Summary

The Trump administration is conducting mass firings of federal employees, citing “poor performance” and “misalignment with needs.”

Critics, including former officials and labor attorneys, argue the dismissals are unlawful and could result in significant financial liabilities for the government.

A federal judge denied unions’ attempts to block the firings. Many affected employees claim strong performance records and face severe personal and financial consequences.

The firings, linked Elon Musk, have sparked calls for congressional intervention over concerns of political motivations and government dysfunction.

  • Soup@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Ya know, I’m kinda glad he’s taking shit apart so early and so quickly. People may have complained during Biden, but we might actually get a massive, oh, 5% of the truly stupid to have to finally face that actually it’s conservatives who are the ones destroying their lives. He’s so loud about it that it’ll be hard even for them to ignore it.

    That said, I still have zero positive expectations and next to no hope so we’ll have to keep acting like they won’t get it, but it’s a nice thing to think about.

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      23 hours ago

      Conservatives don’t believe in reality, and they’d sooner let their false beliefs kill them than give them up.

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      I wish you were right, but he’s already blaming the emergent failures on Biden and they are lapping it up from the Fox News echo chamber.

      Shit leadership from the admin/party in charge if you ask me. But I fear asking them will always yield a different answer.