50/50 hit or miss :)

But this sounds important


72 posted on 05/16/2020 9:10:11 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals N racists dont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: rdl6989

One would think that the Obama holdovers would soon learn to lay low, but they never seem to do so. I suppose each one wants to be the hero of the left and get President Trump un-elected. They are so stupid that it is obvious to the most casual observer that they got their jobs through political connections and not on merit.


73 posted on 05/16/2020 9:29:03 AM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
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To: COBOL2Java

On inauguration day 2017 he stood in front of the entire Federal Megalith and announced he was going to war with them.

Then he did not purge the enemy soldiers from his ranks. Nor did he drive the enemy our from behind his lines.


74 posted on 05/16/2020 9:46:15 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: dp0622

You be the judge. After viewing another version of this same event,which I found VERY important, I viewed this one as well.

Kim (on camera) told of his vision in this 2007 video. Spoke of Impeach! Impeach! Impeach! predicted the unmasking of d’rats’ evil and embarrassment for the pubbies. GOD was unhappy with those we’ve elected to ‘govern’ us; Kim predicted a Trump win in 2016 and, again in 2020. After all which has occurred after watching this video (seen before DJT was named nominee in 2015, it certainly made an impression on me and did strengthen my Faith. Not only did a large majority of US pray for someone like DJT, we were able to elect the ‘real man’. See it or not; but if a man of Faith, 35 min to strengthen your Faith is not a lot to ask. Miracles are seen every day - all we need do is open our eyes and acknowledge His work surrounds us.

Suggest you watch, at least a portion. Don’t let the fact Jim Bakker is mentioned throw you off the path. Not a Bakker fan here, but do have an open mind and willing to listen and form my own opinion/decision. Jim is referenced by commentators (a second,two, or three) and not mentioned again.
If you should view this, and the opportunity presents itself, your feedback would be appreciated. A believer? Becoming a believer with stronger Faith? It’s all just a coincidence?

In His Spirit; Blessings,


75 posted on 05/16/2020 9:58:42 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: Mariner
On inauguration day 2017 he stood in front of the entire Federal Megalith and announced he was going to war with them.

Then he did not purge the enemy soldiers from his ranks. Nor did he drive the enemy our from behind his lines.

He was unable to do it at that time. Sorry you're not able to understand that.

76 posted on 05/16/2020 10:46:14 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: lewislynn
He didn't have people waiting to join him. He had/has to take and try to work with what was/is given to him. Get a clue!

That is not entirely true. There were articles here on FR early in the administration revealing that many permanent civil service employees were actively turning away resumés and applications from known Trump loyalists and campaign volunteers. Trump and Ivanka both remarked how shocked they were, after dealing with the sharks in New York, how terrible the DC insider behaviors were.

77 posted on 05/16/2020 11:20:26 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Some of these people, I met them -- zero interest, Okay? Like zero." -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: COBOL2Java

The day Bill Clinton took office, he accepted the resignation of every US attorney.

Bush fired over half of them in his first week.

This, and other steps would have been routine on day one.

Now it would bring explosive outrage from both sides of the aisle.


78 posted on 05/16/2020 11:33:29 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Bshaw

Clinton, too. Bush Jr. maybe/probably.


79 posted on 05/16/2020 11:40:10 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Yes, indeed. I can’t believe he was so naive as to think these Deep State holdovers would be loyal to him.


80 posted on 05/16/2020 6:52:56 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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