Phase TWO?
First DOGE inflicted job cuts….
Then rehires…
Now they’ll do it again….
This time?
Trying to put the blame on Democrats….
Polling says that ain’t working….
Trump IS to blame most Americans belive….
Again?
Republicans WILL probably suffer also….
“Can confirm RIFs have begun and they are substantial,” an OMB spokesperson told POLITICO. “These are RIFs not furloughs.”
It’s unclear how many people were laid off, and Vought provided no further details.
But an administration official granted anonymity to discuss the layoffs said they hit agencies including: Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, EPA, Commerce, Education, Energy, HHS and HUD.
And Vought’s post appears to follow through on a threat to inflict more political pain on Democrats.
Trump on Thursday said his administration would target programs backed by Democrats.
“We’re only cutting Democrat programs, I hate to tell you, but we are cutting Democrat programs,” the president said during a Cabinet meeting. “We will be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren’t popular with Republicans, frankly.”…
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“I think they held off as long as they could,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
But Sen. Susan Collins, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, criticized the move, warning “arbitrary layoffs” would undermine federal agencies, especially as the shutdown continues with no end in sight.
Unions representing federal employees, who are suing to halt the mass firings, wrote in a court filing on Friday that they believed the Treasury Department was working to issue termination notices to 1,300 employees across the agency, which also includes the Internal Revenue Service….
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In past shutdowns, federal workers were furloughed, not fired. Trump already decimated the federal workforce in the first months of his second term, culling a bureaucracy he accused of “waste, fraud and abuse.”
“This administration wants to reopen the government,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said this week. “We don’t want to see people laid off. But unfortunately if this shutdown continues, layoffs are going to be an unfortunate consequence.”…
Note….
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown
More than 4,000 positions will be eliminated across agencies, the government told a court Friday night….
Hmmmmm?
Hakeem Jeffries Calls Democrats Back to Washington
“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Democrats on a virtual caucus call Friday that they should plan to return to the Capitol by next Tuesday evening,” Punchbowl News reports.
Said Jeffries: “We’re asking everyone to return to Washington.”
They REALLY DO NOT know WTF they are doing ….
The Trump administration on Friday laid off dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the government shutdown persists in Washington.
The firings at one of the nation’s top public health agencies follows a series of turmoil around leadership changes and a stark update to guidance on health and vaccine policies.
Among those dismissed were employees at the Epidemic Intelligence Service — which investigates disease outbreaks — the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and fellows in the Laboratory Leadership Service, an official with knowledge of the terminations told The Hill’s sister station NewsNation.
Many received termination emails on Friday evening, days after the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) told federal agencies to plan for reduction in forces (RIFs) in the event of a government shutdown…..
More…
Update…..
In ANOTHER example of how FUCKED UP the Trump show is?
Most of those CDC people laid off?
Have been promptly UNLAID OFF……
People’s lives are involved and Trump & Co do NOT CARE…..
I know some people have short memories
But this REALLY should be costing Republicans support and VOTES
And THIS IS NOT DEMOCRATS Fucking Up
Republicans want to Make America Great Again!
Keep the firings going!
This is what happens when you let HATE drive policy and it’s what the Republican Party is all about.
They ARE digging themselves into a HOLE DEEPER and DEEPER…..