A career civil servant described tension between their commitment to challenging rights abuses and their job.

ā€œIā€™m trying to educate people about Palestine through social media, but Iā€™m worried Iā€™ll lose my security clearance for criticizing the president or blaming the U.S. for civilian massacre,ā€ they told HuffPost. ā€œI feel like thereā€™s no place for me in America anymore, and Iā€™m on thin ice with my clearance because of my heritage and because I care about my people dying.ā€

The seemingly stifled internal debate undercuts Bidenā€™s narrative that his administration is historically diverse and open to perspectives from traditionally marginalized groups, including on questions of global affairs.

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    1 year ago

    Remember the neocons who perpetrated the horrific, illegal, failed Iraq & Afghanistan wars and the related illegal torture program? Well theyā€™re in top positions of power under Biden right now. They didnā€™t get trials or punishments, they got promotions.

    You donā€™t get ahead in Washington by having a moral backbone; you get ahead by proving youā€™ll do the most heinous, compromising things imaginable when asked to.