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

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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...
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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......
 
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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". :)
 
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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.

 
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“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.

Greek god.jpeg
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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