Democrat-run states across the country are recruiting federal workers fired by Trump (and doing everything in their power to tell us all about it). Obviously, the NYT penned a long glowing piece on the trend, framing the matter as a bargain. But are we truly just a bureaucrat or two away from functioning infrastructure? And keep in mind, New York is not only on a “hiring spree,” it’s employing the BRIDGE Act to grant all fired federal workers rehired by the state expedited access to pensions. Hilariously, this story has been dwarfed by a viral clip of darling libs Jon Stewart and Ezra Klein aghast over crippling process, which means it does at least look like the Democrats have finally settled on a new path forward: earnestly anti-bureaucracy while furiously opposed to firing bureaucrats, and self-righteously committed to paying them — to do nothing — until they die. Ah yes, progress.