@BowsacNoodle @caekislove @Humpleupagus @apropos @LovecraftEnthusiast @Kang_Kong3 @Shadowman311 I think for large swaths of federal bureaucracy, there's essentially no one steering the ship. There's too many layers of DEI hires and every decision ends up being a head scratcher, from which coffee brand is found in the break room all the way to the murder of a septegenarian fedposter.

It could certainly be cold malice in this instance, neither would surprise me.