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   [1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/republicans-fired-federal-employees-congress
   https://stallman.org/glossary.html#magat
   https://www.stallman.org/archives/2025-mar-jun.html#30_April_2025_(Republican's_terrified_to_cross_Trump)

   *[Republican] Members of Congress are accused of hiding out when workers have sought answers on why their jobs were axed.* Why so Republicans persist so firmly in supporting something they know their constituents loathe? It's not as if they were

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     [3/3] but once they have crushed democracy and cemented its tomb, they will be sitting pretty.

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     [2/3] ignorant of that sentiment. So there is to be a reason. I have two theories: They are afraid that magats will commit violence against them and their relatives. I can understand being afraid of violence, but if that were the only reason, they could quietly resign and be safe. They have deals sewed up to get millions of dollars each, perhaps as consultants to some corporations, if they deliver fully on billionaires' demands. It may be painful to stay the course against public hostility,