It's a total overreaction so the only explanation is that they are trying to intimidate anyone else in public office from doing anything similar.
She's an elected official, so can't be fired. She would have to be impeached, and that takes longer. She really should have just resigned if she couldn't do her job.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.