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BumRushDaShow

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5. I remember (before retiring) when they went after Kathleen Sebilius, who was HHS Secretary
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 04:59 PM
Wednesday

(which my agency was under) for making some remarks during an event. Between that and blaming her for the rocky healthcare.gov rollout, she was pretty much forced to exit.

Meanwhile during 45's first term, Kellyanne Conway was routinely and blatantly violating the Hatch Act but only getting some hand slaps. Now there's nothing but acceptance of this type of "electioneering" as their way of "doing business".

I know a bunch of us had been read the riot act if we wanted a simple printed image of the Obama family hung up in our cubicles or offices. We were only allowed a printout of the "official portrait". Every year we had mandatory "Ethics Training", which included reiterations about the Hatch Act.

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