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Administration Removes Scientist in Charge of Assessing Climate Change
- epistasis 6y agoI suspect we will see a lot more petty firings in the coming months. Last week there were inexplicable removals, which included several Republican appointees: https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/06/932376507/trump-dumps-3-agency-leaders-in-wake-of-election https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-resu...
- quantified 6y agoI would not be surprised at a firing of many and replacements of some with loyalists. It’ll look a bit like vandalism compared with past transitions.
- gotorazor 6y agoCan anyone tell me what this would do? Wouldn't Biden just fire all of these people in put new people in place in January?
- epistasis 6y agoIt can be tough to track all these actions and counter them. Some people may persist through burrowing, but it could also just be score settling: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/10/politics/trump-officials-ousted-burrowing/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/10/politics/trump-officials-...