Summary

The Trump administration ordered federal agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees, affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of workers.

This follows Trump’s executive order mandating large-scale workforce reductions. Elon Musk advocates for eliminating entire agencies.

Layoffs have already hit agencies like the VA and Education Department, sparking criticism.

Further deep cuts are planned, with hiring restricted to one for every four departures.

  • @cybervseas
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    167 days ago

    Unemployed people have an easier time starting a revolution. Idle hands are the devil’s plaything.

    • partial_accumen
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      87 days ago

      The typical fascist playbook has the leadership starting a hot war of aggression on foreign soil and putting all of those potential revolutionary hands on the battlefield.

      • @DomeGuy
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        77 days ago

        Do you think those morons know that the US military reconfigured itself to be an all-volunter professional force after the Vietnam debacle, and that drafting the unemployed would only be arming them?

        • @[email protected]
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          107 days ago

          They clearly don’t realize that fascist leaders always die when their regime eventually falls.