Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Ruth Marcus, deputy editorial page editor @ WashingtonPost.com, March 18
[....] Unlike employees of private enterprises such as the Trump Organization or Trump campaign, White House aides have First Amendment rights when it comes to their employer, the federal government. If you have a leaker on your staff, the cure is firing, not suing.
“This is crazy,” said attorney Debra Katz, who has represented numerous government whistleblowers and negotiated nondisclosure agreements. “The idea of having some kind of economic penalty is an outrageous effort to limit and chill speech. Once again, this president believes employees owe him a personal duty of loyalty, when their duty of loyalty is to the institution.”
I haven’t been able to lay hands on the final agreement, but I do have a copy of a draft, and it is a doozy [....]
Comments
Also, on the hyperbole about "ratings" thing, my underlining:
Donald Trump Lied About His Apprentice Ratings Since People Were So Gullible, Says Billy Bush
By Devon Ivie @ NYMag.com, March 17
by artappraiser on Sun, 03/18/2018 - 7:23pm
More behavorial stuff:
by artappraiser on Sun, 03/18/2018 - 7:55pm