NEW: State Dept. under Rubio has fired about 60 contractors who work on democracy and human rights programs. The contractors are mainly tech and area experts who are critical for programs on China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u... - ThreadSky

ewong.bsky.social • 37 days ago

NEW: State Dept. under Rubio has fired about 60 contractors who work on democracy and human rights programs. The contractors are mainly tech and area experts who are critical for programs on China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. Our @nytimes.com story: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/democracy-human-rights-fired.html

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sablue52.bsky.social•37 days ago

So, everybody in charge now made a pact with each other to pull off a coup. Got it.

henleyparker.bsky.social•37 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org/post/3lhcg3r42522h

abhinavdas.bsky.social•37 days ago

I am surprised they are not removing it from the dictionary. Perhaps that is coming next…

pizzakolara.bsky.social•37 days ago

It's becoming clearer with each step he's taking who is benefiting from this.

shanahstone.bsky.social•37 days ago

Don’t f’k with Trumps new allies.

boteball.bsky.social•37 days ago

So the Cuban immigrant who despises the regime currently in power in Cuba fired contractors who "work on democracy and Human rights programs" in Cuba? Got it.

stewardn.bsky.social•37 days ago

He was born in Miami. Otherwise, please continue to trash him.

boteball.bsky.social•37 days ago

I was afraid of that. Still, the irony...

stewardn.bsky.social•37 days ago

Everything else you said still stands. lol. No worries.

matthewbudman.bsky.social•37 days ago

Hard for this administration to be more on the nose than firing everyone working on democracy and human rights. And Trump must *love* humiliating Little Marco—once "a champion of policies that advance human rights and promote democratic practices"—by forcing him to be his hatchet man.

smorgasborder.bsky.social•37 days ago

Of course, no one is forcing Rubio to do anything. He didn't have to say yes to the job.

mourn-the-weenie.bsky.social•37 days ago

Rubio didn't have to do the job the way he's doing it now.

karakoy.bsky.social•36 days ago

👀

sattelliteoflove.bsky.social•37 days ago

"Here you go Xi, Putin, Maduro, etc, to show how TOUGH we are"

brattykat.bsky.social•37 days ago

If you are fired, stay.
Make them force you out
Make it hard for them
Federal workers are the final line the govt has

jane2157.bsky.social•37 days ago

Awful use of his power.

damianow.bsky.social•37 days ago

Can you create a government agency with full government oversight by fiat with legislation? If not what is happening.

charlessumner-rino.bsky.social•37 days ago

The same people excited about human rights programs getting cut are the ones most aggressively pushing for punitive actions against China for winning hearts and minds throughout the world.

margotsibley25.bsky.social•37 days ago

Nation Building is not the way. From wi. Not from wo. If not, not.

patricktm.bsky.social•37 days ago

Every single Senate Dem is responsible and accountable for this because every single one voted for Rubio's appointment. Not a single Senate Dem appears to be the least concerned nor publicly regretting their vote.

cornerblight.bsky.social•37 days ago

Exactly. Fuckers.

putawomanincharge.bsky.social•37 days ago

Marco Rubio is an unmanly POS.

queenlucinda.bsky.social•37 days ago

They are making it so obvious…

dinerlee.bsky.social•37 days ago

Putin will be so pleased.

carbonorchestra.bsky.social•37 days ago

the past two weeks make it seem like the new admin is quite literally inviting a terrorist attack. I suppose they would stand to profit from it, but even by their depraved standards, a repeat of 9/11 doesn't seem like the best way to defraud the American public.

tora20242.bsky.social•37 days ago

They probably charged $150/hr and did nothing.

vdkelly005.bsky.social•37 days ago

You sound jealous.

tora20242.bsky.social•36 days ago

I'm never jealous of thieves who steal from government coffers.

vdkelly005.bsky.social•36 days ago

Judgemental much? How do you know they are thieves? If you have evidence then turn it over to the FBI.

tora20242.bsky.social•36 days ago

You must be a government worker. Those are the laziest workers around.

vdkelly005.bsky.social•36 days ago

"They"? To whom are you referring specifically? Do you have actual hard data or just anecdotal data? There are "lazy" people in every organization both in the public and private sector. What's lazy is making accusations without presenting any real evidence to support your assertions.

ilovefrenchbulldog.bsky.social•37 days ago

Why hold those countries to any standards when the current US leaders want to be just like them?

hansenvj.bsky.social•37 days ago

And this is the guy you all thought was a “normal” cabinet member? Just a different day in a shitshow “like nothing else you’ve ever seen”.

ragekitten.bsky.social•37 days ago

Ah, so that Elon and his teenaged nazi posse can come in and give Putin and Xi the nuclear codes and all of our PPI.

cactus297.bsky.social•37 days ago

So they just keep making America (not) safe again! Just put a target us by firing our top experienced people in these departments. Make us vulnerable to our adversaries. Just to please an old man and a billionaire. Americans will just be collateral damage.

suffraga.bsky.social•37 days ago

With a cabinet full of folks who despise education -and science - why would they need a dept of education? https://www.newsweek.com/marco-rubio-criticizes-bidens-ivy-league-cabinet-picks-some-trump-appointees-also-attended-1549898

gengiskhan.bsky.social•37 days ago

" Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him". Stephen King on Bluesky.
Trump has come to destabilize the whole world. The world with Trump will be a dangerous and unstable place. Trump is a TRAP ☠️ ☠️

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