This piece lays out clearly the effects Trump/Musk chaos has on federal agencies that exist to protect the public. Already short staffed (GOP lowering taxes on the super wealthy, increasing spending on military), the uncertainty is both demoralizing and exhausting.
With tornado season already here, and hurricane season around the corner, shit is terrifying.
#NOAA #NWS #USPolitics #ClimateChange #Weather #FiringsFederalEmployees
Senator Patty Murray on Bluesky: "When your mail is delayed, your medications arrive late, or your packages get lost—remember it’s because two billionaires decided to fire thousands of mail carriers and cut billions in essential funding for USPS for NO reason except to break government & enrich themselves."
#USPolitics #USPS #USPostalService #FiringsFederalEmployees
https://apnews.com/article/us-postal-service-doge-agreement-daf3bf54fa0718908791fcb368b4d9d8
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget. He’ll do that working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. A letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday says DOGE will assist the U.S. Postal Service with addressing “big problems” at the agency. USPS has sometimes struggled in recent years to stay afloat. The agency listed such issues as mismanagement of the agency’s retirement assets and Workers’ Compensation Program. USPS employs about 640,000 workers. Neither the Postal Service nor the Trump administration did immediately respond to emails requesting comment.
"But Lennox noted, “The irony of saying ‘We’ve saved $98 million to help veterans’ by firing a veteran just kind of blows my mind.”
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