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gmb92 t1_j8fitmn wrote

"The federal watchdog also accused Blanton, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, of ethics violations over an offer to provide tours to “patriots” weeks before the November 2020 election."

Somehow don't think the calls for his resignation would have any serious bipartisan element if 45 was still president. He wouldn't have been fired.

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youngmoneymarvin t1_j8flyeo wrote

It wasn’t so much that he wanted to provide tours to ‘patriots’ but his agency had just implemented a policy barring employees from bringing non-employees into the building for tours.

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Axerwylde t1_j8id1b9 wrote

It really rubs me the wrong way that Republicans have somehow co-opted “patriot”. Like they are somehow the only patriots in this country.

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syrynxx t1_j8j7g8l wrote

I remind myself that "patriot" has the same letters as "traitor" if you use the Russian "P" pronounced "r".

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Marchinon t1_j8i0myf wrote

I like how they always use “watchdog” when they could just list the name of said watchdog.

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FapMeNot_Alt t1_j8ifv4e wrote

It's how they refer to the Office of Inspector General instead of repeating themselves.

>In the fall, an inspector general report accused Blanton of abuse of government property and wasting taxpayer dollars by allowing his family to drive a government-owned vehicle and taking the vehicle on out-of-town trips to South Carolina and Florida, according to the report. The federal watchdog also accused Blanton, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, of ethics violations over an offer to provide tours to “patriots” weeks before the November 2020 election.

On top of providing clarity in the sense that it somewhat explains what the inspector general does, restating like this can help keep readers from becoming disengaged due to repetitious writing. The issue here is that the headline buries the lede and tries to drum up minor controversy.

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