I don’t know why this is hard for folks to understand. The layoffs aren’t just about probationary employees. They are going beyond that. It won’t stop. It’s all about making agencies non-functional.
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That’s what they said after the election. He can’t get rid of the agencies, but he can gut them to a shell of their former selves. Which is exactly what’s happening. And we are going to face a depression like never before.
They want to privatize everything that makes $$$ and eliminate everything helping what they call ‘feeders’ - average Americans who pay taxes - for PUBLIC services.
There wouldn’t be trust. Not really. But hear a lie often enough and when some semblance of survival becomes dependent on acceptance… I think they want to literally eliminate people they see as ‘non-productive’ or otherwise against their agendas. Trump tried with Covid. Now musk with an army and $$$
Yeah I don’t think the point is building trust. I think the point is turning public goods into something a CEO can make a multi-million dollar salary off of.
These mass firings have eroded whatever credibility #trump had entering office. I mean, all of these thousands of civil servants can’t be corrupt, can they? #trump and his minions are afraid of any pushback, so will replace experienced people with loyal no newbies, putting us all at risk!
All of you guys together need to resist! I'm surprised that all the federal workers are not protesting in front of their offices/wherever Elon Musk is/in front of the White House. If I were a white person in a federal job right now, making sure that all of us are shutting down everything now.
Yeah-as a black woman with a disability, I am not gonna be out there. But I wish you all the best of luck! And keep Elon away from your offices! Resist! You can do it! If there's anything I can do – sending a pizza somewhere, let me know!
Exactly. The whole purge is not ‘probationary’ . I hope that US scientists can show with collective action what non-functionality means. It affects all voters in one way or another.
P2025 (pinned on my page) includes deregulation and a lot of it. They aren't done scrapping the country for parts. Once precedents are fully set at the federal level, some states will mirror the changes, then local govs. They want carte blanche.
Do you want to understand?
Go research dictatorship in Russia. Find out what rights the citizens have. What flourishing business are there. Then you will see what he is striving for. That is your reality until you get rid of him and his gang. Once again educate yourself.
And I think a lot of people misunderstand ‘probationary.’ These are not kids to get coffee. These are fairly recently hired MAs, PhDs, really really highly educated and motivated people who are poised to make a difference. The future.
Same with claims that they're trying to rehire some of these people but don't have their contact info. Does any American reading this believe the US Government can't figure out how to get in touch with them if it needs to?
Most don't understand that "probationary" isn't just new hires. It's long-term people who have changed jobs or been promoted. Good people working upward, or finding a better fit.
Or simply filling the need when a position becomes vacant due to death or retirement and getting properly paid while hiring interviews are in progress!! We are losing skilled, accomplished people who know their job environment...who have valuable insight to what actually needs change.
I can’t believe there are people who don’t understand this. A centralized, reliable, courageous, competent, professional 4th estate is essential to the well-being of democracy.
It's happening so fast, and with a lack of a strong fourth estate It's happening in a propaganda vacuum. Unless you have the time and inclination, these attacks won't be fully known until people are dying. He'll, without YouTube and bluesky, I'm completely in the dark.
1st get of the IGs out of the way so we are blind, then cripple the Agency so it fails, then blame bureaucracy and privatize the profitable parts. Conservatives buy the BS that government can be run like a business. This is why we can’t have nice things!
This HR I feel everyone should watch, regularly, to stay familiar with what’s happening in America. Because in order to fight it, we must SEE what we’re up against!
This was the case during Vietnam; American soldiers were fighting an army they knew little about it wasn’t good 😟🙁.
look, if they were PLANNING privatization, that would be one thing, but they are just cutting with no thought for WHERE those services are going to come from in the future
if the government is completely destroyed there is no check and balance in place to stop ANYTHING they want to do. and they began dismantling it quickly on day 1.
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Go research dictatorship in Russia. Find out what rights the citizens have. What flourishing business are there. Then you will see what he is striving for. That is your reality until you get rid of him and his gang. Once again educate yourself.
This was the case during Vietnam; American soldiers were fighting an army they knew little about it wasn’t good 😟🙁.