significant people who have resigned government positions, or emigrated to move to safer countries

resignations and dismissals

While there were thousands of resignations by federal employees due to the deferred resignation program and other firings, there were a handful of resignations made that especially caught the public eye, sometimes because an open letter was published about their reasons for stepping down.

• TODO: include all of these
• Department of Justice resignations related to pressure to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, early 2025.
• January 24, 2025 firings of 17 inspectors general across various federal government cabinet departments and agencies
• (list of more)

emigrations

• Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder, Jason Stanley — three professors who study fascism who decided to move to Canada

General brain drain:

• almost 300 academics applied for the Aix-Marseille University in Frace