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FakeNoose

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Mon Oct 13, 2025, 09:53 AM Oct 13

The Borowitz Report: Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job



Link: https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/americans-mystified-why-nonessential

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—As the government shutdown drags on into its thirteenth day, Americans have become baffled as to why a totally nonessential federal employee still has his job.

Unlike thousands of workers at agencies like EPA and HUD who have been furloughed, the still-employed man serves no identifiable function, Americans noted.

In fact, a review of activities performed by him in 2025 yields only three: sending co-workers home on an extended vacation, refusing to swear in a new co-worker, and praying for the Rapture.

But in a testy exchange with reporters on Monday, the nonessential employee vehemently rejected the widespread claims of his abject uselessness, declaring, “I have been working around the clock protecting pedophiles.”
- short article, no more at link -

It's weird ... Andy never mentions this guy's name, and yet we all know who he's talking about.

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