NonilexMar 31, 2025

#OPM, the agency leading #Musk's firing spree, froze Federal hiring, but to hired a driver to ferry around its leaders.

The federal HR agency leading efforts by billionaire WH *adviser* #ElonMusk to slash the federal workforce has decided to hire its first new career employee since #Trump took office, acc/to emails seen by Reuters.

#ForTheeButNotForMe #USpol #corruption #hypocrisy #kleptocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-agency-leading-musks-firing-spree-hire-new-driver-emails-show-2025-03-31/

Show threadNonilexMar 31, 2025

…The decision shows that #Musk's Department of Government *Efficiency*, which is directing the cuts, is not making the government more effective, said Kathleen Clark, a professor of #ethics at WashU in St. Louis.

"It is becoming increasingly obvious that Musk’s & #DOGE’s mission has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, & instead is aimed at enabling Musk to use - & abuse - #power within the federal government," she said.

#USpol #law #corruption #kleptocracy #oligarchy #AbuseOfPower

Show threadNonilexMar 31, 2025

"Authorizing a #Musk-controlled agency like #OPM to hire a driver while slashing essential #FederalWorkers who actually help Americans in need is a good example."

The #Trump admin, #DOGE, Musk & Ezell did not respond to requests for comment. An OPM spox said in a statement that the agency "has ongoing security concerns" requiring a driver, w/o providing further detail.

#USpol #law #corruption #kleptocracy #autocracy #oligarchy #TrumpCoup #AbuseOfPower

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…One of #Trump's first acts…was to create #DOGE, [supposedly] to root out waste, fraud & abuse, slash govt spending & purge the federal workforce of low-performing, *disloyal* & unnecessary workers.

…In practice,…DOGE has mostly pursued long-time #Republican #policy objectives, shuttering agencies such as #USAID & the #CFPB, which provide a lifeline to the world's needy & protect Americans from unscrupulous lenders respectively.

#law #corruption #kleptocracy #autocracy #oligarchy #TrumpCoup

Mar 31, 2025 at 2:49pmWeb
Show threadNonilexMar 31, 2025

#DOGE also announced drastic cuts at depts that provide critical #SocialServices including #VeteransAffairs [#VA], which administers #healthcare for #veterans, & the #SocialSecurity Administration, which sends out checks to #retired, #disabled & #widowed Americans [money Americans put into the #SSA out of their own paychecks].

#OPM …has laid off >200 of its own employees & allowed >400 to *opt in* to *voluntary* exit programs since #Trump took office…

#law #kleptocracy #autocracy #AbuseOfPower