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#firings

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Kim Perales

"A congressional watchdog agency is investigating Trump’s efforts to DISMANTLE THE CFPB, responding to Senate Dems who're also demanding that the agency’s Trump-appt acting dir turn over info about how the bureau can meet its statutory obligations amid attempts to lay off nearly 90% of its staff.

Courts have pushed back on the move, & an appeals court said Mon the admin couldn't engage in any mass layoffs at the bureau..."

#CFPB #Contempt #Lawlessness #Firings #USPol

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/29/pol

Demonstrators raise signs and posters during a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in DC:
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Kim Perales

Trump’s admin has lined the WH driveway with posters featuring migrants’ mugshots as the Trump broadcasts his #immigration crackdown.

The WH lawn has been lined with mugshot-style posters bearing the faces of arrested illegal migrants: feature photos of the migrants +apparent crimes, & WH’s logo: at the bottom of each poster.

This is NK style propaganda; the #TrumpRegime is distracting from the crises it created: #tariffs, #lawlessness, #firings, #deportations...
#USPol independent.co.uk/news/world/a

The Independent · Trump team litters White House lawn with mugshots of arrested migrantsBy Kelly Rissman
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Kim Perales

Some recently fired WKRs: uninsured.

"An ATTY recruited to the Comm Dept's CHIPS program in 2023, Waterfield had felt she was part of something monumental -that'd move the country forward: rebuilding America's semi IDU.

Instead, nearly 2 months after being fired in the Trump admin's purge -she's enmeshed in a bureaucratic mess over her #healthcare coverage. It's a mess that's left her fearing her entire family may now be uninsured."

#Firings #DOGE #TrumpRegime #USPol npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-53739

Danielle Waterfield was fired, rehired and fired again from her job at CHIPS for America, part of the Department of Commerce. Now, she fears her health insurance was cut off weeks ago, even though she was told otherwise:
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Kim Perales

Social Security is in trouble:

"In internal email, a SSA rep says "1000s" of career officials have been converted to pol appointees under Sch F, likely🚨PAVING THE WAY FOR THEIR FIRING. The American Fed of Govt Employees has filed litigation challenging the proposed change, arguing: Sch F should only apply to employees with important policy-making duties, not employees who implement pol appointees’ policy determinations-."
-S Stein

#DOGE #Firings #SocialSecurity #USPol

thebulwark.com/p/nayib-bukele-

Text discussing the controversy around the reclassification of federal employees as "Schedule F" political appointees under a Trump administration plan. It highlights concerns from employee unions, particularly the American Federation of Government Employees, about the implications of this change.
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Kim Perales

“Some $380M is now in limbo after reductions in the federal workforce affected staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.

LIHEAP helps ~6M people survive blistering summers & freezing winters, many whom face greater risks now that the year’s warm season has already brought unusually high temperatures.”

#Trump #Musk #RFKJr #HHS #DOGE #Seniors #Firings #Sadism #Resist #April19 #USPol

wired.com/story/people-would-d

WIRED · As Summer Approaches, Federal Cuts Threaten Program to Keep Vulnerable People CoolBy Naveena Sadasivam
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Kim Perales

"Fired Govt Workers Are Pissed Off & Running for Office. Could an army of dismissed feds deliver wins for Democrats up and down the ballot?“

"For me to be attacked by my own president & the unelected richest fucking man in the world telling me that this career that I’ve spent 45 years manifesting is no longer? I just couldn’t stand by & watch that happen.🚨I’m angry and I’m motivated.”
-A Littman

#DOGE #Firings #Musk #Trump #Democrats #Resist #April19 #USPol

thebulwark.com/p/fired-governm

An excerpt discussing Mike Croley's experiences and feelings after the cancellation of a government program by the Trump administration. It highlights his frustrations with political changes, his resignation, and his decision to challenge a Republican representative.
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Kim Perales

"HUGE PROTESTS are the most impt thing we can do right now. As MLK said: “there's no noise as powerful as the sound of marching feet of a determined people.”

I’m talking🚨numbers so large they shock ppl -friend & foe & media alike.

I know it can feel overwhelming.

The lawlessness & extremism & corruption—the cruelty—all feeling like they’re accelerating week after week.

Simple: Join a protest. This weekend."
-D Pepper
#April19 #Resist #Firings #DOGE #Trump #Musk #USPol
newsweek.com/nationwide-trump-

A promotional poster for the 50501 movement announcing a nationwide protest across all 50 states on April 19th. The design features the Statue of Liberty and includes the date and a call to visit the website for location details.
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Kim Perales

Our worst enemies couldn't design a better way to harm our govt than what's going on right now.”

“There’s no real method to it -no geopol connection."

Under Musk: admin is firing 1000s of prob employees. The effort has upended the lives of govt workers.

“Move fast & break things,” If that involves breaking the law, then that becomes problematic.”

#Trump largely speaks to the country thru SM posts that go viral...

#Tariffs #Firings #DOGE #Musk #Chaos #Resist #USPol

nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr

NBC News · Chaos, confusion, reversals: The story of Trump's second term so farBy Peter Nicholas
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Kim Perales

#HHS INFRA destruction: jeopardizes millions of ppl's lives!

Much of the IT & cybersec INFRA underpinning the🚨US #health system: in DANGER OF A POSSIBLE COLLAPSE following a purge of IT staff & l'ship at #HHS -could put #publichealth data, incl the sensitive health records of 100s of Ms of Americans, clinical trial data... at risk of exposure.

As a result of a RIF -staff who oversee & renew contracts for critical enterprise svcs: gone.
#Trump #Musk #Firings #DOGE #USPol wired.com/story/department-hea

WIRED · Health and Human Services Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers SayBy David Gilbert
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Nonilex

It said it had saved exactly $318,310,328.30.

#Musk’s group has now triggered mass #firings across the government, & sharp cutbacks in #humanitarian #aid around the world. Musk has justified those disruptions with two promises: that the group would be transparent, & that it would achieve budget cuts that others called impossible.

Now, watching the group pare back its aims & puff up its progress, some of its allies have grown doubtful about both.

#Fraud#law#Trump
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Kim Perales

“Scientists forced to perform humiliating new job amid Trump cuts.”

I wish that this article was from the Onion, but it’s actually news from the Daily Mail, that’s unfortunately the awful truth about the possible fate of scientists who were fired by the Trump admin by way of Musk’s DOGE.

It’s Trump who should be made to perform humiliating jobs in prison, for the rest of his life.

#Firings #DOGE #Science #Scientists #NIH #Musk #Trump #Resist #USPol

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1

Daily Mail · Scientists forced to perform humiliating new job amid Trump cutsBy Kelly Garino
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Kim Perales

"Absolutely unacceptable. This'll cut so many good jobs in Houston & beyond.

We all know that NASA, & the contractors that support it, fuels new innovation.

We must have *bipartisan* outrage against this to quickly remove these bad cuts from Trump’s disastrous budget!"
-I Martin

"Destroys #NASA -cuts a telescope that’s already assembled -closes NASA CENs..."
-Astro Alexandra

There's nothing altruistic, noble, artistic, visionary, scientific... in the #TrumpMusk regime.

Text discussing an initial budget request proposing a 20% cut to an agency's budget, totaling approximately $5 billion from a $25 billion budget, primarily affecting the Science Mission Directorate responsible for various scientific research areas.
#Firings#DOGE#USPol
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Kim Perales

Trump’s #firings at #HHS incl the entire office that sets fed poverty guidelines, which det whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, child care, & other services.

Let them eat cake!

The Trump admin won't give Americans in need, cake, or virtually any food or help -halted FDA programs that benefited local farmers, schoolchildren, & #foodbanks, childcare programs, health svcs...

#DOGE #PublicHealth #USPol

kffhealthnews.org/news/article

KFF Health NewsTrump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People - KFF Health NewsRecent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for Medicaid as well as assistance with food, home heating, child care, and more.
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Kim Perales

"The CDC has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after HSS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team."

Trump & RFK Jr find sinister ways to sicken & kill us.

#Resist #HHS #Firings #DOGE #Musk #RFKJr #CDC #GOPDeathCult #USPol

cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-sch

www.cbsnews.comCDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffsThe CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
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Kim Perales

"She discovered a loaded pistol in the closet & 2 shotguns in the attic. With no family or friends to turn to, she started calling dom violence shelters, eventually finding a room at the Hope & Healing Resource Center in Akron.

“It literally was my saving grace,” KC said. “If I didn’t have a place to go, a place of refuge -I'd be on the💔streets.”

Trump is imperiling everyone, esp. the vulnerable, POC, women, snrs, LGTBQ & disabled ppl, IMGs...

#USPol #Trump #Firings
thetrace.org/2025/04/trump-dom

The Trace · Domestic Violence Services Are in Jeopardy, Providers SayThe Trump administration’s push to cut federal grants has domestic violence groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.
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Kim Perales

"A group who took part in the major "Hands Off" protests against Pres #Trump have organized another day of action.

The 50501 group is promoting nationwide protests in all 50 US states on the same day against the Trump admin on Apr 19.

The group stated: they want 3.5% of the US pop, >11M people—to participate. They cite this figure as the threshold for "sustained resistance in order to make a difference."

#April19 #Resist #Firings #DOGE #Musk #Republicans #Coup #USPol
newsweek.com/nationwide-trump-

Graphic promoting the 50501 movement, announcing a nationwide protest across all 50 states on April 19th. Features an illustration of the Statue of Liberty and includes a website for location details.
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Kim Perales

"Supreme Court has stayed a federal judge's order requiring the rehiring of probationary employees at six federal agencies. The nonprofit plaintiffs lack standing, the justices ruled.

⚡But this isn't the end though because another judge has issued a more sweeping order in a lawsuit brought by the states, whose standing issues are different and not resolved yet."
-K Cheney

#SCOTUS #Courts #Firings #DOGE #TrumpMusk #Resist #USPol

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