Mass Firings, Project Cancellation

JohnInCarolina

This seems to deserve its own thread.  If you haven’t seen this yet, the Trump admin / DOGE / Project 2025 geniuses have put in place a mass firing exercise:




And then they are just outright cancelling projects, contracts, etc. as well.  Here’s an example of what’s getting sh!tcanned.



That’s right, a program that helps disabled kids.  

Most of this ain’t legal, by the way.  Does that matter?  Probably not.  

They have sh!tcanned probationary employees at the NIH.  Didn’t matter who they were or how long they’d been an employee.  Some of these people were in a probationary window because they’d recently been promoted.  These are some of the best young scientists our country has to offer, working on tough problems in human health.  In other words, they were working to save lives.  And they were fired by email on a Friday night.  Not by their supervisors, but rather by a bunch of jackbutts who’ve never met them, because they could.

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

WildmanWilson

I’ll ask this….Is the government too big and bloated? 

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy

If democrats had given Reagan the spending cuts they promised it would have been much less painful.

Ike

Still waiting for the trickle-down.

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy said:

If democrats had given Reagan the spending cuts they promised it would have been much less painful.

Was this meant as a joke?  

JohnInCarolina

Reagan’s joke about “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” certainly does take on an ironic meaning these days.

Legume

If eggs cost less we'd all be omelette eatin' rich guys.

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

StillH2OEgger

JohnInCarolina said:

In other words, he's more qualified to be Secretary of Defense than Hegseth.

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman

StillH2OEgger said:

JohnInCarolina said:

In other words, he's more qualified to be Secretary of Defense than Hegseth.

hegseth will probably be the next president anyways

JohnInCarolina

WildmanWilson

JohnInCarolina

Buyer’s remorse, version 11,659:

Botch

And now he's preparing to gut the Post Office.  
One of the Biden administration's biggest failures was not replacing DeJoy when they had the chance (although that guy would've been fired by cheeto yesterday, too).  

Canugghead

JohnInCarolina said:

Buyer’s remorse, version 11,659:

I have been wondering how many of those fired voted for him.

JohnInCarolina

The incompetence on display here on a daily basis is just staggering.

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman

Botch said:

And now he's preparing to gut the Post Office.  
One of the Biden administration's biggest failures was not replacing DeJoy when they had the chance (although that guy would've been fired by cheeto yesterday, too).  

he should close the post office.....it shouldnt take 3 or more weeks to mail a check to a company thats a three minute walk away. cancelled a fuel bill check at the bank today, wrote a new one, and then walked it over. thats not the only one im waiting on the post office to deliver

Legume

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

And now he's preparing to gut the Post Office.  
One of the Biden administration's biggest failures was not replacing DeJoy when they had the chance (although that guy would've been fired by cheeto yesterday, too).  

he should close the post office.....it shouldnt take 3 or more weeks to mail a check to a company thats a three minute walk away. cancelled a fuel bill check at the bank today, wrote a new one, and then walked it over. thats not the only one im waiting on the post office to deliver

That's some real price of eggs thinking there.

fishlessman

Legume said:

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

And now he's preparing to gut the Post Office.  
One of the Biden administration's biggest failures was not replacing DeJoy when they had the chance (although that guy would've been fired by cheeto yesterday, too).  

he should close the post office.....it shouldnt take 3 or more weeks to mail a check to a company thats a three minute walk away. cancelled a fuel bill check at the bank today, wrote a new one, and then walked it over. thats not the only one im waiting on the post office to deliver

That's some real price of eggs thinking there.

i dont need to heat the shop nor do i need to buy materials when i get shut off and i love my mailbox stuffed with half the streets mail. i used to mark the mail delivered to the wrong address until mr postman stole my red ink pen.

Gulfcoastguy

I have a similar problem. My address is 9999 One Street, 9999 Other Street is five houses away, 2 houses to the stop sign and 3 houses to the right. At least once every 2 weeks I have to take misfiled mail from my box and walk it to the correct box. How much would it cost for each mail truck to have Google Maps on board?

Legume

So, not making excuses for them, but do we judge them differently than FedEx, etc. because they're government?

lousubcap

Regarding DOGE I just came across this:
"As one recently departed federal technology official wrote in draft testimony for lawmakers, which we obtained, “DOGE is one romance scam away from a national security emergency.”"
So true!

Botch

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

And now he's preparing to gut the Post Office.  
One of the Biden administration's biggest failures was not replacing DeJoy when they had the chance (although that guy would've been fired by cheeto yesterday, too).  

he should close the post office.....it shouldnt take 3 or more weeks to mail a check to a company thats a three minute walk away. cancelled a fuel bill check at the bank today, wrote a new one, and then walked it over. thats not the only one im waiting on the post office to deliver

That's a local issue that needs to be reported/investigated, and not at all indicative of the entire USPS.  

lousubcap

If you want to get the USPS attention, register with USPS.com and file a complaint.  Every time I have launched one I get a call or email (your choice of contact) within around 30-45 minutes of the complaint landing in their system.