This piece contains a sentence you rarely see in most coverage of Trump/Musk's purported firings of career civil servants: "None of the due process provisions that protect federal civil service employees appear to have been followed here." - ThreadSky

sarahposner.bsky.social • 116 days ago

This piece contains a sentence you rarely see in most coverage of Trump/Musk's purported firings of career civil servants:

"None of the due process provisions that protect federal civil service employees appear to have been followed here."

Reposted from Josh Kovensky

NEW: The Trump administration is going after Department of Education employees for attending diversity training sessions that were held during his first term talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...

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frapis.bsky.social•116 days ago

It's why I subscribe. 🙂
https://talkingpointsmemo.com doesn't weaselword.

mcvillaseca.bsky.social•116 days ago

Retroactive?!?! Does he not know (of course not) that we have s severe teacher shortage and we need all hands on deck?!?!

sonjasutherland.bsky.social•115 days ago

The goal is to destroy the public education system.

mcvillaseca.bsky.social•115 days ago

Absolutely! I just hope the NEA sues.

thillygootheth.bsky.social•116 days ago

They don’t apply to being put on paid administrative leave since there’s no loss or grade or pay. See 5 CFR 752.401. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/752.401

thillygootheth.bsky.social•116 days ago

dinah15.bsky.social•116 days ago

TPM is a reliable source.

lastpaige111.bsky.social•115 days ago

Dear Sarah, whose posts I follow and whose writing I admire -- would you be wiling to amplify my new Substack? This post is about the shady financial goals of owning parts of companies that provide goods and services to the government: https://bsky.app/profile/lastpaige111.bsky.social/post/3lhdap6lk4c2u

rewhan.bsky.social•116 days ago

If we survive all this, there's gonna be a lot of wealthy lawyers in the future.

sarahposner.bsky.social•116 days ago

Similarly, the executive branch can't close a federal agency created by congressional statute, but too much reporting credulously states the closures as if they are sort of done deal.

Career civil servants have statutory protections. Too few news outlets even acknowledge their existence in coverage

mksu44.bsky.social•116 days ago

THIS...I was yelling at ABC nightly news.
MSM has once again failed.

cranberryhorn.bsky.social•116 days ago

The reporting of the WSJ, NYT, WaPo CNN USA Today etc. are still misrepresenting Trump, Musk and Congressional GOP criminal behavior and acts against the Constitution.

louisamiller.bsky.social•116 days ago

@nytimes.com @latimes.com @washingtonpost.com @stltoday.com @chicago.suntimes.com

bluebayog.bsky.social•116 days ago

Our media outlets have literally put their heads between their legs and ran away! Report the facts as to what is occurring!

ouijeff.bsky.social•116 days ago

It really is the problem.

A lot of people (especially low information voters) use these articles to set the tone for what's happening.

So instead of the headline being "Trump breaks law" it is "Trump gets stuff done"

They are paving the way for dictatorship.

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