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Hey folks, Barb here.

Here's a recording of my latest Cafe Note, Trump's demonization of public servants.

As always, please write to us with your thoughts and questions at Letters atcafe.com.

Dear listener, The purge has begun.

But President Donald Trump seems determined not just to remove federal employees.

He wants to demonize them as well.

In the past 10 days, the Trump administration has fired dozens of federal prosecutors,

18 inspectors general, and senior leaders at the FBI without cause.

More removals seem imminent. Based on an email from the acting FBI director, thousands of FBI agents

across the country who touched any one of the cases against Trump or the January 6th attackers are at risk.

Trump seems to be making good on his promises of retribution. But his crusade seems to be even

more than a vengeance tour. He has also invited all 2.4 million federal workers to resign and ordered a hiring freeze.

What's behind the zeal for removing federal employees? One answer lies in the words of Russell

vote, Trump's nominee for the Office of Management and Budget, an architect of Project

2025, a blueprint for governing. In speeches to a pro-Trump think tank

in 2023 and 2024, vote expressed his views that federal employees had completed a

Marxist takeover of the country and emphasized his determination to prevent them from obstructing Trump's

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