beSpacificAug 3
CBS News - "Layoffs across the US this year have climbed to their highest level since the #pandemic slammed the economy in 2020.. In the first half of 2025 companies announced 744,308 job CUTS nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when #employers cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response to COVID-related disruptions" #economy #congress #legislation #unemployment #firings #layoffs #gop #republicans #maga #BigTech #politics #government #BLS #firings #tariffs
BakersRelayJul 15

#TheGremlinZoo #JusticeDepartment #Firings

From CBS NEWS: Firings at Trump's DOJ complicate case against Florida man accused of bilking kids with special needs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/firings-at-trumps-doj-florida-man-special-needs/

Firings at Trump's DOJ complicate case against Florida man accused of bilking kids with special needs

Firings at the DOJ have ensnared a prosecutor who is pursuing a Florida man accused of treating a more than $100 million fund intended for children with special needs as a "personal piggy bank."

DrWebJul 12

Firings without explanation create culture of fear at Justice Dept., FBI – The Washington Post

Attorney General Pam Bondi, as President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House on March 24. (Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post)

Firings without explanation create culture of fear at Justice Dept., FBI

Widespread, abrupt terminations have left Justice Department and FBI employees wondering if they will be next, people familiar with the matter say.

Updated July 10, 2025, 8 min

By Perry Stein

The Trump administration is firing and pushing outemployees across the Justice Department and FBI, often with no explanation or warning, creating rampant speculation and fear within the workforce over who might be terminated next, according to multiple people with knowledge of the removals who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retribution.

Some people are simply fired, delivered a notice signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi that cites the broad powers afforded to the president in the U.S. Constitution. Others, particularly at the FBI, are told they can leave or be demoted or terminated.

The removals appear more individually targeted — and are happening in smaller numbers — than the high-profile ousters of senior Justice Department and FBI officials in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term, when he vowed to clean house at the department that had brought two criminal cases against him. They are unrelated to the mass reductions-in-force and reorganizations that Trump has launched at many other federal agencies, which the Supreme Court has said may move forward for now. 

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Firings without explanation create culture of fear at Justice Dept., FBI – The Washington Post

#2025 #America #DonaldTrump #FBI #Firings #Health #History #January6thAttorneys #JusticeDepartment #Libraries #LibraryOfCongress #PamBondi #Politics #Resistance #RevengePolitics #Science #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates

beSpacificJul 8
#SupremeCourt Clears Way for Mass #Firings at #Federal Agencies. The #Trump administration had asked the #justices to block a lower #court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to #downsize the #government. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html #democracy #Treasury #HHS #SCOTUS #KetanjiBrownJackson #dissent #DOGE #Musk #maga #fascism #firings #layoffs #RIF #HHS #StateDepartment #executiveorder #federalworkforce Executive Order https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/14/2025-02762/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers

The justices announced they were not ruling on the legality of the specific downsizing plans but they allowed the Trump administration to proceed for now with its restructuring efforts.

The New York Times
Catherine SchmidtJun 26

#politics #trump #leaks #iran #fascism #lies #congress #CNN #investigations #dia #Signal #Axios #demands #NatashaBertrand #firings #alt #Hegseth

Heather Cox Richardson 6/25/25
HEGSETH LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO FACTS ABOUT BOMBING
TARGETS NATASHA BERTRAND
ILLEGALLY LIMITS BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS

beSpacificJun 23
NYT published harrowing moment-by-moment account of how #Trump & #DOGE rapidly descended on, destroyed US Agency for International Development (USAID) within days of #Trump assuming office. A cascade of White House edicts, #firings, #contract cancellations, #spending freezes sent shockwaves throughout the world, crushing, in just days, the vital work of #USAID staffers, contractors on programs, including #food aid, #disease prevention and treatment, #democracy promotion. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/usaid-cuts-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.WDzW.3vtSgN2kZm0c&smid=url-share
Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.

The rapid dismantling of the global aid agency remains one of the most consequential outcomes of President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government, showing his willingness to tear down institutions in defiance of the courts.

The New York Times
getmischJun 15
Decided to put more work into my sign. More blue masking tape, some razor blade trimming, and a heavy shadow on the “Gestapo” make a nice difference. My previous signs were much bigger so I like this one for a while.
#NoKings but #SCOTUS #crowned #OurPutin he’s #AnotherOrban #NYC #protest #march #fight #resist #Manhattan #PresidentMusk #StephenMiller #architect of #cruelty #USAID #congressional #spending #unlawful #courts #injunction #appeal #illegal #seizure #firings #personal #data #stolen
beSpacificJun 5
June 5, 2025, #Veterans are holding more than 200 #protests in 45 states, DC on 81st anniversary of #DDay. They are uniting to call out #Trump regime’s cuts to VA #illegal #firings of Veterans who were #federalemployees. Unite for Veterans, Unite for America rally aims to be nonpartisan call to preserve veterans' jobs benefits, promote protection of #democratic #principles, Unite for Veterans Coalition is a group of veterans from various advocacy organizations. https://www.unite4veterans.org/ marches
Rally With America’s Veterans | Unite for Veterans Coalition

Join veterans and allies in Washington, D.C. on June 6 to defend the VA, protect our benefits, and carry forward the legacy of the Bonus Army.

Unite For Veterans Coalition
Kim PeralesJun 3

#DOGE vowed to make govt more ‘efficient’ -but it’s doing the opposite.

New procedures & requirements: slowing down fed agencies.

Similar layers of new red tape are plaguing fed staffers throughout the govt -stymieing work & delaying simple transactions. Lg-scale #firings: cut support offices -esp IT -that asst fed WKRs with mult issues, & piecemeal reassignment of staff is causing significant lags in work -notably: Social Sec.
#Sabotage #TrumpRegime #Austerity #USPol 🎁 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/02/doge-vowed-make-government-more-efficient-its-doing-opposite/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ4ODM2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwMjE5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDg4MzY4MDAsImp0aSI6IjI3OWEzYmY2LTQ2ZWUtNGZkNi04OWZlLTVmNDdkNmMxMGYzMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI1LzA2LzAyL2RvZ2Utdm93ZWQtbWFrZS1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LW1vcmUtZWZmaWNpZW50LWl0cy1kb2luZy1vcHBvc2l0ZS8ifQ.oTtReGpfi_wXFxMXDrJSrPATEV-RMrIDcYNas3JJmHA

Kim PeralesJun 2
"Much of the fed infra that supports domestic violence programs is damaged or gone. The director of the Office of Family Violence & Prevention Services was placed on admin leave this spring.

"Orgs are required to certify that they'll comply w/Trump EOs, which bar promotion of gender ideology or “illegal DEI” & activities that “frame domestic violence or sexual assault as systemic social just issues.”
#Women #DomesticViolence #HHS #FIrings #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion/domestic-violence-funding.html https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5349529/hhs-layoffs-sexual-assault-rape-prevention
Opinion | Domestic Violence Support Is Unraveling

Funding cuts are harming domestic violence programs.

The New York Times