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[redbird]

For anyone in what rydra_wong tags as Watergate fandom, Here's Jay Kuo's write-up of the Thursday night massacre. [Since someone asked, the "massacres" here are metaphorical.]

The article is about current political news, both the Trump administration and current New York mayor Eric Adams.

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[otter]

What a mess!

[minoanmiss]

If I can forget this is the real world it all becomes almost funny.

[pameladean]

Thank you, that was unexpectedly cheering. I had read about the resignations, but the articles were not at all good at saying that this meant the charges against Adams had not been dismissed, or putting anything in a broader context. The resignations were almost, in some cases, treated as a victory by the administration: Ha, got rid of another ethical one, forge on! or whatever.

P.

[redbird]

Jay Kuo's article the day before was about how many people had already left the Justice Department, willingly or otherwise, and what this lack of competent lawyers might mean for all those lawsuits against the government.

[sabotabby]

Holy shit this is fascinating.

[redbird]

Adams is, among other things, the first mayor of New York to be indicted while he was mayor.

One of the numerous bribery charges against Adams involved giving the Turkish government permission to open a new consulate in a building that hadn't passed its fire inspection. Usually, the people who are doing that kind of potentially deadline corner-cutting aren't planning to occupy the building themselves.

[kareina]

I couldn't bring myself to read it. Is this about a metaphorical massacre, or a literal one? Are the types of people dying over there as a result of politics starting to extend past those who are being denied medical care (or funding for it, which is the same thing) and people being rounded up for the crime of not bei g a rich white man?

[redbird]

Metaphorical, and a reference to the "Saturday night massacre" during Watergate, when the first two staffers Nixon ordered to fire the special prosecutor resigned rather than obey that order.

High-level appointed officials like the attorney general serve at the president's pleasure. I'm not sure how many levels you have to go down at the Justice Department to reach the career civil service, but the first person who refused to drop those charges was an appointee with "acting" at the start of her title.