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NonilexA former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BLS</a> commissioner told Reuters that staff levels were considerably low at the agency."I understand that BLS staffing is down by at least 15% now, that's not reflected in any official numbers yet, because many of them are still being paid," said Erica Groshen. "They are not at work & it is impinging on the agencies. Also the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HiringFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HiringFreeze</a> means that they can't be replaced."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IgnoranceByDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IgnoranceByDesign</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BLS</a> has also announced that it would, effective w/the release of the July <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProducerPriceIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProducerPriceIndex</a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PPI</a>) data in August, END the calculation & publication of about 350 indexes. That would INCLUDE data from PPI industry, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/commodity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commodity</a>, final demand-intermediate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/demand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demand</a> & special index classifications.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BLS</a> like all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> agencies has been severely affected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassFirings</a>, voluntary resignations, early retirements & hiring freezes, which are part of an unprecedented campaign by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin to drastically reduce the size of govt & remake it. [if no one is able to collect the data & report it, then Trump can say whatever he wants because there won’t be evidence.]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPI</a> data will come under close scrutiny in the months ahead also for another reason. Last week the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BLS</a>, which also compiles other economic releases including the closely watched <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#employment</a> report, announced the suspension of CPI data collection in 3 cities because of resource constraints [Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#layoffs</a> — cuts made by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>].<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/2025/collection-reduction.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/2025/collection-reduction.htm</a>

NonilexThe agency sent “retention incentive” offers to about 800 staffers stationed across the globe, asking them to stay until early September to make sure the agency is appropriately shuttered, acc/to a copy of the notice & 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aid</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kakistocracy</a>

NonilexMore in “oops we probably shouldn’t have cut that” news:<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> Offers Workers Bonuses to Stay Until They’re Laid OffThe US Agency for International Development is offering some soon-to-be laid off workers 2 months of extra pay not to quit, as officials fret over potential fallout from workers leaving early, acc/to documents obtained by Bloomberg Law.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aid</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/usaid-offers-workers-bonuses-to-stay-until-theyre-laid-off" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/usaid-offers-workers-bonuses-to-stay-until-theyre-laid-off</a>

NonilexJudge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BerylHowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BerylHowell</a> rules that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>'s *entire takeover* of the U.S. Institute of Peace <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USIP</a> was unlawful—including the removal of board members & termination of programs.Her order is very long—she not only reinstates the true board members but also boots DOGE's imposter board members & nullifies all of the illegal actions they took during their illegitimate takeover of the Institute of Peace.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> plans to press ahead with a merger of its 2 agencies that investigate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drug</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firearms</a> offenses, though the effort would still need *approval* from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>, 4 sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.In a meeting on Thurs, ofcls from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEA</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATF</a> [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives] were informed that the merger could be executed as soon as October, one of the sources said….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-takes-next-steps-merge-atf-dea-sources-say-2025-05-16/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-takes-next-steps-merge-atf-dea-sources-say-2025-05-16/</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin on Friday—in yet ANOTHER emergency application—asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> to block a judge’s ruling that had temporarily paused plans for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassLayoffs</a> & program closures at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>.<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A1106/358981/20250516121951847_Trump_v_AFGE_Stay_Appl.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A1106/358981/20250516121951847_Trump_v_AFGE_Stay_Appl.pdf</a>Last week, Judge Susan Illston of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California called for a 2-week pause on the admin’s actions, which she said were illegal w/o the authorization of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congress</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judiciary</a>

NonilexJudges Henderson, Wilkins, & Childs, of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Court</a> of Appeals states that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discovery</a> order granted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CREW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CREW</a>'s request to depose Amy Gleason, the *alleged* acting administrator of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>. (In his order, Judge Cooper noted that parts of a declaration submitted by Gleason appear to be "called into question by contradictory evidence..")<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a>

NonilexJudge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DisasterRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisasterRelief</a> funds for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farmers</a> after a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flood</a>, in-person appointments for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> recipients to discuss their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benefits</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workplace</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safety</a> inspections in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mines</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grants</a> that support <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kindergarten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kindergarten</a> programs.Judge Illston’s order: <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexOf all the lawsuits challenging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s vision to dramatically scale back the form & function of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalGovernment</a>, this one is poised to have the broadest effect. Most of the agencies have yet to announce their downsizing plans, but employees across the govt have been anxiously waiting for announcements that have been expected for weeks.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexFederal Judge Susan Illston on Friday called for a two-week pause in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s plans for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassLayoffs</a> & program closures, barring 2 dozen agencies from moving forward w/the largest phase of Trump’s *downsizing* efforts, which the judge said was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illegal</a> without congressional authorization.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/federal-layoffs-trump-ruling.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/federal-layoffs-trump-ruling.html?smid=url-share</a>

Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first Black and first woman to hold the position, "in an email sent by a random political hack" <a href="https://rollcall.com/2025/05/08/trump-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rollcall.com/2025/05/08/trump-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden/</a>Said by Hakeem Jeffries to be unjust, a disgrace & "the latest in his ongoing effort to ban books, whitewash history & turn back the clock."Correct.Also racist.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a>

NonilexAn additional minimum 10% reduction in general & flag officers would be required in the second phase.The announcement comes after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> fired <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JointChiefs</a> of Staff chair Gen Charles "CQ" Brown, Jr & other top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> leaders in Feb.“Less Generals More GIs,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hegseth</a> said in a video about the overhaul."We're going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our war fighters," Hegseth said of the changes, which he described as "historic."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourStar</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defense</a> Sec <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeteHegseth</a> ordered a reduction in the number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/generals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#generals</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/admirals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#admirals</a> per a memo published Mon.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hegseth</a> wants a minimum of 20% cut to the number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourStar</a> positions across the military's active component & the same for general officers in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> to cut "redundant force structure to optimize & streamline leadership.”[BS, they want honorable career <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMembers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ServiceMembers</a> out & ignorant malleable kids in]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/hegseth-cuts-four-star-generals-admirals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/hegseth-cuts-four-star-generals-admirals</a>

NonilexFor months now the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> govt has claimed in court that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> merely *advises* & *consults* with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>.@Lawfare piece on the administrative paper trail now emerging in court that clearly disproves the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s claims.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-doge--directives--and-doj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-doge--directives--and-doj</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> also dismissed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> as being "paid for," & said that demand for the company's vehicles remains strong despite a sharp decline in sales.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tesla</a>'s quarterly earnings report, released about an hour before the call, showed that the company's net income plunged by 71% year-over-year & that revenue from selling cars dropped by 20%.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Delusional</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeverForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeverForget</a>

NonilexWe’ll <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeverForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeverForget</a> the damage he’s doneAs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tesla</a>'s sales & profits plunge, CEO <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> says he'll spend less time working for the federal government—but that he has no plans to stop his work w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> entirely."If the ship of America goes down, we all go down with it," he said on a call w/investors & analysts Tues night, defending the amount of time he has spent focusing on slashing the size of the federal govt.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Delusional</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371552/tesla-earnings-april-2025-elon-musk-doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371552/tesla-earnings-april-2025-elon-musk-doge</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> accused the bureau for population, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#refugees</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a> of sending millions of taxpayer dollars to nongovernment groups that had promoted mass migration, including “the invasion on our southern border.” The language echoed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s, & Rubio did not provide evidence for any of his assertions.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a>

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