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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 03:45 PM Jun 2018

Trump Appointee Compiles Loyalty List of U.S. Employees at U.N., State




http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/13/trumps-vino-vixen-compiles-loyalty-list-of-u-s-employees-at-u-n-state-mari-stull-political-appointee-state-department-international-organization-united-nations-political-retribution-chaos-dysfunction/

A senior advisor to the State Department appointed just two months ago has been quietly vetting career diplomats and American employees of international institutions to determine whether they are loyal to President Donald Trump and his political agenda, according to nearly a dozen current and former U.S. officials.

Mari Stull, a former food and beverage lobbyist-turned-wine blogger under the name “Vino Vixen,” has reviewed the social media pages of State Department staffers for signs of ideological deviation. She has researched the names of government officials to determine whether they signed off on Obama-era policies — though signing off does not mean officials personally endorsed them but merely cleared them through the bureaucratic chain. And she has inquired about Americans employed by international agencies, including the World Health Organization and the United Nations, asking their colleagues when they were hired and by whom, according the officials.

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That falls foul of a gazillion employment laws, it also falls under harrassment law. She should be sacked immediately. It also positively nazi and dictatorship police state 101.
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Trump Appointee Compiles Loyalty List of U.S. Employees at U.N., State (Original Post) sunonmars Jun 2018 OP
This is alarming, but with a soupon of hilarity gratuitous Jun 2018 #1

gratuitous

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1. This is alarming, but with a soupon of hilarity
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 03:57 PM
Jun 2018

How do you measure "loyalty" to Trump? Were you loyal when Trump was taunting Kim as little rocket man? If you're still loyal to that Trump, are you now disloyal to Trump because he and Kim are BFFs? If you were cheering for Michael Flynn when he was leading "lock her up" chants at Trump rallies, how anti-Flynn do you have to be now that he's pled guilty?

Hair-splitting and nuances that would cross a rabbi's eyes.

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