More resignations of federal prosecutors are expected at the US Attorney’s Office in Minnesota amid ongoing frustration over the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
“I have heard there may be more people leaving, people I would consider senior and respected career prosecutors,” said Anders Folk, a former acting US attorney in Minnesota, who left the office in 2021 to work for the Justice Department in Washington, DC, under former President Biden.
Minnesota Federal Defender Katherian Roe, in a staffwide email obtained by the Sahan Journal, also wrote that “more resignations are anticipated” at the US Attorney’s Office. “It’s a sign that something is not right” there, added Folk, who is still in touch with colleagues in the office and is now running for Hennepin County Attorney.
Already this week, at least five federal prosecutors in Minnesota announced their resignations. Among them was the office’s second-in-command, Joseph Thompson, who was overseeing the welfare fraud investigation involving Somali immigrants that President Trump used as a pretext to send his immigration force to Minneapolis.
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I’m a big fan of “fuck quitting, make them fire you” and collecting a paycheck while doing basically nothing until they actually do it themselves. I’m not making their job easier when they deserve to get fucked over.
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Sure. Which is why when they say “do this thing” you say “ok” and then wait a day or two and just send an email. If you get a response, sit on it for a while. If you don’t, wait until you get asked about it to follow up.
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/the-art-of-simple-sabotage/
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Yes. Only to get fired anyway.
Make them do it. Don’t do their work for them.
That document was created before the CIA existed, for use during WWII. It was written to encourage citizens under fascist regimes to work against their government and industries.
If you would prefer, it’s hosted on Project Gutenberg. Just search “simple sabotage”
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Oh, totally fair, i kind of figured that was your concern. Just telling you where to find it. Also, giving an explanation as to why the CIA is being cited, and why it is actually much more reasonable than trying to take anything the modern CIA would produce at face value.
That being said, the document demonstrates an almost farcical lack of care for the safety of the saboteur, giving many suggestions which surely, even at that time, must have been near-guaranteed to lead to capture of the saboteur.
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Just say you are and drag your feet. Take SL randomly, make all sorts of errors that will cause paperwork and court filings to have to be redone. Just play idiot until they eventually fire you.
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Public unions still exist. It’s not always as easy as you might think.
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Ok you’re right, they should just shut the fuck up and quit.
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I know, and I’m saying it’s cowardly and short sighted.
Well, it’s all about the politics.
In other words, reality is irrelevant. All that matters is the messaging. If you resign, you get to start all the political bullshit on message. If you are fired, whoever fired you sets the stage instead.
Career politicians are a cancer on society. And if they cared about achievements or legacy, they would absolutely not be successful in making politics their career.
Ok, then make them fire you
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Yeah, you’d be really bad at this I guess. No creativity.
How about:
“OK boss”
Then do it wrong.
“You messed this up, please do it again”
“OK boss, I’ll make sure to do it right this time”
Then do it wrong again.
etc.
And that’s like zero creativity, with three seconds of thought. Most of these people are union. It takes a lot to get fired from a union job.
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Lol that’s just not how it works…
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Well, you’d at least be able to do one good thing from the inside to earn that “not contributing” badge of honor before you leave. Better than leaving without it.
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What I mean is that you’re already on the inside, an opportunity a lot of people would love to have. Even if all you do is call one person to warn them they’re being watched before putting in your resignation, it’s better than quitting without doing that.
I work for a normal company, but even I’d be able to do a lot of damage in a couple hours if I really wanted to screw over my employer before leaving. Information is a big part of any conflict; even just sending whatever sensitive information you happen to have on hand to some interested parties can really throw a wrench in the works.
So what are you doing? In a fascist regime even normal companies are enabling the regime. You are supporting its economy and generating taxes. Ideally there would be a general strike (I am afraid this is the only way for this to end peacefully).
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Public unions. Not everyone in the federal government is appointed, most of them aren’t. Most of the rest are still protected by a union.
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Good point, its better to just give up and quit. Why test your union’s ability to protect you from being fired when you can just quit?
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That’s why I mentioned damage done in a couple hours - you’re not going to be fired until you do the thing you’re being fired over. It’s not like they automatically know when someone is planning to do something they’re going to be fired over; even if they somehow immediately knew you were up to something, you could probably at least attach some sensitive documents to one email before they grab you and throw you out of the building.
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So just do nothing and quietly quit instead? Who is upvoting this shit?
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Bud, what? We’re talking about people who were working day after day without being fired who suddenly had enough and decided to leave. They weren’t in imminent danger of being fired prior to their resignation. So, the morning when they come in to turn in their (unexpected!) resignation, they do what they can to fuck things up a bit beforehand. Yeah, you’re right that the government could go after them for it if they weren’t smart enough to cover their tracks, but let’s be honest - the current government will likely go after them for leaving regardless.
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