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I'd understood that the controversy here began with a difference of opinion on whether climate change was a political view or just a fact?

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There also seem to be 'Trump-resistant' factions in various other agencies, notably including the intelligence community, and possibly including the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services.

people who work for the government still have the first amendment right to criticize it's functionings.

The First Amendment protections afforded to government employees are more limited than those possessed by the average citizen. The latest SCOTUS case on this (which I am aware of) is Lane v. Franks.[1]

[1] http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/lane-v-franks/

that's only because of overlapping protections for government employees

didn't realize qualified immunity extended to the government as employer.

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