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'Impossible to Fire' State Dept. Bureaucrat Admits Working for Socialist Group on Gov't Time
2018-09-19
[PJ] Out of all the departments in the federal government, my favorite is probably the U.S. Department of State. In addition to lying to everybody constantly about the stuff they're doing all over the globe, a few years ago they took the time to lie about little ol' me personally. Back in 2010, a State Department employee operating a State Department SUV made an illegal left turn on a D.C. street and crippled me for life. And as if that weren't bad enough, then the State Department lied about it.

They actually blamed me for what they did to me. They said I was jaywalking, which wasn't true. They said I collided with the vehicle, which is insane on the face of it. They just made up a bunch of stuff about the incident, without ever talking to me about it. And as far as I know, every person involved in the whole debacle -- from State Department security agent Mike McGuinn, who struck me and shattered my knee, to the State Department lawyers who looked me in the eye and lied to me -- is still employed by the federal government. The State Department threw me a little money for my inconvenience, and then they all went on their way.

No accountability. That's how government works. I'd always suspected it, but now I know it from personal experience.

So I must admit to a certain measure of schadenfreude at the following news from Project Veritas:
Today, Project Veritas released the first installment in an undercover video investigation series unmasking the deep state. This video features a State Department employee, Stuart Karaffa, engaged in radical socialist political activity on the taxpayer’s dime, while advocating for resistance to official government policies. In addition to being a State Department employee Stuart Karaffa is also a ranking member of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America (Metro DC DSA.)

Metro DC DSA is a socialist group that works to advance progressive causes in the metropolitan DC area.

Oh my. That doesn't sound like something a federal employee is supposed to be doing on the taxpayer's dime, does it?

And of course, the report comes complete with the delicious hidden camera footage we've come to expect from James O'Keefe:
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection

Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.


18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.


I'd say a 'liberal' interpretation of said citations could be something with more sting than being fired.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-09-19 14:54  

#3  They give hardship pay for places like Nome or the South Pole. No, make him the "Liaison for Poultry Imports/Border Inspections" in NE Montana on the US-Canadian Border. ...And make him stay on the border or lose all his benefits.
Posted by: magpie   2018-09-19 12:53  

#2  Better than Nome the South Pole base.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-09-19 11:58  

#1  If you can't fire this guy, transfer him to Nome and make him sit in a room all day with no computer.
Posted by: Raj   2018-09-19 09:32  

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