Let's keep up with Trump purging the competent people and replacing them with loyalists. Department of Homeland Security preparing to fire hundreds of senior leaders this week The firings are a move not to reduce the size of the workforce but to get rid of people the administration sees as not on board with its goals. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/na...curity-preparing-fire-100s-leaders-rcna192493
Vivek wanted to randomly fire 50% of all bureaucrats. Trump is surgically repairing gov't, his people at the top and rank and file do as they're told. Trump has to weaken commie corporations financially, lobbying reform and a flat tax.
Musk is firing government workers who provide oversight to his dangerous corporate medical activities. DOGE Purges FDA Workers Reviewing Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip The department has worked at breakneck speed to gut federal programs and cut tens of thousands of government workers. https://www.thedailybeast.com/doge-purges-fda-workers-reviewing-elon-musks-neuralink-brain-chip/ Federal scientists reviewing Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip were fired as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s latest purge, a report revealed Monday. The group of 20, from the Food and Drug Administration’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices, were abruptly axed over the weekend as “part of a broader purge of the federal workforce,” sources told Reuters. DOGE and its young staffers have moved at breakneck speed to cut federal spending at the expense of tens of thousands of jobs in the federal government. Critics have claimed Musk’s team should not have the power to make such sweeping firings in part because his businesses, including SpaceX and Tesla, have a number of contracts with the federal government. This weekend’s FDA firings again sparked conflict of interest discussions with Musk at the helm of DOGE. Reuters reported alarm bells are already going off within the medical community. “It’s intimidating to the FDA professionals who are overseeing Neuralink’s trial,” said Victor Krauthamer, a former FDA official for three decades, told the wire service. “We should be worried about the whole trial, and the protection of the people in the trial.” President Donald Trump has said Musk would excuse himself from any conflicts of interest at DOGE. It is unclear if Musk had a personal say in the FDA scientists’ firing, but two sources in the agency told Reuters they do not believe their work on Neuralink specifically led to them being targeted. The latest cuts come amid a purge of about 5,200 workers in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The cuts largely impacted probationary employees—workers who have been in their position for less than two years who do not have the same protections as senior workers. Neuralink is actively undergoing FDA trials. It promotes itself as allowing people with paralysis and other physical disabilities to control things in their environment using only their thoughts, but has faced headwinds in ensuring its users safety.
Musk is firing FAA workers so he can replace them with his own employees. It's nothing more than a grift. Musk helped fire hundreds of FAA workers. Now, his SpaceX employees could fill the void The move to bring in more experts within Musk’s circle follows the Trump administration’s decision to fire hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration personnel https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...musk-spacex-air-traffic-control-b2700192.html A team from Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been drafted in to help overhaul the U.S. air traffic control systems. The move to bring in more experts within Musk’s circle follows the Trump administration’s decision to fire hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration personnel. SpaceX already holds billions in government contracts. Its staff visited Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia Monday, according to Transport Secretary Sean Duffy, who said that President Donald Trump has “ordered” him to “deliver a new, world-class air traffic control system that will be the envy of the world.” “Tomorrow, members of @elonmusk’s SpaceX team will be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in VA to get a firsthand look at the current system, learn what air traffic controllers like and dislike about their current tools, and envision how we can make a new, better, modern and safer system,” Duffy said in a post on X Sunday. The FAA layoffs follow three fatal U.S. air disasters in the last month in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Alaska. Another commercial plane carrying 80 people flipped over upon a crash landing at Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport Monday as it landed after leaving Minnesota. Duffy claimed that the FAA staff who were let go “were all probationary” and that none of them were air traffic controllers or critical safety personnel. “Because I know the media (and Hillary Clinton) will claim Elon’s team is getting special access, let me make clear that the @FAANews regularly gives tours of the command center to both media and companies,” Duffy added.
So much for federal mortgage insurance from the FHA which is foundational for the U.S. housing market. BTW -- the FHA is a huge profit center for the U.S. government. Federal Mortgage Insurer to Lay Off About Half Its Workforce Trump team to cut 40% of Federal Housing Administration staff FHA among the largest mortgage insurers in the world https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily...-insurer-to-lay-off-nearly-half-its-workforce The Trump administration is planning to lay off at least 40% of the workers at the federal agency that provides mortgage insurance on loans for people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for one, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans. Federal officials are preparing to cut employees at the Federal Housing Administration, the office that helps certain homebuyers secure a loan if they can’t afford a down payment or have below-average credit scores, the sources said. It also protects lenders against losses on those loans. The FHA is one of the largest mortgage insurers in the world and has insured more than 40 million home loans since 1934, according to the agency’s website. The FHA is one of the largest mortgage insurers in the world and has insured more than 40 million home loans since 1934, according to the agency’s website. The insurance is a key resource for many first-time buyers and low-income Americans, and can help protect lenders as well. That’s opened up more credit to buyers who might not normally be able to snag a home-purchase loan. The Trump administration cut thousands of employees in recent days, after President Donald Trump directed agency heads to do so. He told officials to focus on firing workers who “perform functions not mandated by statute,” including “diversity, equity and inclusion programs.” The FHA returns billions of dollars each year to the US Treasury through what is known as the negative credit subsidy. Congress does not appropriate funding to the FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund; instead, loans guaranteed by the agency generate a positive return for the fund. The MMI Fund grew from $145 billion to $173 billion in capital over the last fiscal year, with a capital ratio of 11.47%. One staffer described the agency as the goose that laid the golden egg. “None of the functions that support FHA would work,” says Ethan Handelman, former HUD deputant assistant secretary for multifamily housing programs, referring to cuts planned across the department. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the parent agency for the FHA, plans to discharge 50% of its workforce, Bloomberg Law previously reported. Antonio Gaines, president of AFGE National Council 222, said Tuesday those cuts will also hit the FHA. AFGE National Council 222 is the union that represents more than 5,000 employees at HUD. The agency employs 9,600 people, according to its website. It’s unclear how many are detailed to FHA work. HUD did not respond to Bloomberg Law’s request for comment. The FHA is by far the largest agency within HUD, accounting for about three-quarters of its personnel. Even if FHA staff jobs were somehow spared, cuts to other divisions will necessarily affect its work due to the interdependencies of federal housing policy. For example: the Office of Policy Development and Research, slated to lose much of its staff in the coming months, conducts market studies that help to determine loan activity at FHA. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. eliminated employees on Monday. The FDIC insures deposits in US banks.
So Trump claimed he would lower the price of eggs. Then he claimed that the Biden administration culling chickens due to bird flu was the cause of the egg price increases -- and he would fix the problem by eliminating bird flu. Then Trump laid off the majority of the USDA workers responsible for wiping out the bird flu. What a complete clusterf@ck. USDA rushing to rehire key bird flu response workers mistakenly fired in Trump purge https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...nel-accidentally-fired-from-usda/79113975007/
Every pussy who voted for trump and is getting fired and whining about it really should be hired back an then fired again. It might not be funny to find happiness in other people's suffering but I do get a kick out of other people's ignorance coming to bite them in the ass. Fire for thee, not for me! NOT! Last time I checked it is illegal to fire career civil servants based on who they voted for.... Let American burn for this is what it voted for. "Donald J. Trump Hellor Sir. I am one of the probationary employees terminated by the Doge at 9:00pm last night; February 14. I voted for you, Sir, three times, and I still support you," the post reads. "I was encouraged by the DOGE to see they were getting rid of wasteful government spending; I support that too." "My termination letter said I was being let go for performance reasons. I know that's not true; I am an excellent employee. I've been with the Federal government for almost 16 years. Sixteen years in June," it continues. https://www.yahoo.com/news/post-mag...zQOnY2S2w6Ugji9wadjR1fhLcOfWdjs0zW0pocvU7xqbp
Hitler:“I alone can fix it.” Mussolini:“Everything within the state, nothing outside the state.” Napoleon:“I am the revolution.” Trump:“He who saves his country does not violate any law.” He who saves the country does not violate any law. So if some nut sees trump as a threat to the constitution they can kill him because it saves the country..... awesome.
Trump blocked all communication from federal government agencies responsible for containing the bird flu. Allowing it to run amok through chicken farms. Trump moves hamper bird flu response as egg prices spike https://thehill.com/homenews/5154415-trump-moves-hamper-bird-flu-response-as-egg-prices-spike/