Or—and hear me out—said federal employee so badly DOESN'T want to work under DOGE that they're trying to jump the queue to get the axe. Better to be laid off and get the benefits than quit in anger and not.
There's not much good expected to come out of a Trump presidency, but deregulation is the exception. I think this plausibly happened, despite it meaning them having gone against their self-interest.
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