Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Dillinger dropping his suit against Trump.

Hampton Dellinger, who is the head over at the Office of Special Counsel, which is the Federal Government's Watchdog Agency, and not the special counsel over at DOJ, has dropped his

suit to get his job back. Right after he took office, Trump terminated Dillinger without any stated

cause. Because the whole purpose of the job is to act as a check. The agency is supposed to be

independent, and the law says he can only

be fired for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Dillinger filed suit to

stop his dismissal, and, as we covered, won the first round in that legal fight, and he continued his work, and effectively got

6,000 federal employees terminated by Trump unfired. A big win. Things seemed to be going pretty

well. Well, the Trump administration had appealed the decision in that first round of the legal

fight, and that court sided with the administration.

It became apparent that Dillinger was going to be fired, or at least temporarily not able to work.

Dillinger dropped his suit. He spoke to NPR about this decision, and it's really telling. He said, quote, two reasons.

One, I recognize that the trio of judges who decided to sideline me are somewhat conservative,

and in that sense mirror our United States Supreme Court. So I do think the odds of me ultimately prevailing may

have been long. And even more, it would have literally taken a long time. It could have been up to a

year, and I've seen the damage that is being done to federal agencies on a day by day, even hour by

hour basis.

And I don't think I could, in any meaningful way, pick up the pieces a year from now,

even if I prevailed.

The first reason really shows how much partisanship is at least perceived to matter in the court system. But it's that second reason

I find so interesting. A government watchdog is telling the public that on an hourly basis,

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