Consequences of firing government employees - USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

[Hans Blaster]

What's absurd is the notion of the liberal cabal managing to coordinate anything bigger than a group lunch order.

You guy's aren't going to order vegan again, are you. I feel the need for a meatball sub...

 

[essentialsaltes]

You guy's aren't going to order vegan again, are you. I feel the need for a meatball sub...

MEAT IS MURDER

 

[civilwarbuff]

Confession in an accusation?

????????????????

 

[civilwarbuff]

Why? Are there no consequences to the firings? Or are the firings stopping now that DOGE has been pushed to the side?

Happens all the time in private industry; why should gov. workers get a free pass to lifetime job security......especially if winnowing the workforce it saves money. As a taxpayer I appreciate that effort.

 

[civilwarbuff]

So, do you think there is some sort of secret liberal cabal coordinating assignments in an insurgency against the CF political orthodoxy? LOL.

I dunno, it was certainly alluded to. Happened before, no reason it is not happening again.

 

[Hans Blaster]

I dunno, it was certainly alluded to. Happened before, no reason it is not happening again.

Sorry, I have been informed by my cell leader that we are not to discuss the liberal-control-operations organization on public boards of CF. Please disregard my previous statements.

 

[civilwarbuff]

Sorry, I have been informed by my cell leader that we are not to discuss the liberal-control-operations organization on public boards of CF. Please disregard my previous statements.

I disregard most of your meanderings......

 

[Hans Blaster]

I disregard most of your meanderings......

That's OK, your recent intervention on this thread had almost as much success as one of Hood's "sorties".

 

[essentialsaltes]

State Dept will lay off 1,350 employees as reorganization nears final phase​

A Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume its plans to shrink the federal workforce and reorganize agencies.

The department is trimming back the overall scope of its layoffs, compared to what it told Congress last month, according to current and former State Department officials. Just over 1,350 employees in total are expected to receive layoffs through a reduction-in-force (RIF).

Stoltz said that Foreign Service officers recently recommended for promotions and officials serving on promotion panels are among those who will receive RIF notices.

A former State Department official familiar with the reorganization plans told Federal News Network that the workforce cuts will impact many mid-career and senior executives.

“It’s not how many, it’s who is getting RIF’d that is the story,” the former department official said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday that officials “took a very deliberate step to reorganize the State Department to be more efficient and more focused,” and that “our plan that we notified to Congress is what we intend to do.”

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Speaking of Malaysia, at least there's some hiring going on at state.

MAGA influencer and controversial ‘Alpha Male’ Nick Adams named to top ambassador post by Trump​

‘Alpha male’ MAGA pundit who declares love of rare steaks and once called Taylor Swift a ‘woke jezebel’ may not be the right fit for conservative Kuala Lumpur, diplomat says
In another viral offering, Adams declared: “I go to Hooters. I eat rare steaks. I lift extremely heavy weights. I read the Bible every night. I am pursued by copious amounts of women. I am wildly successful. I have the physique of a Greek God. I have an IQ over 180. I am extremely charismatic. They hate this.”

Quite a resume!

[He] was born in Sydney, Australia, and became his homeland’s youngest-ever deputy mayor in 2005 when he was elected to help run suburban Ashfield and made headlines with colorful policies such as trying to ban pigeons for spreading bird flu and using DNA testing to track down dog owners who failed to clean up after their pets, according to The Washington Post.

He was criticized in the press for failing to attend council meetings and allegedly incurring excessive expenses. He was finally driven out of the Liberal Party of Australia after being threatened with suspension over an offensive rant about a journalist.​

 

[Bradskii]

“I go to Hooters. I eat rare steaks. I lift extremely heavy weights. I read the Bible every night. I am pursued by copious amounts of women. I am wildly successful. I have the physique of a Greek God. I have an IQ over 180. I am extremely charismatic. They hate this.”

Hmm. I only got one out of nine there.

[He] was born in Sydney, Australia, ​

And you are most definitely welcome to him. And a Greek God? Dionysus perhaps.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Hmm. I only got one out of nine there.

I think I only get a half point for medium rare steaks. On the other hand, I'm willing to take any IQ test that he scored 180 on.

 

[essentialsaltes]

State Dept will lay off 1,350 employees as reorganization nears final phase​

A Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume its plans to shrink the federal workforce and reorganize agencies.

State Department cuts broader than anticipated, include diplomatic security​

Fortunately, American popularity overseas is at an all time high!

Officials say more areas of the department were impacted than originally anticipated. ABC News was told that the workforce reduction includes multiple employees within the population, refugees and migration wings of the State Department and within the diplomatic security bureau.

There were also many cuts from the areas of the department that were anticipated, including its energy resources and conflict and stabilization operations wings, the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Office of Global Women's Issues. Other impacted areas include Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, officials said.

This helps delineate the administration's priorities.

 

[civilwarbuff]

That's OK, your recent intervention on this thread had almost as much success as one of Hood's "sorties".

Or it could end up being a Vicksburg......

 

[essentialsaltes]

In July 2024, Congress found the National Weather Service was understaffed and the report recommended additional funding to hire more.

NWS Staffing.--The Committee recognizes and appreciates
NWS's commitment and efforts-to-date to fill vacancies,
especially for weather forecast personnel. However, only 50
percent of Weather Forecast Offices [WFO] are ideally staffed,
and the Committee continues to be concerned with the number of
NWS employee vacancies given the critical nature of the NWS
mission to protect the lives and property of our Nation's
citizens. The Committee provides an increase of $14,000,000
within Analyze, Forecast and Support [AFS] to support NWS
staffing and expects NOAA to continue focusing on expeditiously
filling key vacancies, particularly at WFOs.

When Trump took office and instituted a government-wide hiring freeze, it further strained staffs, forcing some to work double shifts to ensure all-day coverage, current and former Weather Service staff told The Washington Post.

Now, following the actual cuts, there may be shifts without staff.

“We are currently assessing the impacts on each of the 122 forecast offices and 13 river forecast centers and our tsunami warning centers to see which ones will be able to remain operating 24-7,” said JoAnn Becker, the union’s president.

Let's hope the tornadoes show up 9 to 5.

Trump cuts to California National Weather Service leave ‘critical’ holes: ‘It’s unheard of’​

Some of them have more vacancies than staff.

The staff reductions mean that the Hanford and Sacramento weather service offices no longer have enough staff to consistently operate on their own overnight and need to be covered by neighboring offices.

This poses risks for California as it enters peak wildfire season, where the mix of bone-dry vegetation and ferocious winds can — and often does — spell disaster. Fall and winter bring their own mix of extreme weather whiplash, with some areas seeing extended perilous fire conditions just before the arrival of punishing rain, sudden landslides and deadly blizzards.

There are tremendous demands on the weather service during firestorms, for instance. If there’s a wildfire in California, each weather office is required to have an incident meteorologist available for fires to head to the incident command post, which is an agreement with agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Tardy said. That leaves the main weather forecast offices down another forecaster, Tardy said, possibly for weeks.

The Sacramento office began to issue its “area forecast discussion” only once a day instead of twice and shortened its format. The portion discussing fire weather forecast data is now updated only once a day, as well.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will
“These firings made no sense,” said Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, the union representing the nation’s 700 immigration judges. “When you do the simple math, each judge does 500 to 700 cases a year. Most of them are deportation cases. So what he’s effectively done is he’s increased the already huge backlog that the immigration courts face.”

That was April. More are now gone.

17 immigration court judges have been fired by the Trump administration across 10 states, union says​

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents immigration court judges as well as other professionals, said in a news release that 15 judges were fired “without cause” on Friday and another two on Monday.

The total fired is now over 100. Well, that should speed things up!

 

[essentialsaltes]

First NWS research efforts, now EPA...

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs​

The EPA also said it is beginning the process to eliminate thousands of jobs, following a Supreme Court ruling last week that cleared the way for President Donald Trump’splans to downsize the federal workforce, despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.