NonilexApr 18, 2025

The #Trump admin on Friday will announce that it's moving ahead with a new rule, previously known as "#ScheduleF," that will make it easier to remove federal employees it believes are undercutting Trump's agenda.

By stripping #CivilService protections from about 50k people — roughly 2% of the federal work force — Trump is continuing his far-reaching effort to *trim the federal bureaucracy* & make it more answerable to him.

#law #labor #autocracy #AbuseOfPower
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/18/trump-federal-workers-schedule-f-firings

Scoop: Trump revamps "Schedule F," making it easier to cut federal workers

He's continuing his far-reaching effort to dramatically trim the bureaucracy and pack it with loyalists.

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#OPM's new rule—dubbed "Schedule Policy/Career"—will allow many career #CivilServants to be classified as "#AtWill" employees, making them easier to remove.

#Trump aides argue they need greater flexibility to fire civil servants who are *underperforming*, engaging in *misconduct* or *undermining* Trump's policy plans.

#law #labor #ScheduleF #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower

Apr 18, 2025 at 4:17pmWeb
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Such #CivilServants in #nonpartisan roles traditionally have had #JobProtections that shielded them from the political whims of whoever was in the White House.

But #Trump & many of his backers have long believed the #ConspiracyTheories that a "deep state" of Washington bureaucrats was undercutting his agenda.

Toward the end of his first term, Trump signed an EO establishing a #ScheduleF category for federal employees.

#law #labor #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

Show threadNonilexApr 18, 2025

President #Biden rescinded the order after he took office, but after taking office again in Jan, #Trump signed a new EO reinstating & renaming it.

Trump & his allies laid the groundwork for a new admin stocked w/ #loyalists. #ScheduleF was a significant part of that plan.

Many of the Trump allies who pushed for Schedule F now have key roles in the admin, including Dpty Chief of Staff #StephenMiller & #OMB Dir #RussVought.

#law #labor #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

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MAGA is make-believe, so a competent, rational bureaucrat will by definition be "undercutting" Trump.
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@Nonilex

Pretty sure that changing civil servants to "at will" is in the Project2025 book.