Nonilex<p>District-court judges have repeatedly used <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> to block <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin policies, including to halt the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of civil servants, the defunding of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> & the relocation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> women in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalPrisons</span></a> to men’s housing. Some of those injunctions have been lifted by higher courts; many, including those detailed below, remain in place, …for now.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLS</span></a> like all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> agencies has been severely affected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a>, voluntary resignations, early retirements & hiring freezes, which are part of an unprecedented campaign by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to drastically reduce the size of govt & remake it. [if no one is able to collect the data & report it, then Trump can say whatever he wants because there won’t be evidence.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But Chief US Circuit Judge David Barron, writing for a panel of 3 judges…, said a stay was not warranted given the extensive findings a trial judge made about the impact <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> at the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> would have on its ability to function.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"Meanwhile, the public was seeing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/newsreports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsreports</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/massfirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massfirings</span></a> that seemed cruel and heartless, many assuming <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> was directly responsible.</p><p>In reality, DOGE had no direct authority. The real decisions came from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/agencyheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agencyheads</span></a> appointed by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a>, who were wise to let DOGE act as the 'fall guy' for unpopular decisions."</p><p><a href="https://sahillavingia.com/doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sahillavingia.com/doge</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dogediary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dogediary</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DogeDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DogeDays</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyBermanJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmyBermanJackson</span></a> said she is “deeply concerned” that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin ofcls aren’t complying with her earlier order that maintains the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>’s existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve it.</p><p>During the hearing, Jackson said she will bar ofcls from any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> or cutting off employees’ access to bureau computer systems.</p><p>Jackson scheduled a hearing on April 28 to hear testimony from ofcls who were working on the reduction in force, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIF</span></a>, procedures.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> layoffs begin to erode <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> drug review system</p><p>The Trump admin's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> at the FDA have removed employees critical to reviewing new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicines</span></a>, setting back years of effort to bring promising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treatments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treatments</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> more quickly.</p><p>The FDA is slated to lose 3,500 employees under Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>'s massive *restructuring* of US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> agencies….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>No plan—not his *MAHA* agenda, not efficiency, nothing—can realistically explain cuts like these. Instead, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> don’t seem to be a means to an end on the way to overhauling American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>. They are an end in themselves.</p><p>It’ll take months, if not years, to fully appreciate the effect that the cuts will have on America’s scientific enterprise.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>If the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> wins, as many experts predict it will, the entire executive branch would come under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s direct control, allowing him even greater power over federal policy, & leaving virtually no barriers to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of civil servants in favor of political stooges. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>MUSK-Trump ADMINISTRATION<br>WITH MALICE TOWARD ALL AND MERCY FOR NONE<br>Mastodon Post</p><p>Mass Firings of Federal Employees</p><p>BREAKING: Trump rocked by MONUMENTAL court loss<br>Brian Tyler Cohen [with Glenn Kirschner]</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvhWsyKypcc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rvhWsyKypc</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p>The Village Idiot of the United States (VIOTUS) and his boss, Elon Musk, have been overruled, at least for now. Village idiocy is not faring well in federal courts.</p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/briantylercohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>briantylercohen</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/federalemployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federalemployees</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/glennkirschner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glennkirschner</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/massfirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massfirings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/villageidiotoftheunitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>villageidiotoftheunitedstates</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/viotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viotus</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> employers added 151k <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> in Feb, the first full month under the new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, extending a streak of job growth to 50 months [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThankYouJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThankYouJoe</span></a>]. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> rate rose to 4.1%, from 4%.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>’s role: The survey showed a decline of 10k in federal employment. But the report was based on surveys conducted in the 2nd week of Feb, & economists say the admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a>, buyouts & hiring freezes at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> may not fully surface in the monthly data until this spring.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> announced on social media [of course] the next phase of government-gutting.</p><p>So far, Trump & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, have directed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a>, prompting lawsuits & sowing confusion. Agencies fired tens of thousands of probationary employees, ignoring personnel laws & what value they brought to the agency.</p><p>Trump said, he met with “most of the Secretaries, Elon, & others” to discuss the next phase of reductions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Appeals court allows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to temporarily remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HamptonDellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamptonDellinger</span></a></p><p>A federal appeals court on Wed allowed Trump to temporarily remove the head of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> watchdog agency who was investigating the admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of probationary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>.
<br>In a 2-pg order, the court granted the Trump admin’s request to stay a lower court ruling that blocked Trump from summarily firing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dellinger</span></a>, head of the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialCounsel</span></a>.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/05/court-decision-trump-administration-hampton-dellinger/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2025/03/05/court-decision-trump-administration-hampton-dellinger/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s address to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>: Rather than boycott Trump’s address on Tues to a joint session of Congress, some Democratic lawmakers are inviting former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> to the speech as a way to protest the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> & funding cuts that have defined Trump’s first month back in office.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/democrats-trump-federal-workers.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/democrats-trump-federal-workers.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has also tried to remove more than a dozen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InspectorsGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InspectorsGeneral</span></a>, as well as members of the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Relations Board [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a>] & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Equal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equal</span></a> Employment Opportunity Commission [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EEOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EEOC</span></a>]. Many of the ousted ofcls are contesting their removals in court.<br>
In addition to fighting his own ouster, Dellinger has been arguing that the admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of probationary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> is illegal.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk Gets His Most Brutal Smackdown Yet on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Firings</p><p>The judge slammed the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> as “illegal.”<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192142/elon-musk-brutal-smackdown-doge-firings" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192142/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-brutal-smackdown-doge-firings</span></a></p><p>"A federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> has ordered the Office of Personnel Mgmt to rescind <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> instructions to cull the workforce of federal agencies...</p><p>““The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of the universe, to hire & fire employees within another agency”"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
TheAuroraSentinel<p>Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful</p><p>Attorneys for the coalition cheered the order, although it does not mean that fired employees will automatically be rehired or that future firings will not occur.</p><p> <a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/nation/judge-finds-mass-firings-of-federal-probationary-workers-were-likely-unlawful/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sentinelcolorado.com/nation-wo</span><span class="invisible">rld/nation/judge-finds-mass-firings-of-federal-probationary-workers-were-likely-unlawful/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/massfirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massfirings</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US Dist Judge William Alsup ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> to rescind its prior directives to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> including the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Park" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Park</span></a> Service, Bureau of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Land</span></a> Management, National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> Foundation, & others. The ruling is one of the biggest roadblocks so far to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s effort to slash the federal workforce.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>👏👏Judge blocks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> 👏👏<br>
A federal judge ruled that the terminations at several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>, including the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a>, were likely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a>.</p><p>A federal judge on Thurs ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> to rescind directives that initiated the mass firing of probationary govt workers in several agencies across the government, ruling that the terminations were probably illegal, as a group of labor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> argued in court.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/27/judge-probationary-federal-employee-firings-lawsuit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/27/judge-probationary-federal-employee-firings-lawsuit/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>An independent government agency that reviews personnel actions in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkForce</span></a> has ordered 6 government employees to be temporarily reinstated after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin carried out <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of probationary employees earlier this month. The independent agency, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merit</span></a> Systems Protection Board, ruled that the unspecificed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> involved had violated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> rights in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/25/us/president-trump-news/c3058066-3cce-51a8-b248-e94316acea91?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/02/25/us</span><span class="invisible">/president-trump-news/c3058066-3cce-51a8-b248-e94316acea91?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Another fired employee said the hundreds of dismissals meant that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> agency now had only a skeleton crew to respond to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> crises.</p><p>The appointee running day-to-day operations at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteMarocco</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept official overseeing foreign aid who was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> figure at the agency & other government departments in the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. Early this month, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> announced he was taking over the aid agency as acting administrator.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
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