Object
Staff Resumes (Rhetorical Threat)
Not a physical packet in hand but an invoked set of job‑application documents — imagined one‑page resumes belonging to White House aides. Al Kiefer spits the phrase as a blunt instrument, conjuring the nervous image of staffers polishing CVs, mouths dropping, careers suddenly at risk amid a political fight.
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Purpose
To record professional qualifications for job seeking; in the processed material the resumes function practically as the implied means by which staff would seek new employment if displaced.
Significance
Al Kiefer weaponizes the idea of resumes to apply pressure: the threat reframes policy disagreement as personal consequence, strips the room of cushioned rhetoric, and forces staff to reckon with employment vulnerability and political fallout.
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