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[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 142 points 1 day ago (3 children)

...it’s safe to say that Pam Bondi’s DoJ did not put its best and brightest on this (admittedly gargantuan) undertaking

Actually they did. It's just that their best and brightest are fairly dim.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 38 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It could also have been incompetence as a form of resistance, for all we know, or a combination of both.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 22 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This. If I didn’t agree with what they’re doing (and I don’t) and I wanted to resist I would do my best to steer towards a reversible redaction method. Then just feign ignorance.

[–] Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago

Someone should write an update to the Simple Sabotage Field Manual.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago

Their best and brightest were fired or retired.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago

Well it’s all the leftovers at this point. When the priority is loyalty, performance suffers.