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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Oh! Humor, no we don't get that here.

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Need to check and see if she is still voting

 

[Belk]

Need to check and see if she is still voting

 

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That's how Joe Biden is contacted

 

[essentialsaltes]

That's how Joe Biden is contacted

OK, that's enough conservative humor for now. Please stay on topic. Consequences of people being fired from the federal government.

 

[Pommer]

Need to check and see if she is still voting

Is funny because she can’t defend herself!

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump fires top boss at NSA, nation's elite spy agency​

The Trump administration ousted the director of the National Security Agency Thursday night, according to top congressional Democrats who decried the firing as making the U.S. less safe from cyber intelligence espionage activities by China and other U.S. adversaries.

Haugh, a career Air Force leader, was deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort George G. Meade, Md., until President Joe Biden tapped him to lead the NSA in Feb. 2024. He was one of the few holdovers from the Biden administration at a time when President Donald Trump has moved quickly to replace his intelligence agency leadership with political hires he believes will be loyal to him.

The Post also reported that Haugh’s civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, was ousted and reassigned to an intelligence job within the Department of Defense.

 

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is backtracking on his sweeping federal layoffs, revealing Thursday that he would be reinstating some programs and positions that had been mistakenly cut.

He added that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had mistakenly cut some programs and jobs that were not meant to be eliminated, particularly human resources jobs.

“We’re streamlining the agencies. We’re going to make it work for public health, make it work for the American people,” Kennedy said. “In the course of that, there were a number of instances where studies that should have not have been cut were cut, and we’ve reinstated them.”

“Personnel that should not have been cut were cut–we’re reinstating them, and that was always the plan.”

With respect, your plan is stupid.

 

[essentialsaltes]

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

And speak loudly and slowly.

NWS ends translation services night before major storm is set to hit the Midwest​

The $5.8 million five-year contract was initially meant to end on March 31, 2028, but internal emails detailed the National Weather Service's plans to end its contract with [AI translation service] Lilt at midnight on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. It's unclear if the abrupt contract's ending was part of cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, run by billionaire Elon Musk.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I the DOGERS really want to cut waste by firing unproductive government employees, take a look at Congress.

 

[Bradskii]

“Personnel that should not have been cut were cut–we’re reinstating them, and that was always the plan.”

With respect, your plan is stupid.

Indeed. If he had said 'Look, we're moving fast. Some mistakes have been made - I admit that. But the end result will be that we will keep all the personnel and programs that are needed' - I'd have grudgingly given him some points for honesty. But to say that it's been the plan?

It's like a surgeon saying 'Yea, I know we cut the wrong leg off. But we're sewing it back on, and that was always the plan'.

Treating your supporters like idiots never ends well.

 

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usaid-team-fired-while-myanmar-earthquake-zone-ex-official-says-2025-04-05/

 

[Aryeh Jay]

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And don't try using the government credit card to fly home either.

 

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Interior secretary orders national parks to be open and accessible as workforce is cut​

Rokala said that plan would remove park superintendents and the public from any future decisions regarding park management.

 

[Pommer]

Interior secretary orders national parks to be open and accessible as workforce is cut​

Rokala said that plan would remove park superintendents and the public from any future decisions regarding park management.

Running the National Parks’ local policies from D.C. is “efficient“; another “win” for centralized “Big Government”.

 

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HHS guts sexual violence prevention division, leaving local efforts adrift​

April 1 was the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It's also the day the Department of Health And Human Services fired the teams that work on sexual violence prevention.

Most of the Division of Violence Prevention staff was fired, according to multiple sources, including current and former staffers.

Congress mandated the work these agencies do, which includes supporting state and local programs on sexual assault around the country. Those laws, including the Violence Against Women Act, have had bipartisan support

Congress recently appropriated $210 million for local grants over five years for the Rape Prevention and Education Program at CDC. However, since the staff that distributed the funds and advised on the projects have been fired, the money may be hard to access.

Without the federal government supporting these efforts across the country, state and local groups are on their own, says Lynn Rosenthal.

"Even in a red state, we've never had issues with getting our work through," says a Midwest state health official who NPR agreed not to name because she fears retaliation for speaking with the media. "It's not a super controversial thing — you don't want your daughter to be raped in college, right?"

Several Republican lawmakers who have sponsored related legislation in the past did not respond to NPR's request for comment about the cuts.

 

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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff​

For Chair, Trump has tapped USAF Lt. Gen Dan Caine, who has a good resume, but has not held senior leadership positions that would qualify him to be Chairman; however, the requirements of the law can be waived by the President if 'necessary'.

Senate confirms Trump nominee Caine for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff in overnight vote​

Caine’s confirmation in the middle of the night, just before the Senate left town [15 Ds and Angus King voted with the GOP to confirm]

 

[essentialsaltes]

More of a reaction than a consequence, but:

When Elon Musk Hears About Lives He's Destroyed, He Reportedly Responds With Laugh-Cry Emojis​

According to Rolling Stone, the billionaire has been reacting with laugh-crying emojis to reports of federal staffers' lives being upended.

 

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CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks​

All of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, multiple officials tell CBS News, gutting the agency's ability to investigate outbreaks and conduct health inspections on cruise ships.

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[essentialsaltes]

The Education Department’s financial aid apparatus is cracking after the Trump administration imposed sweeping staff cuts, with some fearing that further deterioration could make it harder for students to secure the money they need to attend college.

After the cuts were implemented a month ago, calls have started to go unanswered, as have some emails and the systems that disburse student loans and grants are plagued with outages that are taking longer than usual to fix. College and university aid officers are reporting disruptions that are slowing down their ability to calculate financial aid offers and get timely answers about everything from adding academic programs to remaining eligible to receive federal aid.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

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Carnival does too.
As a former person who took part of the rescue of the former Carnival Triumph in 2013. If I had a choice of a Carnival cruise or a colonoscopy performed by a blind orthopedic surgeon in Haiti, well, better update the passport.

Fun fact for that ancient rescue, if you see a picture of it, 95% chance I took it.