Michael Busch

Donald Trump wants to break your GPS.

Just to give one example of what illegally destaffing NIST could do.

Also, this seems like yet another blatant violation of the Constitution of the United States.

#ImpeachTrump

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2025 February 20

"The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings"

https://www.wired.com/story/the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-braces-for-mass-firings/

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.

WIRED
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#PostOfTheWeem (season 2):
Sweeping layoffs architected by the Trump administration and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency may be coming as soon as this week at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory agency responsible for establishing benchmarks that ensure everything from beauty products to quantum computers are safe and reliable.