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At least 15,000 USDA employees accept voluntary resignation offer (thehill.com)

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Thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) accepted the Trump administration’s voluntary resignation offer, leading to a significant reduction in force.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world -2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

People can resist and comply in the way they choose.

Sure, in the "I don't know, can you?" grammatical pedant sense. But in the patriot vs. traitor sense, no, you don't get to choose to comply without becoming deserving of ridicule and ostracism! And even that, frankly, is getting off easy.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

Gotta be real easy to talk like this if you're not old enough to pay taxes.