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March 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
March 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Letters went out to dozens of probationary employees in at least one section of the Department of Transportation that said part of the reason they were being fired was for poor performance.

But most of those employees were rated as being “exceptional” performers by their supervisors.
Federal workers with 'exceptional' reviews fired for 'performance' issues
President Donald Trump’s administration has started the mass firing of workers who are new to the civil service or have recently switched jobs.
nbcnews.to
February 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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The GOP budget is out.

Republicans recently promised to love and cherish Medicaid.

Their actual plan is to destroy it.
February 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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SCOOP: 31-year-old Trump operative pushes out the acting archivist to make way for Trump's own appointment. Possible replacements include Hugh Hewitt and John Solomon.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records
Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM