From yesterday’s New York Times, we discovered that anti-Trump forces at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are possibly breaking Federal law by communicating with one another using “encrypted messaging apps.” Bonus? The group that’s doing this calls themselves “Dumbledore’s Army,” as in reference to the Harry Potter books:
.@CFPBDirector reverses policies at @CFPB, #Resistance forms “Dumbledore’s Army," uses text messages and encrypted apps to secretly communicate about government business https://t.co/7H0YgzdNl8 pic.twitter.com/LbVtAv82kz
— Josh Blackman (@JoshMBlackman) December 6, 2017
Dorks:
So, they're potentially breaking federal law and being remarkably dorky in the process. https://t.co/A5zPnfYfYG
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 6, 2017
Because nothing says "mature, responsible public officials" better than naming your group from a children's book while violating the Federal Records Act to defy legitimate oversight. https://t.co/6Q1OCzjvF1
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) December 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/BlakeSeitz/status/938251935081168896
At least they let everyone around them know *exactly* who they are:
The easiest way to tell if someone is insufferable is to figure out if they routinely make Harry Potter references part of their daily lives https://t.co/uW5lNlAPYM
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) December 6, 2017
Nailed it!
It's the deep state for semi-literate millennials. https://t.co/hL70bmO7Pk
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 6, 2017
And it’s just like the founders envisioned!
https://twitter.com/KevinWGlass/status/938404702856892417
And isn’t there any other book they read?
READ
ANOTHER
DAMN
BOOK.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 6, 2017
There is a solution for all of this:
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/938255005668335616
Yeah…fire all of these people. https://t.co/xGSEmCb5jR
— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) December 6, 2017
Yeah…fire all of these people. https://t.co/xGSEmCb5jR
— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) December 6, 2017
And it sounds like Congress might be taking a look:
This is a gross neglect of officials' responsibility and I and my colleagues on the @FinancialCmte will work to hold those who are flouting the law accountable. https://t.co/iz5dhcgAuf
— Dennis Ross (@DennisRossSEU) December 6, 2017
And in conclusion:
Beyond parody. https://t.co/qYlsJ6JaSN
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) December 6, 2017
Evergreen.
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