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NonilexSomething’s not adding up The report is: US employers added 228k jobs in March. About 2X the number added in Feb. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% from 4.1% in Feb, as 232k people joined or rejoined the workforce.But the report also says: Feb–March, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> signaled cuts of >280k <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> & contractors in 27 agencies, acc/to a count kept by the outsourcing firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5349661/jobs-economy-trump-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5349661/jobs-economy-trump-tariffs</a>

NonilexNonprofits challenging the February mass-firing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> urged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> Thurs to leave in place a federal judge’s order that would require the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin to reinstate 16k fired employees from 6 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/nonprofits-urge-justices-to-leave-judges-reinstatement-of-federal-employees-in-place/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/nonprofits-urge-justices-to-leave-judges-reinstatement-of-federal-employees-in-place/</a>

Nonilex"Authorizing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>-controlled agency like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OPM</a> to hire a driver while slashing essential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> who actually help Americans in need is a good example."The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>, 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.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexHe says he's witnessing "something big"Da has followed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin's firing of many US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> & its dismantling of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>. As a past visitor to Washington, he knows people who have been fired."Having said that," he added, "I don't want to be too critical to the Trump administration just from this personal level. As a scholar, I try to be neutral. I think there is something big happening in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>. It could be bad. It could be good."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexWhoa, yesterday, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> illegally stripped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CollectiveBargaining</a> rights from hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> in 18 different departments across multiple <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>.The admin stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a>* on President Trump’s agenda.”Is he going to use <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wartime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wartime</a> powers against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> members now?<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaborLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaslighting</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaziState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-exempts-agencies-with-national-security-missions-from-federal-collective-bargaining-requirements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-exempts-agencies-with-national-security-missions-from-federal-collective-bargaining-requirements/</a>

NonilexThis is the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new admin that are squandering America’s strength & threatening our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a>. Firing hundreds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> charged w/protecting our nation’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> weapons is also <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dumb</a>. So is shutting down efforts to fight <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pandemics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pandemics</a> just as a deadly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ebola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ebola</a> outbreak is spreading in Africa. It makes no sense to purge talented generals, diplomats & spies at a time when rivals like China & Russia are trying to expand their…reach.

NonilexExclusive: Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>A network of companies operated by a secretive Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> government workers, according to job ads & a researcher who uncovered the campaign.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/secretive-chinese-network-tries-lure-fired-federal-workers-research-shows-2025-03-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/china/secretive-chinese-network-tries-lure-fired-federal-workers-research-shows-2025-03-25/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, as the architect of a group he called the Dept of Govt *Efficiency*, has taken a chain saw to the apparatus of governing, spurring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chaos</a> & dread by pushing out some 100k <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> & shutting down various agencies, though the govt has not been consistent in explaining the expanse of his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a>.But in selected spots across the govt, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> is positioning itself to see billions in new federal contracts or other support….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe 4th Circuit rejected the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s motion for a stay of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRO</a> ordering the rehiring of probationary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> in State of Maryland v. USDA.“Given the district court's stated intention to hold a hearing on March 26, 2025, & to promptly grant or deny preliminary injunctive relief thereafter, the court denies the appellant's request for an administrative stay or a stay pending the resolution of the appeal.”<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69746454/state-of-maryland-v-usda/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69746454/state-of-maryland-v-usda/</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> ruled in 1935 to uphold a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> that allows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FTC</a> commissioners to be fired ONLY for good <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cause</a>, such as neglecting their duties. The ruling shields a number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a>, bipartisan multi-member agencies from direct control by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a>

NonilexExclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> fires both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> commissioners at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FTC</a>Trump fired the 2 Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tues, 2 sources familiar with the situation said, in another major test of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independence</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulatory</a> agencies.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-both-democratic-commissioners-ftc-sources-say-2025-03-18/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-both-democratic-commissioners-ftc-sources-say-2025-03-18/</a>

NonilexIf the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> wins, as many experts predict it will, the entire executive branch would come under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s direct control, allowing him even greater power over federal policy, & leaving virtually no barriers to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassFirings</a> of civil servants in favor of political stooges. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ageism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaleSupremacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Independence</a>

NonilexThe flights suggest the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin may be growing more brazen in its defiance of judicial restraint. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> established the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> as a co-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equal</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> branch of government.Trump has sought to *push* [illegally expand] the boundaries of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutivePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutivePower</a> since taking office in Jan, cutting spending authorized by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>, dismantling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> & firing tens of thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

Bi SasquatchSource: <a href="https://newsocial.tech/@ACLU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ACLU</a> From the article: "As part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to remake the federal workforce, several directives have been issued to terminate recently hired employees and gut entire agencies. Many federal workers have also been urged to resign under the premise that they will be paid through September 2025."The federal workforce includes hundreds of thousands of well-qualified disabled employees who work at all levels of the federal government. Some disabled employees receive accommodations in the workplace, including an elevated desk that a wheelchair can fit under, interpreters for deaf and hard of hearing employees, or screen readers for people who are blind or low vision."The entire federal workforce is facing unprecedented fear and uncertainty, but disabled workers face additional struggles as executive orders and damaging rhetoric question their right to receive needed accommodations. At the ACLU, we know that directives from the Trump administration do not change the law. It is still illegal to discriminate against a federal employee because of a disability and the federal government is still required to provide reasonable accommodations that do not cause undue hardship."<a href="https://c.im/tags/FederalEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalEmployees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disabled</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disabilities</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Accommodations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accommodations</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ADA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADA</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThePoliticsOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThePoliticsOfHate</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThePoliticsOfGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThePoliticsOfGreed</a> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/disability-rights/rights-of-federal-employees-with-disabilities-explained" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aclu.org/news/disability-rights/rights-of-federal-employees-with-disabilities-explained</a>

NonilexThe world’s most widely followed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StockMarket</a> benchmark slid into a correction on Thurs, a drop that underscores how the 2-yr-long bull market [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bidenomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bidenomics</a>] is running out of steam in the early days of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin.The move stems from investors’ growing pessimism about the whipsawing policy pronouncements from Trump over the past few weeks. On-again, off-again <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassLayoffs</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> have fomented unease on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpcession</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/business/sp-500-stocks-market-correction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2AF81A08-DB10-4E54-BA71-32F938B4D01C" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/business/sp-500-stocks-market-correction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2AF81A08-DB10-4E54-BA71-32F938B4D01C</a>

Lisa Kalayji"A senior Justice Department attorney who was fired Friday afternoon gave an extraordinary series of interviews this week, saying she was ousted after refusing to back restoring gun ownership rights to actor Mel Gibson, a supporter of President Donald Trump who was convicted on misdemeanor domestic violence charges in 2011.Oyer was one of several senior career officials at the department who were removed from their positions Friday afternoon – the latest wave of experienced lawyers pushed out by the Trump administration.... after Oyer drafted the memo [listing formerly convicted people who she recommended to have their gun rights restored], she was asked to add Gibson to the list. She said that Gibson had not applied for a pardon or been vetted through her office, and that she did not believe that the actor, as someone with a history of domestic, met the criteria to have his gun rights restored.Oyer said she was escorted from her office by security hours after she refused to add Gibson’s name."<a href="https://citydesk.nm.news/2025/fired-justice-dept-official-speaks-out-on-her-ouster-and-mel-gibson/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://citydesk.nm.news/2025/fired-justice-dept-official-speaks-out-on-her-ouster-and-mel-gibson/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DomesticViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guns</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>

Flipboard Culture DeskLosing your job would be bad enough. But that wasn’t the only unpleasantry for some U.S. federal workers who recently got the ax. Imagine realizing that your family, the ones on whom you might lean for support, were actually happy about your lost job. Welcome to post-election America, where the country’s bitterly tribal politics are on display as the newly implemented Department of Government Efficiency slashes head count across federal departments. <a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AssociatedPress</a> reports:<a href="https://flip.it/3lQu43" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/3lQu43</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalPark</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>

NonilexThis is so much worse than <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s 1st term<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> grants <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildSupport</a> database, overriding objections  An HHS ofcl said the associates of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s group had sought ‘read-only’ access [that’s plenty].  The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a>’s HHS has granted associates of the US DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database w/troves of income data [for all Americans not just <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>], overriding objections of career employees.  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/08/hhs-doge-child-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/08/hhs-doge-child-support/</a>

NonilexThe meeting was a potential turning point after the frenetic first weeks of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s 2nd term. It yielded the first significant indication that Trump is willing to put some limits on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, whose efforts have become the subject of several lawsuits & prompted concerns from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> lawmakers, some of whom have complained directly to Trump.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicService</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoReactionary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRx</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technofeudalism</a>

NonilexThroughout all of this, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> sat back in his chair, arms folded, as if he were watching a tennis match.After the argument dragged on for an uncomfortable time, Trump finally intervened to defend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> as doing a “great job.” Rubio has a lot to deal with, he said. “He is very busy, he is always traveling & on TV, & he has an agency to run. So everyone just needs to work together.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoReactionary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRx</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technofeudalism</a>

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