NonilexOct 28

A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the #Trump administration from firing #FederalWorkers during the government #shutdown.

US District Judge Susan Illston granted a preliminary injunction [#PI] that bars the firings while a lawsuit challenging them plays out. She had previously issued a temporary restraining order [#TRO] against the job cuts that was set to expire Wednesday.

#law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab
https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-layoffs-judge-trump-fdcb16f91c94d7bf73977e8968210b0e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Breaking+News

Judge indefinitely blocks firings of government workers during shutdown

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction that bars the firings while a lawsuit challenging them plays out. She had previously issued a temporary restraining order against the job cuts that was set to expire Wednesday. The Republican administration has been slashing jobs in education, health and other areas it says are favored by Democrats. Lawyers for the government argued personnel issues should be heard in a separate venue.

AP News
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Illston has said she believes the evidence will ultimately show the #MassFirings were #illegal & in excess of authority.

The #Trump admin has slashed #jobs in #education, #health & other areas it says are favored by #Democrats. The admin has also said it will not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through #SNAP flowing into November.

#law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #plutocracy

Oct 28 at 7:11pmWeb
Show threadNonilexOct 28

The American Federation of Government Employees #AFGE & other #labor #unions have sued to stop the “reductions in force” #MassLayoffs, saying the firings were an #AbuseOfPower designed to punish #FederalWorkers & pressure #Congress.

Lawyers for the government claim the district court does not have the authority to hear personnel challenges [which is bullshit].

#law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #plutocracy

Show threadNonilexOct 28

During a hearing on Oct 15, Illston said the layoff notices that started going out on or around Oct 10 appeared to be politically motivated and not well thought out. About 4,100 layoff notices have gone out, some sent to work email addresses that furloughed employees are not allowed to check. Some personnel were called back to work, without pay, to issue layoff notices.

#Trump #law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #plutocracy

Show threadNonilexOct 28

Democratic lawmakers are demanding that any deal to reopen the federal government address expiring #healthcare subsidies that have made #HealthInsurance more affordable for millions of Americans. They also want any government funding bill to reverse the #Medicaid cuts in #Trump’s big tax breaks & spending cuts bill passed this summer.

#law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #plutocracy

Show threadNonilexOct 28

#Republican #House Speaker #MikeJohnson has refused to negotiate with #Democrats until they first agree to reopen the government.

This is now the second-longest #shutdown.

The longest shutdown occurred during Trump’s first term over his demands for funds to build the US-Mexico border wall. That one ended in 2019 after 35 days.

#Trump #law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #plutocracy

Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 29

@Nonilex

Oddly enough, the last shutdown was linked to Tim Mellon's border wall demands as well.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/06/timothy-mellon-texas-border-wall/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/10/06/scion-of-billionaire-mellon-family-has-paid-for-most-of-texas-governors-border-wall-fund/

Republicans do nothing but cater to the paranoid whims of billionaires.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timothy-mellon-donor-pay-u-s-troops-government-shutdown/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/25/timothy-mellon-donor-military-pay-shutdown

Texas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan. Almost all of it came from this one billionaire.

Timothy Mellon is the Wyoming-based grandson of banking tycoon Andrew Mellon. He is responsible for nearly 98% of the donations to Texas’ border wall fund.

The Texas Tribune