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Sally Yates Fired, Executive Branch Loyalty
from Depths of Self-Deception · #30
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2 minThey discuss the acting attorney general being fired for refusing to enforce Trump's order, debating whether it's principled defiance or a moral collapse point, plus comparisons to Obama-era loyalty.
- 4:39Tim asks if the listener feels like the country is headed somewhere bad, then answers his own question positively.
- 4:50Sally Yates, the acting attorney general, was fired for refusing to enforce Trump's ban.
- 5:12The executive branch is built with one focus: loyalty and obedience, not internal dissent.
- 5:30When a government official feels they have political cover and face a genuine moral question, they might actually resign.
- 5:48Tim uses the metaphor of skinning a sheep—you can do it many times, but only skin them once—to describe people finally breaking over Trump.