- These midlevel officials know that what is happening in Gaza is a genocide, and they know the White House is breaking US law to facilitate it. They know this because they were trained and paid to know it. They take that part of their job seriously. They don’t lack a moral compass or empathy… The problem with this internal dissent is that it comes from a cadre of people who think—or thought—that if they give the system accurate information, it will follow its own rules. Maybe another memo to Antony Blinken will make him do the right thing!
… To work in DC now is to understand that the genocide in Palestine is not a mistake. The people actually in charge are doing this. Your job is a farce. Your work means nothing. The very top echelons are shredding everything you stood for. You will never afford a house in Washington. If you have a catastrophic health emergency, even you will need to turn to GoFundMe, and every day when you open your phone you see children mangled alive with weapons that you know legally should not be delivered.
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