MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 13 days agoTrump Guts Federal Protections for Whistleblowersnewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·13 days agoIs this much different than Obama directly targeting government whistleblowers? Until him no other president had targeted whistleblowers to such a large extent as Obama despite his campaign promise of strengthening protections.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoThat makes it alright for Trump to do the same. /s
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·13 days agoNope, but as usual there’s selective outrage
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoYeah, sure, because there’s absolutely no difference between the two situations, right? /s since it’s probably needed.
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI’ve guts protections and the other completely ignores them. Same outcome
Is this much different than Obama directly targeting government whistleblowers? Until him no other president had targeted whistleblowers to such a large extent as Obama despite his campaign promise of strengthening protections.
That makes it alright for Trump to do the same.
/s
Nope, but as usual there’s selective outrage
Yeah, sure, because there’s absolutely no difference between the two situations, right?
/s since it’s probably needed.
I’ve guts protections and the other completely ignores them. Same outcome