What do you call this?

[okokzach]

BREAKING: A career federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Adam Schleifer, was abruptly fired—reportedly at the direction of the White House—after leading the prosecution of Andrew Wiederhorn, a wealthy Trump donor and former CEO of the company behind Fatburger and Johnny Rockets. 

A grand jury indicted Wiederhorn on charges of hiding millions in income through sham shareholder loans used to pay for private jets, luxury cars, and jewelry. 

Wiederhorn’s legal team, which includes former Trump-aligned officials, aggressively lobbied the DOJ to drop the charges and personally attacked Schleifer as biased. 

Then, without involvement from his direct supervisor, Schleifer received a one-line email stating he was terminated “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump.” 

The firing came shortly after Laura Loomer publicly demanded his ouster, citing Schleifer’s past tweets about Trump. 

Schleifer’s tweets were posted prior to Schleifer being hired by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

While it is normal for U.S. Attorneys to resign after a new president takes office, direct interference by the White House in the employment of line prosecutors is unprecedented.

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[1032004]

I’m sure the most popular answer will probably be “FAFO.”  Which I don’t have a problem with, if I was the boss I wouldn’t want someone working for me that publicly criticized me

[okokzach]

  On 3/30/2025 at 12:21 PM, 1032004 said:

I’m sure the most popular answer will probably be “FAFO.”  Which I don’t have a problem with, if I was the boss I wouldn’t want someone working for me that publicly criticized me

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That's cool unless you believe in free speech, which conservatives by their actions clearly do not. 

[1032004]

  On 3/30/2025 at 12:50 PM, okokzach said:

That's cool unless you believe in free speech, which conservatives by their actions clearly do not. 

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The first amendment doesn’t protect you from losing your job because of something you said.

But, if you’re looking for examples of Republicans disregarding the first amendment, arresting the Tufts student is looking like a much better example:

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/30/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-immigration-op-ed/

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[okokzach]

  On 3/30/2025 at 12:59 PM, 1032004 said:

The first amendment doesn’t protect you from losing your job because of something you said.

But, if you’re looking for examples of Republicans disregarding the first amendment, arresting the Tufts student is looking like a much better example:

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/30/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-immigration-op-ed/

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It does protect you as a federal employee from losing your federal job over protected political speech. 

[Caveira]

  On 3/30/2025 at 1:06 PM, okokzach said:

It does protect you as a federal employee from losing your federal job over protected political speech. 

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It’s pretty common for a new political party to fire the lawyers who aren’t part of that party.   Notice I didn’t list said party as they both do it. 

[okokzach]

  On 3/30/2025 at 3:19 PM, Caveira said:

It’s pretty common for a new political party to fire the lawyers who aren’t part of that party.   Notice I didn’t list said party as they both do it. 

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This wasn't a day 1 house cleaning. Look at the circumstances. The willful blindness from you lot is astonishing 

[Caveira]

  On 3/30/2025 at 4:33 PM, okokzach said:

This wasn't a day 1 house cleaning. Look at the circumstances. The willful blindness from you lot is astonishing 

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Meh.   A highly political professional field done got political.  
 

In a world where for the next 4 years y’all will complain about 101% of the things Trump does you gotta pace out your outrage.  You know.  Pick your hill to die on.  

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[okokzach]

  On 3/30/2025 at 4:43 PM, Caveira said:

Meh.   A highly political professional field done got political.  
 

In a world where for the next 4 years y’all will complain about 101% of the things Trump does you gotta pace out your outrage.  You know.  Pick your hill to die on.  

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Blatant corruption is a worthy hill. 

[Caveira]

  On 3/30/2025 at 4:49 PM, okokzach said:

Blatant corruption is a worthy hill. 

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What would happen to me……  In my corporate job if I publically bad mouthed my ceo.  Short cut I would be fired.    Your outrage is meh boss.   

[okokzach]

  On 3/30/2025 at 4:52 PM, Caveira said:

What would happen to me……  In my corporate job if I publically bad mouthed my ceo.  Short cut I would be fired.    Your outrage is meh boss.   

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You're actually protected in complaining about working conditions and you can publicly blame your CEO for them. 

However, a president isn't merely a CEO so your comparison isn't applicable 

[Caveira]

  On 3/30/2025 at 5:58 PM, okokzach said:

You're actually protected in complaining about working conditions and you can publicly blame your CEO for them. 

However, a president isn't merely a CEO so your comparison isn't applicable 

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Suuuuuure you are.    I’m talking about white collar corporate American jobs.  Not union worker city jobs.  You live in a strange entitled world boss.  
 

And yes it is comparable.  

[okokzach]

  On 3/30/2025 at 6:02 PM, Caveira said:

Suuuuuure you are.    I’m talking about white collar corporate American jobs.  Not union worker city jobs.  You live in a strange entitled world boss.  
 

And yes it is comparable.  

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You're a bootlicker and you're ignorant about the facts 

[Scouts Honor]

  On 3/30/2025 at 4:49 PM, okokzach said:

Blatant corruption is a worthy hill. 

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i agree, i would suspect you are all about the work DOGE is doing right now.

[okokzach]

  On 3/30/2025 at 6:34 PM, Scouts Honor said:

i agree, i would suspect you are all about the work DOGE is doing right now.

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If/when they find corruption, I'll celebrate their efforts. So far, they've mostly shown their @ss not knowing what they're doing or what they're looking at, made false claim, had to delete and backtrack supposed findings, and generally caused chaos and disruption (the opposite of efficiency) 

[Scouts Honor]

if/when

did/have/are

[Caveira]

  On 3/30/2025 at 6:16 PM, okokzach said:

You're a bootlicker and you're ignorant about the facts 

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You don’t know what it’s like working in the real world then.    I didn’t say I liked it.  I said it is what it is.  Complain about the brass in public land  you without a job.  And likely make it harder to get a new one as they will discover that.  

[jross]

at will states can fire you without cause