OPM takeover by Musk, Federal Civil Servant Firings | DIA (including DCS) now

[Healing]

Do conservatives really think that some huge percentage of the federal workforce are paper-pushing drones filling no other function besides moving useless reports from Basket A to Basket B?

Yes, they do. They have little to no understanding of the connection between bureaucratic organization and: highways, consumer protections, airport safety, water systems, cancer care and research, mitigating pollution in drinking water and the air they breathe, keeping carcinogenic ingredients out of school lunches, the price of gas, etc, etc, etc.

In essence, they assume the conveniences and protections provided by federal workforces are some form of American alchemy, and not the product of American labor.

 

[Zoo_View]

So Elon Musk and a bunch of random dipshit techno geeks now have access to the social security numbers and complete personnel histories of every federal employee, probably on an unsecured server. And virtually every employee of the federal government now lives in fear that they might be randomly fired or put on leave for any reason (or no reason at all).

I wonder at what point this will rise to the level that people like @HeelYeah2012 actually become concerned versus continuing to parrot the "I don't really think it matters which party is in power" line. People understand that a "bureaucracy" is made up of people, right? Do conservatives really think that some huge percentage of the federal workforce are paper-pushing drones filling no other function besides moving useless reports from Basket A to Basket B?

To answer your last question, YES.

 

[nycfan]

 

[JCTarheel82]

Yes, they do. They have little to no understanding of the connection between bureaucratic organization and: highways, consumer protections, airport safety, water systems, cancer care and research, mitigating pollution in drinking water and the air they breathe, keeping carcinogenic ingredients out of school lunches, the price of gas, etc, etc, etc.

In essence, they assume the conveniences and protections provided by federal workforces are some form of American alchemy, and not the product of American labor.

Very similar to their inability to connect the dots between taxes and public services, imo.

 

[nycfan]

 

[Patb78]

That’s the way to do it. Use their on game plan against them.

 

[Paine]

That’s the way to do it. Use their on game plan against them.

Obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. If nothing else. They have learned from the best by serving with McConnell.

 

[HandsonFire]

Holy shit this is scary. How long before Trump locks up Hilary? AOC? Anyone else eh feels like locking up.

 

[nycfan]

Holy shit this is scary. How long before Trump locks up Hilary? AOC? Anyone else eh feels like locking up.

It is getting hard not to wonder. But that level of brazenness probably would have to wait until he gets the rest of his nominees through — to eliminate that leverage over him in the Senate.

Once Patel and RFK and Vought are through, though … (not sure they care as much about Tulsi).

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[BlueSmoke]

This may be the most important week in the nation's history since the civil war. Some Republicans in the Senate have got to signal that this stuff stops before its too late. Baring that, then the American will have to hit the streets.

 

[mpaer]

This may be the most important week in the nation's history since the civil war. Some Republicans in the Senate have got to signal that this stuff stops before its too late. Baring that, then the American will have to hit the streets.

You can bet the pubes in the Senate will roll over

 

[nycfan]

Transportation Secretary Says ‘No Early Retirement’ for Air Traffic Controllers​

The new secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, appeared to walk back an enticement to retire, saying F.A.A. safety workers were exempt from the offer for federal workers.

Transportation Secretary Says ‘No Early Retirement’ for Air Traffic Controllers

The new secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, appeared to walk back an enticement to retire, saying F.A.A. safety workers were exempt from the offer for federal workers.

www.nytimes.com

“… During an interview with CNN on Sunday, the new secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, said that within his agency, which oversees the Federal Aviation Administration, “the critical positions in regard to safety are not offered that early retirement.” He also said that air traffic controllers, among others, were “exempted” from a recently imposed hiring freeze.

“We’re going to keep all our safety positions in place,” he said. “No early retirement.”

One of the resignation offers, which would allow workers to be placed on paid administrative leave until the end of September, arrived just 24 hours after a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided on Wednesday, killing 67 people near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. The offers, which the Office of Personnel Management made via email on Jan. 28 and Jan. 30, rattled F.A.A. workers, many of whom were still reeling from the worst aviation accident in recent U.S. history. …”

 

[nycfan]

 

[ChileG]

Great job, Trump voters.

 

[ChileG]

Thanks, Trump voters.

 

[ChileG]

Transportation Secretary Says ‘No Early Retirement’ for Air Traffic Controllers​

The new secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, appeared to walk back an enticement to retire, saying F.A.A. safety workers were exempt from the offer for federal workers.

Transportation Secretary Says ‘No Early Retirement’ for Air Traffic Controllers

The new secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, appeared to walk back an enticement to retire, saying F.A.A. safety workers were exempt from the offer for federal workers.

www.nytimes.com

“… During an interview with CNN on Sunday, the new secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, said that within his agency, which oversees the Federal Aviation Administration, “the critical positions in regard to safety are not offered that early retirement.” He also said that air traffic controllers, among others, were “exempted” from a recently imposed hiring freeze.

“We’re going to keep all our safety positions in place,” he said. “No early retirement.”

One of the resignation offers, which would allow workers to be placed on paid administrative leave until the end of September, arrived just 24 hours after a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided on Wednesday, killing 67 people near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. The offers, which the Office of Personnel Management made via email on Jan. 28 and Jan. 30, rattled F.A.A. workers, many of whom were still reeling from the worst aviation accident in recent U.S. history. …”

Great work, guys. It takes a literal catastrophe for you idiots to see the light.

 

[Mulberry Heel]

You can bet the pubes in the Senate will roll over

Susan Collins, no doubt after much brow-furling, has indicated that she will vote for Tulsi Gabbard. So yeah, they're pretty much going to roll over.

 

[BlueSmoke]

Susan Collins, no doubt after much brow-furling, has indicated that she will vote for Tulsi Gabbard. So yeah, they're pretty much going to roll over.

Another bad sign. In any government takeover, SPEED to oppose by the opposition side is the most important thing. Hesitation is death. So far, slow start.