And another one bites the dust (UPDATED)

make sure he doesn’t take any office stationery with him

Good Riddance: Acting National Archives Chief Retires With Emo Farewell Letter to Remaining Staff

… One of the federal entity's top leaders made his fond farewell on Friday, with what can only be described as an emo letter to the rest of the staff. CNN's headline, and the lede (below), will give you a hint on exactly where this is heading:

White House forcing out top leadership at National Archives in major shakeup

The Trump administration is forcing out senior leadership at the National Archives and Records Administration in a major shakeup, according to a source familiar. President Donald Trump has been highly critical of the archives since the agency asked the Department of Justice to investigate Trump’s mishandling of classified documents after he left office.

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“…. [It] was not just the Biden WH that took part of this nefarious plot: The National Archives absolutely played a role in facilitating the corruption-riddled FBI's early morning incursion on the home of a former president of the United States--seeking a linchpin on which to hang a damning bit of lawfare against Trump, the leading political opponent in the then-ongoing presidential race.

UPDATE. Still more good news: Rats are fleeing the Good Ships NIH and CDC.

…. Lauer was a COVID crackdown enthusiast from the start — a company man through and through. His will surely be missed by his also-soon-to-be-gone former colleagues and handful of suburban wine moms who put Fauci shrines on their lawns, but by no one else.

Lauer was NIH, but the story keeps getting better:

…[I]n a story that will surely tug at your heartstrings, over at the CDC — which, if it’s possible, is even more diseased than NIH — panic has set in among staff while moral has “plummeted.”

Via NPR:

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are on edge this week, as rumors of job cuts circulate. Employees are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting those with the fewest worker protections…

CDC staff who've gone through other administration changes say the transition has been unlike anything they've experienced before, with "fewer meetings, fewer requests for information," and little attempt to understand how things work…

"It is extremely difficult and traumatizing for federal staff to see reporting on this as if it is doable and legal," the former employee who requested anonymity told NPR.

"The CDC staff I know and have worked with for more than 25 years are dedicated public servants and don't deserve to be mistreated in this way."