So what the hell is Trump/#DHS calling a "leak?" Officials or staffers speaking w/reporters "on background," "not for attribution" abt any topic, even if not classified or highly sensitive?
Seems ikely just muzzling the press & witnesses to the crimes/carnage of Trump/Musk/#DOGE.
The decision further clears the way for #Trump to re-fire probationary employees. Those are typically #FederalWorkers in their 1st or 2nd year on the job, or who have been recently promoted.
In a 2-to-1 decision, the appeals court said the Trump admin was likely to succeed in showing that the lower court lacked #jurisdiction in the case brought by 19 states & DC. The court did not rule on whether the firings were #lawful.
#4thCircuit clears the way for #Trump to fire #FederalWorkers again
In a win for Trump, a panel of judges on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court ruling ordering 20 #FederalAgencies to reinstate tens of thousands of employees they had fired.
#law #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Musk #DOGE #Project2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357415/trump-federal-probationary-employees-firings
I'm case you're wondering, @skullvalanche's Arthur A. Allen pioneered and perfected a modeling program that predicts where people lost at sea will be found, cutting search and rescue times and saving thousands of lives during his 35-year career with the Federal government.
https://servicetoamericamedals.org/honorees/arthur-a-allen/
#SCOTUS on Tues blocked a ruling from a federal judge in California that had ordered the #Trump admin to rehire 16k of fired #FederalWorkers who had been on probationary status.
The court’s brief order said the nonprofit groups that had sued to challenge the dismissals had not suffered the sort of injury that gave them standing to sue.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040825zr_1b8e.pdf
@mckra1g I agree with the idea of #TrumpSlump but “slump” is too understated. It needs more severity. Perhaps #TrumpCrash
#TrumpPurge
#TrumpDump
#TrumpTravesty
#TrumpFolly
The termination emails were riddled w/mistakes — w/employees’ names, the month of April & even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed & haphazard nature of the operation….
By Saturday morning, the terminated #USIP headquarters staff were already discussing filing a class-action lawsuit & were debating whether to sign their termination documents.
In the latest action, employees were instructed to sign a 4-pg letter ordering them to return all #USIP property while agreeing to forgo all future claims against the institute. It ordered them not to disclose any terms of the agreement in exchange for 1 month of #HealthInsurance & a monthly stipend paid for an unspecified period. Those who refuse to sign, the letter said, will lose all #benefits as of Monday.
#USIP employees told WaPo that 200–300 people — nearly the entirety of USIP’s HQ staff — had been fired. The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of #retribution from the #Trump admin, said some employees were offered severance & one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.
#Musk / #DOGE fires nearly all staff at US Institute of #Peace HQ
The #Trump admin summarily fired the staff of the #USIP late Friday night, <2wks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded org’s president & installing in his place an agent of #tech billionaire #ElonMusk’s DOGE….
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/doge-usip-peace-institute-fired/
Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: #SocialSecurity is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by #ElonMusk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
#law #USpol #seniors #disability #benefits #YourMoney #Trump #TrumpPurge
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/25/social-security-phones-doge-cuts/
#Trump Asks #SCOTUS to Block Rehiring of Fired Federal Employees
The Trump admin asked the #SupremeCourt to block a ruling from a judge federal judge in California who ordered it to rehire thousands of fired federal workers. The ruling, which applied to workers who had been on probationary status, is just one of many that have halted admin initiatives, prompting Trump to seek the Supreme Court’s intervention.
From MorePerfectUnion IG. Had to share this as #valeriecosta proves each and everyone of us can make a huge difference. #teslatakedown #TeslaProtests #muskrat #trumpcoup #TrumpFascism #AOC #grassroots #unionstrong #usa2025 #TrumpPurge #trump2
The 4th Circuit rejected the #Trump admin’s motion for a stay of the #TRO ordering the rehiring of probationary #FederalWorkers 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.”
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69746454/state-of-maryland-v-usda/
The US District Court of Appeals for DC just issued an order “Upon consideration of the petition for writ of mandamus & the emergency
motion for a stay” in NM v #ElonMusk
It “ORDERED that respondents file responses to both the emergency motion &
the mandamus petition by 5PM on Mon, March 24, 2025. Any replies are due
by 5PM on Tues, March 25, 2025.”
The same judges hearing #Trump’s #AliensEnemiesAct appeal are hearing Musk’s appeal: Henderson, Millett, & Walker
The #Trump admin is appealing a judge’s order requiring #ElonMusk & #DOGE to comply w/evidence demands from Democratic state ofcls who claim the #billionaire is exercising #unconstitutional #power across the US govt.
The #DOJ is arguing the lower court judge’s “unusual & highly invasive” order “raises grievous separation-of-powers concerns” by requiring a presidential adviser & the WH to turn over info about their activities….
#law #USpol #transparency #TrumpPurge
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/trump-administration-fights-order-to-turn-over-doge-information
‘People Are Scared’: Inside #CISA as It Reels From #TrumpPurge
Employees at the #Cybersecurity & #Infrastructure #Security Agency…are struggling to protect the #US while the #Trump admin dismisses their colleagues & poisons…partnerships.
#MassLayoffs & weak leadership are taking a severe toll on the US govt’s #cyber #defense agency, undermining its ability to protect America from…adversaries bent on crippling infrastructure & #ransomware gangs…bleeding #SmallBusiness dry.
https://archive.is/2025.03.13-143433/https://www.wired.com/story/inside-cisa-under-trump/
Don’t worry about filing this year I guess:
The #IRS chief of #tax compliance, Heather Maloy, has told the agency she plans to resign effective Friday.
Other recent IRS departures:
- Commissioner
- Acting commissioner
- Chief human capital
- Chief procurement
- Acting chief procurement officer
- Chief counsel
- Chief transformation & strategy
Those officials are Jeremy Lewin, who has been working for the cost-cutting task force led by the billionaire #ElonMusk, & Kenneth Jackson, a #State Dept official who was named the acting president of the U.S. Institute of #Peace #USIP this week [another independent agency under assault by #Trump, #Musk & #DOGE & subsequently embroiled in federal lawsuits].
