{"id":36503,"date":"2019-04-09T00:06:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=36503"},"modified":"2019-04-09T00:06:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:06:55","slug":"great-job-fella-but-hit-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=36503","title":{"rendered":"Great job, fella . . . but hit the road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This kind of thing drives me nuts when I hear about matters such as this. A public servant is fired from his or her job and the guy to whom the person reports tells us all what a “great” job he or she did.<\/p>\n

If the person getting canned is doing a great job, wouldn’t that person keep his or her job?<\/p>\n

They’re cleaning house<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles is heading for the exits. Donald Trump instructed White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to fire Alles. So, he did.<\/p>\n

Then press secretary Sarah Hucakabee Sanders said on behalf of the president that Alles had done a great job running the agency that used to be part of the Treasury Department, but has moved to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen “resigned” effective immediately over differences with Trump on immigration policy. The president thanked her for her service. That’s it. Message received: Nielsen wasn’t cutting it at DHS, in Trump’s view.<\/p>\n

But the Secret Service ouster appears to be part a wholesale housecleaning at DHS.<\/p>\n

I’ve read the reports that the man\/child behind the shakeup is that 30-something whiz kid\/maniac Stephen Miller, who seems to believe that the president needs to get even more harsh on immigrants, legal and illegal alike.<\/p>\n

This isn’t fun to watch, no matter the president, the party or the policy involved.<\/p>\n\n

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