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BumRushDaShow

(143,318 posts)
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:49 AM Nov 3

Conservative group's 'watch list' targets federal employees for firing

Source: Washington Post

November 2, 2024 at 5:27 p.m. EDT


An organization funded by the conservative Heritage Foundation has compiled an online “watch list” of federal employees it claims cannot be trusted to secure the U.S. border and should be fired, a sign that supporters of Donald Trump’s immigration policies are preparing to help him neutralize the administrative state they believe tried to thwart his first presidency.

The “DHS Bureaucrat Watch List” — a website unveiled in the final weeks of a presidential campaign in which immigration is a key issue — names 51 federal policy experts and high-ranking leaders, the majority of whom are career civil servants at the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies. The group identified them largely using public social media comments, prior work experience and campaign finance records.

Among the employees’ actions cited by the group are posts celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage or lauding the contributions and successes of undocumented immigrants, as well as donations as little as $10 to Democratic candidates. One employee union likened the effort to unearth the private views of public employees to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s 1950s-era campaign to purge federal workers he accused of being communists.

The site’s founder, a former Republican congressional staffer named Tom Jones, told The Washington Post that he and his staff are seeking to add more names to the list and have sent emails to more than 500 federal employees asking for their help identifying colleagues who they believe are not committed to keeping undocumented immigrants out of the country.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/11/02/federal-career-employees-watchlist-trump/



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Conservative group's 'watch list' targets federal employees for firing (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 3 OP
It isn't reasonable to use the word "conservative" when referring to... Think. Again. Nov 3 #1
asking federal workers to add names to a list to be fired ( or even prosecuted ) lapfog_1 Nov 3 #2
Stasi. COL Mustard Nov 3 #17
I call them... 2naSalit Nov 3 #3
Yes, pretending they are just innocent Americans that tend to prefer tradition to change is a flat-out lie. Think. Again. Nov 3 #4
They are treasoners, terrorists and traitors. Clouds Passing Nov 3 #10
Yes, the word "conservative" can't be used to describe these people.... Think. Again. Nov 3 #11
Unless they're talking about conserving slavery and misogyny. Clouds Passing Nov 3 #14
That would be "preserving", but I get what you're saying! Think. Again. Nov 3 #15
After Kamala is sworn in KS Toronado Nov 3 #5
I agree... Think. Again. Nov 3 #12
"... who they believe are not committed to keeping undocumented immigrants out of the country." GiqueCee Nov 3 #6
Exactly what I was thinking Farmer-Rick Nov 3 #13
I think a "list" of Heritage Foundation perps is needed. harumph Nov 3 #7
Perhaps the Heritage Foundation's Icanthinkformyself Nov 3 #8
I read this in the Post this morning. This is equivalent to McCarthyism, but instead of accusing workers of communism, Martin68 Nov 3 #9
I don't work for DHS, but..... COL Mustard Nov 3 #16
According to Mary Trump's book, TFG's term left both State and Justice Departments devastated Rhiannon12866 Nov 4 #18
LINK HereForTheParty Nov 4 #19
Thanks, Putin. Kid Berwyn Nov 4 #20
The whole thread is worth a rec Marthe48 Nov 4 #21

Think. Again.

(18,520 posts)
1. It isn't reasonable to use the word "conservative" when referring to...
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:02 AM
Nov 3

...a group that is compiling lists of federal employees they want removed from their jobs based on partisanship.

There is nothing conservative about such an act.

This is an extreme act, this group should more correctly be referred to as a "rightwing radical group".

lapfog_1

(30,225 posts)
2. asking federal workers to add names to a list to be fired ( or even prosecuted )
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:41 AM
Nov 3

to inform on their co-workers or neighbors... I have a name for that... NAZI...

Think. Again.

(18,520 posts)
4. Yes, pretending they are just innocent Americans that tend to prefer tradition to change is a flat-out lie.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 06:04 AM
Nov 3

Think. Again.

(18,520 posts)
11. Yes, the word "conservative" can't be used to describe these people....
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:46 AM
Nov 3

....we should forcefully call out any media source that wrongfully uses that word even though these groups themsleves would like the media to use it.

KS Toronado

(19,631 posts)
5. After Kamala is sworn in
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:30 AM
Nov 3

this country could use some type of anti-fascism bureau/department to go after all the Fascists who
seem to be popping up in repug circles before they gain too much power.

Think. Again.

(18,520 posts)
12. I agree...
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:48 AM
Nov 3

...after WW2, Germany went out of their way for decades to beat down any remnant of nazism, we should follow their lead.

GiqueCee

(1,409 posts)
6. "... who they believe are not committed to keeping undocumented immigrants out of the country."
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:40 AM
Nov 3

This is thinly veiled double-speak for "not sufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump."
The malign influence of these treacherous organizations has to be neutralized. We Democrats have been woefully ineffective at countering the "flood the zone" strategy of lying swine like Bannon, et al. The Harris campaign has been really good at answering the malice that is the hallmark of conservatism, but reacting is never as good as being out there first, with truth and the receipts to back it up.
Flood their zone, and watch them flounder.

Icanthinkformyself

(303 posts)
8. Perhaps the Heritage Foundation's
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:59 AM
Nov 3

funding sources should be investigated. It would be appropriate for The People to know how much 'overseas' funding they receive and how much that funding influences what they do and say. Conservatism is a zero sum ideology and the catalyst for the extremists on the right. Conservatism provides the justification for bigotry, racism, antisemitism, misogyny and every other detestable belief on the right. Conservative institutions, churches, think tanks and every other conservative organization is little more than a propaganda pushers. It's the drug that gets them off. I do not include those who are compassionate, empathetic and sincere and see no reason to shove their beliefs down people's throats.

Martin68

(24,633 posts)
9. I read this in the Post this morning. This is equivalent to McCarthyism, but instead of accusing workers of communism,
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:35 AM
Nov 3

they are targeting them for donating as little as $10 to the Democratic Party or praising immigrants for their contributions to the economy.

COL Mustard

(6,932 posts)
16. I don't work for DHS, but.....
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:04 PM
Nov 3

I'd love to be on Diaper Don's enemies list. That would be the crowning achievement of my career.

Rhiannon12866

(223,213 posts)
18. According to Mary Trump's book, TFG's term left both State and Justice Departments devastated
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 06:06 AM
Nov 4

There were record resignations and few applications, destroying continuity in both departments for a generation.

Marthe48

(19,158 posts)
21. The whole thread is worth a rec
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 09:08 AM
Nov 4

My first thought is, get a list of members of this right wing group and see how they like being targets of ill will.

The right wing megalomaniacs are hellbent on destroying the U.S. The sick minds working on razing the U.S. don't have the vision to see that if they achieve their goal, they will no longer have the protection of a benign government that allows them to further their increasingly radical plans. They are sick, they lack humanity, in the end they lack ability. They are the toddler who watches their parent build a tower of blocks and then knocks it down and laughs. The parent is trying to teach motor skills in an amusing way, but the baby just likes the excitement of smashing the tower and doesn't bother to build their own.





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