New: New wave of terminations today at FDA. People arrived this morning and found out while waiting in line to go through security that they no longer worked there. A common pattern with DOGE: planning to maximize humiliation/disrespect.
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Non-Maga folks would best realize that the Maga cult brain is hateful toward everyone and everything that is not Maga: Truth, justice, equality, education... DEMOCRACY.
They are hoping to get people so frazzled & anxious that they'll just quit instead of deal with the stress. The inate cruelty of Doge & Trump demonstrated time & time again.
Terminating public service workers ruthlessly and recklessly is dumbing down our nation brought to an ultimate and radical expression. We are rejecting the American Revolution in favor of our own Cultural Revolution. It’s populism in the worst sense of the word.
It is so disrespectful and egregious. And why do they keep doing this? Aren’t there numerous court orders to stop this! Get the Doge people out of there and deport them to El Salvador for harmful gang activity!
Clearly FOTUS/Musk/Putin Regime have not thought this through. At some level they understand they are creating a team of enemies who are so much smarter than them.
I am glad you mentioned humiliation and disrespect. I have been laid off before but usually had an inkling. It was always done privately when they are letting you go by no fault of your own. I also know how long, if ever, it takes to recover from such a nasty experience. Let alone the panic.
Well, it’s true that the Republican legislators have openly abdicated their power to the executive.
They have not objected to anything he has proposed nor have they put forth ANY kind of independent legislation whatsoever.
There was no point except to piss us off at 6 am by causing confusion. I could see how some people could feel humiliated. I was ready to fight, but I just went home.
Great. Bird flu was bad enough to cause an egg shortage. FDA layoffs are going to compromise our food safety, drug manufacturing, and slow down the already years long process to get medicines approved for use.
Crash economy/riots
Trump 2014-Fox
"You know what solves it? When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you'll have a, you know, you'll have riots to go back to where we used to be when we were great."
That mother fer- did the same to Northern Nevada employees- 1500 people got on commuter buses and arrived at work after a long commute to find they were locked out of their building - he came in took tax breaks then when the were over he rescinded his pledge to employ a certain percentage of locals
It is DOGE that needs to be terminated. They have already caused unbelievable destruction to so much & so many-and Trump cheers them on. Between Trump and Musk, Putin seems to be getting everything he ever wanted to destroy America and he’s doing it without losing a single Russian soldier.
What a bunch of inhuman assholes! Even if you had done everything by the book and people knew about the cuts, you’d really not tell them? Who the F behaves this way?
The Federal government is responsible for performing a LOT of boring, but extremely VITAL, work for our country. I hope we are able to restore these agencies with the talented people that Elon fired without cause.
Blame the unsupreme justices, the Heritage Foundation, narcissistic billionaires. All people who mock empathy. Cold mindless theft of meaningful work to feed corporate greed.
"Today was simply a tragedy,” said Michael T. Osterholm, who directs the UMinn’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. “There is so much intellectual capital that literally got swept under the rug today in this country, and we are going to pay a price for this for years to come."
"Today was simply a tragedy,” said Michael T. Osterholm, who directs the UMinn’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. “There is so much intellectual capital that literally got swept under the rug today in this country, and we are going to pay a price for this for years to come."
Saw some talk he was giving to cult members where he said he wanted "fire all governing empl" but no one liked FAGE. Someone from his cuck audience suggested KAGE. This has been in the works for years & the clips of them selling it to the cult are haunting.
And, not surprisingly, I dont even think legal -- it's certainly not consistent with any sort of federal RIF rules to simply show up and be locked out one morning. Even 'for cause' requires more process and employee notification. Maybe immediate lockout if you've been deemed a security threat.
What does it matter whether or not it’s legal when they’re getting away with it? Even if it’s determined later that what they’re doing is illegal, by then agencies and even whole departments will have been dismantled.
The same pattern as Garcia, whom they now acknowledge was here legally, was not a gang member, had no criminal record,but they sent him to an El Salvador gulag “by mistake” and no backsies.
This is disgusting behavior. This is not one of president Musk's companies; this is the United States government! He needs to be out, DOGE disbanded, our now-broken national agencies put back in place and Trump impeachment proceedings begun.
The gap between where we are & the steps necessary in the US System for justice (now w/ a corrupted DOJ controlled by the allies of that criminal, and operating in a legal system controlled in the highest echelons by their right-wing friends.)
The lack of respect they display to people is horrible, not notifying people about losing their jobs shows total lack of class. Karma will come for these people, who are they, what's their names? Could you do this shitty stuff to people and sleep comfortably? They're a step up above serial killers
This enrages me. We don’t actually deserve the caliber of people who work there. Republicans are so stupid. About 1/2 of the workforce are registered republicans and I have heard this is making a lot of people rethink their voting choices.
It's the party built on "fuck your feelings" and "liberal tears". They are bullies that peaked in high school and think that humiliation/disrespect is funny and entertaining.
Some will retire, some will find new jobs, and maybe some won't, and get in serious trouble. At best in four years you will have those that can't get a different job applying, well, or maybe those that intend to retire in four years, that is assuming we win. This can't easily be fixed.
After sleeping in the factories for a while and meeting chicks who work there was a thing the best thing was keep him off site because he is a front guy. Tech level Epstein money and others Tesla
It was bad timing for me sure I pitched in but I had to do what Vicky post said on the tape I have tape
I don't minimize the pain and hurt the doge boys cause, but I see some hope in that all they have is pettiness. That is not a strong foundation to work from and is difficult to sustain once you've expended the opportunities to be petty
economy down the toilet while T2.0 poisons his swamp- “recession is a good thing” meanwhile thousands of fed employees w/years of expertise & dedication fired without cause…jobless rosters rise exponentially-T2.0 teaches OUR gov. like his private business. So 3rd world country-good for a dictator.
Good-ish. Sad for anyone losing their jobs, but this stands as something tangible that people can physically and emotionally understand. The bullshit that many of you voted for is not the America you thought it would be. Collectivism is not a negative. It's what should be normal.
These people have dedicated their lives to typically thankless jobs and this is the thank you that they get. It is disgusting and makes me so angry. This is just not right.
It was chaos and sad here at White Oak. We are stunned but those left are going to continue to work on public health. We cannot spiral out. Giving myself today to be sad and getting back to work tomorrow.
It’s time we stood up. Other countries are asking why we aren’t. Valid points - we have a lot of work to do to prepare for a strike. But we’re ready to do it.
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A general strike still seems pretty self destructive, not least to the strikers themselves.
Targeted actions and boycotts against regime supporters allows us to maximize the pain we inflict on the other side, while minimizing the pain we suffer, or even outright benefiting us.
This is an example of smart and targeted protest. We damage companies that support the administration and reward companies that support us. That ensures a proper alignment of incentives.
In a general strike we just damage everyone, including ourselves. I guarantee that billionaires will be fine.
Something like a general strike starts to make sense if we have lost ground everywhere.
If blue states and cities have been put under MAGA administration then there really isn't any remaining options besides insurgency, mass strikes and mass protests.
100% agree with this. Facebook needs to die just as much as X does.
Not that X is dying nearly as quick as I would hope. We seriously need to get activists to do digital "protests" where they evangelize Bluesky to individual users in popular threads, and actively help them transition.
We're looking beyond this regime too, to strike for structural change to the systems that don't work for people. Yes, we should all boycott companies that don't align with our values, and that will make a difference. But we got here because of issues like Citizens United that need to be changed.
The most "promising" pathway I can see is the model followed after the civil war when the North coerced southern states to ratify amendments to the constitution.
I think we should borrow a page from Trump and do something similar once we recapture the presidency.
This is correct. This is at best premature. You may get to some crisis point where that is necessary. But it can only hope to be effective in key binary moments and only when public opinion is very heavily weighted against the White House. Neither of those are the case right now.
But, with a goal of organizing 11.5 million Americans, "at best premature" seems like the absolute latest time to start rallying around the idea, doesn't it?
I think it's doing good to highlight that there's more to *waves hands* whatever this is than the Trump/Musk cabal, and that it's not new.
I am old and broken at 50, I do not mind being first line of defense, Ill take as many as I can with me if it means protecting my Future bloodlines and Country.
My other (cleverer) half has just told me about this. Apparently if your badge didn't let you in, you got moved into the "you're fired" line.
Going to be an 'interesting' time for all those companies in drug development whose future is determined by how quickly they can get their product to market.
It was bad to be told nothing when you weren't let in. But even worse when people made it through relieved only to open their email and get the notice.
This coming from the same guy who almost cried because people were so cruel and weren't buying his cars. The same guy who says empathy is a disease. I think the richest person in the world can afford to lose ONE of his jobs, while others can't afford to lose their only job.
This is outrageous what Musk is doing. A citizen named Musk walked into the White House and began gutting and slashing our government. Just like that. Not been elected not had security clearance and using an unofficial illegal agency called DOGE. Who is going to stop this criminal??
The FDA’s budget is completely separate from Congressional funding. It’s paid for by User Fees that pharmaceutical companies pay for to file their applications & other filings. Taxpayers don’t pay for it! This is a sham!!!
If you grab someone's tie or shirt and drop your weight, the speed in which their head connects with the floor is incredible. Not saying anyone would do this, just musing.
It’s so interesting that RFK (‘K’ now standing for ‘killer’) thinks this is all ‘great’ and is going to make America ‘healthy’. The delusional thinking of malignant narcissists is literally crazy.
"Imagine driving down a highway that posts a sign saying, “Do not read this sign under penalty of law.” We are, as good drivers, obligated by law to read signs, but here is a sign we are supposed to read that tells us that if we read it we might suffer the penalty of law. We are going to read it."
A buddy at CDC is telling me that in addition to the RIFs, hundreds (if not thousands) of employees are being told today they are suddenly reassigned to distant rural locations.
It's amazing to me that they haven't caused a workplace shooting with this humiliating and degrading treatment.
Probably only because they know the fucks who deserve it aren't there to catch lead.
Got my notice (NIH) this morning. A colleague went to the office this morning, checked her email, and went home. Lots of errors in the termination notices.
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Donald and Elons' planes should be grounded, no pilots should fly them anywhere.
Congressionally funded programs can only be cut back by CONGRESS
Saying that DOGE or Trump has this power is NOT JOURNALISM
They have not objected to anything he has proposed nor have they put forth ANY kind of independent legislation whatsoever.
The Republicans are afraid of MAGA.
If they can’t win elections with MAGA votes everything changes
Trump 2014-Fox
"You know what solves it? When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you'll have a, you know, you'll have riots to go back to where we used to be when we were great."
Hiding In Plain Sight,
Sarah Kendzior
Thanks Elon
People crying, clearing out, thanking their cowrkrs for team work, etc...😪
Steps need to be taken to protect our federal employees from this crap.
Criminal. RFK = a clear and present danger.
Trump owns this.
AND HE THINKS EVERYTHING IS GREAT
Snowflakes.
And let's get rid of those implicit in Congress.
I just want health care like a real country.
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It was bad timing for me sure I pitched in but I had to do what Vicky post said on the tape I have tape
We could use some disgruntled employees like that in this moment.
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Targeted actions and boycotts against regime supporters allows us to maximize the pain we inflict on the other side, while minimizing the pain we suffer, or even outright benefiting us.
In a general strike we just damage everyone, including ourselves. I guarantee that billionaires will be fine.
Striking MAGA owned companies. Striking in Red States. etc.
Don't punch ourselves in the face to make a political point. Punch them instead.
If blue states and cities have been put under MAGA administration then there really isn't any remaining options besides insurgency, mass strikes and mass protests.
We aren't there yet.
delete your amazon account
protest tesla dealerships , but DO NOT set those shit cars/trucks on fire because then insurance money covers it. Let those cars/trucks stay unsold.
Not that X is dying nearly as quick as I would hope. We seriously need to get activists to do digital "protests" where they evangelize Bluesky to individual users in popular threads, and actively help them transition.
After we defeat this coup we will need to either reform the constitution, replace SCOTUS, or preferably both.
I think we should borrow a page from Trump and do something similar once we recapture the presidency.
I think it's doing good to highlight that there's more to *waves hands* whatever this is than the Trump/Musk cabal, and that it's not new.
Going to be an 'interesting' time for all those companies in drug development whose future is determined by how quickly they can get their product to market.
Though I'd rather be a "gold brick" with a job than just thrown to the winds without even the dignity of an insulting epithet
We informed them of their termination and handed them a slip with a number to call if they had questions.
It felt quite cruel.
It’s as bad as it gets.
And government employees along with the disabled and immigrants are the ones they enjoy hurting the most.
Did you say Sadists?
Probably only because they know the fucks who deserve it aren't there to catch lead.
Wisconsin told musk to f**k off.
It's time for the other 49 to do the same.