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On the recordMay 21, 2024
The real purpose of the executive order was to provide the former President with the ability to dismiss, at start, at least 50,000 dedicated civil servants and replace them with political appointees and sycophants.
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Stephen Lynch
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Critique of Trump's Executive Order 13957 affecting civil service protections.

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