#FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg , who'd been with #bankster regulatory agency since 2005, pressured to step down after disastrous #CapitolHill hearings on widespread #SexualHarassment at the gov't agency, allegations that were first reported on by #WSJ.

Criticized as a “#patriarchal, #insular” agency with a temperamental leader, female employees have described it as hostile and discriminatory environment. The ugly #HR distractions now overshadow the work of the agency, taxed with shoring up America's oft teetering #banking sector. Current FDIC Vice Chairman #TravisHill, a Republican, assumes leadership in interim as #WhiteHouse says President #Biden will send new nominee name to #Senate quickly, where candidate will surely become a #PoliticalFootball for #GOP during a fraught #ElectionYear..
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/fdic-chairman-martin-gruenberg-resignation-ab7fed5f?st=q6wlw7pyxpd39zp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink #GiftLink #PaywallLift #USGov #ShitShow

Mentally ill people being used as ‘political football’, campaigners say | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/29/mentally-ill-people-being-used-as-political-football-campaigners-say

#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheDisabled
#PoliticalFootball
#UKPol
#Benefits
#DisabilityBenefits
#Tories
#PIP
#Sunak
#Poverty
#NHS
#Tories

"We’ve been talking a lot about the election and how bloody brutal it is on anyone who gets Government support. There’s also been a lot of talk about ‘the deserving poor’. Helen wrote about what it feels like to be the one who is being talked about, and the one whose life is at the mercy of political parties that loathe anyone who seeks Government aide."

#NZPol #DeservingPoor #PoliticalFootball #poverty #beneficiary #GovernmentSupport #EmilyWrites

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/im-the-deserving-poor-and-you-could

My cartoon in today’s www.stuff.co.nz and in print @the_postnz & @waikatotimes

It’s Aotearoa New Zealand’s favourite game…

#Aotearoa #NZPol #PoliticalFootball #Rugby #Gangs #NewZealand

Tory fury as civil servants threaten strike over Rwanda policy | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/braverman-home-office-strike-rwanda-b2348421.html

#Rwanda
#CivilService
#CivilServants
#Tories
#SmallBoats
#AsylumBan
#HomeOffice
#ReesMogg
#Strikes
#Patel
#Braverman
#IllegalMigrationBill
#AsylumSeekers
#ModernSlavery
#UNRefugeeAgency
#MentalHealth
#BeingRequiredToDoSomethingIllegal
#PoliticalFootball
#HighCourt
#PCS
#SafeRoutes
#SafePassageNow
#IllegalMigrationBill