在唐纳德·特朗普的第二个总统任期内，无数联邦政府雇员和职业公务员面临着一个痛苦的抉择：辞职还是留任？辞职意味着逃离本届政府的混乱与腐败——挺身而出，说“不”。但这同时也意味着将政府更彻底地拱手让给特朗普及其阿谀奉承之徒，并放弃了产生影响的机会。埃亚尔·普雷斯（Eyal Press）在本周的刊文中写道：“在所有机构中，司法部面临的这种困境最为严峻，因为其使命是维护法治。”
In Donald Trump’s second term as President, countless federal-government employees and career civil servants have faced an excruciating choice: Quit or stay? Quitting means escaping the chaos and corruptions of this Administration—standing up, and saying no. But it also means handing over the government more wholly to Trump and his sycophants, and leaving behind an opportunity to have an impact. “In no agency have the stakes of this quandary been higher than in the Department of Justice, whose mission is to uphold the rule of law,” Eyal Press writes, in this week’s issue.
特朗普一直试图将司法部作为其宣泄个人不满的工具，指示那里的律师调查并起诉他的政治对手。
Trump has sought to use the D.O.J. as a tool for his personal grievances, directing lawyers there to investigate and prosecute his political enemies.
根据《纽约时报》最近的一项分析，自2025年初以来，五分之一的政府律师已经离职。超过四千名律师离开了司法部，约占该部门律师总数的三成。普雷斯采访了多位司法部的前任和现任律师，他们每个人都曾以某种方式权衡过这一棘手的难题。有些人因被要求逾越职业或道德底线而辞职。另一些人则因未能配合政府的议程而被解雇或停职。还有一些人选择留下来，尽其所能从内部推动变革。
According to a recent analysis by the Times, one in five government lawyers have left their jobs since the start of 2025. More than four thousand lawyers have left the D.O.J., or around thirty per cent of them. Press speaks with a number of former and current D.O.J. lawyers, each of whom has navigated some version of this tricky calculus. Some have quit when asked to cross professional or ethical lines. Others were fired or placed on leave for failing to comply with the Administration’s agenda. Still others remain, trying their best to bring about change from within.
在这段详尽的报道中，记者从各个角度提供了不同的观点。一位离职的律师表示：“我认为这个部门如今的行为已经类似于犯罪组织，而成为其中的一员只会帮助它实现其目标。”另一位律师则说：“是我离开了司法部，而不是司法部抛弃了我。”还有人强烈主张律师们应该坚持留在原地：“仅仅因为对与该部门有某种抽象的、普遍的反对意见，就放弃自己的使命以及我们本应为之奋斗的人，这是不合理的。”
In his thoroughgoing reporting, Press provides perspectives from all sides. From one attorney who left: “I believe that the department now often acts like a criminal organization—and being part of it is just helping it achieve its aims.”From another: “The D.O.J. left me. I didn’t leave the D.O.J.”Others argued, with equal passion, that lawyers should stay put. “Some abstract general objection to being associated with it isn’t reason enough to just abandon the mission and the people who we’re supposed to be fighting for,” one prosecutor said.
一位检察官说：“我对那些在没有触及任何‘红线’的情况下就辞职的人感到愤慨；他们自认为是英雄，还因此受到赞扬。在我看来，这种行为其实是一种背叛，也是自私的表现。”
“I have some level of resentment toward people who are just quitting without coming close to a red line and putting themselves out as being heroic for doing so and being praised as heroic for doing so. To me, it feels like abandonment—and selfish.”
随着特朗普第二个任期的继续，关于良知与政治的争论愈演愈烈。一个前司法部律师的话道出了一个根本性的问题：“在一个不公正的部门里，你还能为正义而努力吗？”“我当时躺在一个狭小的混凝土牢房里，旁边是一个我刚刚认识的成年人；他的脚离我的头只有几英寸远，而我根本无法逃离那里。”在《Evan Gershkovich》的新回忆录中，这位记者讲述了他的狱友如何教会他俄罗斯监狱的规矩。
This debate of conscience and politics only intensifies as Trump’s second term goes on. A fundamental question remains, captured in the words of one former D.O.J. lawyer: “Can you work for justice in an unjust department?”“I was lying next to a grown man I had just met, his feet mere inches away from my head, in a tiny concrete box I couldn’t leave.”
另一位主持人则采访了一些在财务问题上处于绝望边缘的人。还有记者深入纽约街头，与那些努力维护公共空间开放的人一起工作。昨天新闻通讯中点击量最高的内容，是关于媒体对特朗普攻击的反应。
今天的填字游戏：这道题要求用“宽面条”（dish）这个词语来组成一个八个字母的单词。
In an excerpt from his new memoir, the journalist Evan Gershkovich writes about the cellmate who taught him the codes of Russian prison.\ The host of “Financial Audit,” a popular YouTube series, interviews some of the more fiscally suicidal people one could ever hope to meet.\ On the ground with a group of New Yorkers who are fighting to keep public spaces open to the public.\ The most-clicked item in yesterday’s newsletter was about how the press has responded to Trump’s attacks.
“Catalogues”：你能将这些词语按照正确的顺序排列吗？
“Shuffalo”：利用每个新出现的字母，你能拼出一个更长的单词吗？
“Laugh Lines”：测试一下你对《纽约客》杂志经典漫画的了解吧！
Today’s Crossword Puzzle: Dish made with wide rice noodles—eight letters.\ Catalogues: Can you sort the items into the correct order?\ Shuffalo: Can you make a longer word with each new letter?\ Laugh Lines: Test your knowledge of classic New Yorker cartoons.
附注：就连饼干怪兽的工作也受到了人工智能的威胁。🍪 Ian Crouch 对今天的报道亦有贡献。
P.S. Even Cookie Monster’s job is under pressure from A.I. 🍪 Ian Crouch contributed to today’s edition.