Alex Wagner

Most of the people I talked to weren't. They'd been advised by their unions, don't do it. We can't guarantee that you're, first of all, Congress hasn't appropriated any of these funds. Like who knows what this offer is? Like it could just be a waste.

Most of the people I talked to weren't. They'd been advised by their unions, don't do it. We can't guarantee that you're, first of all, Congress hasn't appropriated any of these funds. Like who knows what this offer is? Like it could just be a waste.

Most of the people I talked to weren't. They'd been advised by their unions, don't do it. We can't guarantee that you're, first of all, Congress hasn't appropriated any of these funds. Like who knows what this offer is? Like it could just be a waste.

There's an ongoing battle about it.

There's an ongoing battle about it.

There's an ongoing battle about it.

Like you each get a car. Right. And a timeshare in Florida and a salary forever. Maybe they'll make good on it. I don't know. But I also just don't think it's over. They're not done. They're not done gutting the government. That's like 4% of the government that said, yeah, I'll raise my hand for this potentially bogus offer. But then they're going to also just fire people. So it ain't over.

Like you each get a car. Right. And a timeshare in Florida and a salary forever. Maybe they'll make good on it. I don't know. But I also just don't think it's over. They're not done. They're not done gutting the government. That's like 4% of the government that said, yeah, I'll raise my hand for this potentially bogus offer. But then they're going to also just fire people. So it ain't over.

Like you each get a car. Right. And a timeshare in Florida and a salary forever. Maybe they'll make good on it. I don't know. But I also just don't think it's over. They're not done. They're not done gutting the government. That's like 4% of the government that said, yeah, I'll raise my hand for this potentially bogus offer. But then they're going to also just fire people. So it ain't over.

So I will say the inspectors general are not a bunch of like... liberal party animals, right? Like they're very circumspect. They're very by the book. One of them who I talked to, Michael Missal, was the inspector general for the VA, where there's like, you know, it's a sprawling bureaucracy and you definitely want the hands on the captain's wheel in terms of waste, fraud, and abuse.

So I will say the inspectors general are not a bunch of like... liberal party animals, right? Like they're very circumspect. They're very by the book. One of them who I talked to, Michael Missal, was the inspector general for the VA, where there's like, you know, it's a sprawling bureaucracy and you definitely want the hands on the captain's wheel in terms of waste, fraud, and abuse.

So I will say the inspectors general are not a bunch of like... liberal party animals, right? Like they're very circumspect. They're very by the book. One of them who I talked to, Michael Missal, was the inspector general for the VA, where there's like, you know, it's a sprawling bureaucracy and you definitely want the hands on the captain's wheel in terms of waste, fraud, and abuse.

There's like a number, I feel like there's constantly stories of scandals unfolding at the VA having to do with waste, fraud, and abuse. And he is actually part of a group of several inspectors general who this week have decided to sue the administration for wrongful termination because there's a very clear playbook or set of protocols by which you can fire an inspector general.

There's like a number, I feel like there's constantly stories of scandals unfolding at the VA having to do with waste, fraud, and abuse. And he is actually part of a group of several inspectors general who this week have decided to sue the administration for wrongful termination because there's a very clear playbook or set of protocols by which you can fire an inspector general.

There's like a number, I feel like there's constantly stories of scandals unfolding at the VA having to do with waste, fraud, and abuse. And he is actually part of a group of several inspectors general who this week have decided to sue the administration for wrongful termination because there's a very clear playbook or set of protocols by which you can fire an inspector general.

And Trump, of course, didn't follow it. So I do think while they may not have... the sharpest language and not have the most revelatory ideas about why they were fired and the mendacity of this administration, they're not going quietly into the night.

And Trump, of course, didn't follow it. So I do think while they may not have... the sharpest language and not have the most revelatory ideas about why they were fired and the mendacity of this administration, they're not going quietly into the night.

And Trump, of course, didn't follow it. So I do think while they may not have... the sharpest language and not have the most revelatory ideas about why they were fired and the mendacity of this administration, they're not going quietly into the night.

I mean, they are going to fight back in the, I think the most buttoned up, you know, lawful way possible, but they're raising their hands and legally and saying, you can't do this to us. That's resistance. The resistance as we see is all in the courts, Tim. And I think there's the good and the bad, right? Some of the courts are going to be great.

I mean, they are going to fight back in the, I think the most buttoned up, you know, lawful way possible, but they're raising their hands and legally and saying, you can't do this to us. That's resistance. The resistance as we see is all in the courts, Tim. And I think there's the good and the bad, right? Some of the courts are going to be great.