Kim Perales<p>Social Security is in trouble:</p><p>"In internal email, a SSA rep says "1000s" of career officials have been converted to pol appointees under Sch F, likely🚨PAVING THE WAY FOR THEIR FIRING. The American Fed of Govt Employees has filed litigation challenging the proposed change, arguing: Sch F should only apply to employees with important policy-making duties, not employees who implement pol appointees’ policy determinations-."<br>-S Stein</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/nayib-bukele-2028-republican-frontrunner-a8c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/nayib-bukele-</span><span class="invisible">2028-republican-frontrunner-a8c</span></a></p>
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Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rubio</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson Trump Desperation and DOJ Chaos 4/20/25</p>
Kim Perales<p>“Some $380M is now in limbo after reductions in the federal workforce affected staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.</p><p>LIHEAP helps ~6M people survive blistering summers & freezing winters, many whom face greater risks now that the year’s warm season has already brought unusually high temperatures.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sadism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/April19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April19</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/people-would-die-as-summer-approaches-trump-is-jeopardizing-funding-for-ac/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/people-would-d</span><span class="invisible">ie-as-summer-approaches-trump-is-jeopardizing-funding-for-ac/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Fired Govt Workers Are Pissed Off & Running for Office. Could an army of dismissed feds deliver wins for Democrats up and down the ballot?“</p><p>"For me to be attacked by my own president & the unelected richest fucking man in the world telling me that this career that I’ve spent 45 years manifesting is no longer? I just couldn’t stand by & watch that happen.🚨I’m angry and I’m motivated.”<br>-A Littman</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/April19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April19</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/fired-government-workers-pissed-off-running-for-office-democrats" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/fired-governm</span><span class="invisible">ent-workers-pissed-off-running-for-office-democrats</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"HUGE PROTESTS are the most impt thing we can do right now. As MLK said: “there's no noise as powerful as the sound of marching feet of a determined people.”</p><p>I’m talking🚨numbers so large they shock ppl -friend & foe & media alike.</p><p>I know it can feel overwhelming.</p><p>The lawlessness & extremism & corruption—the cruelty—all feeling like they’re accelerating week after week.</p><p>Simple: Join a protest. This weekend."<br>-D Pepper<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/April19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April19</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-trump-protest-april19-50501-handsoff-2056119" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/nationwide-trump-</span><span class="invisible">protest-april19-50501-handsoff-2056119</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Our worst enemies couldn't design a better way to harm our govt than what's going on right now.” </p><p>“There’s no real method to it -no geopol connection."</p><p>Under Musk: admin is firing 1000s of prob employees. The effort has upended the lives of govt workers. </p><p>“Move fast & break things,” If that involves breaking the law, then that becomes problematic.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> largely speaks to the country thru SM posts that go viral...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> INFRA destruction: jeopardizes millions of ppl's lives!</p><p>Much of the IT & cybersec INFRA underpinning the🚨US <a href="https://toad.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> system: in DANGER OF A POSSIBLE COLLAPSE following a purge of IT staff & l'ship at <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> -could put <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> data, incl the sensitive health records of 100s of Ms of Americans, clinical trial data... at risk of exposure.</p><p>As a result of a RIF -staff who oversee & renew contracts for critical enterprise svcs: gone.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/department-health-human-services-possible-collapse/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/department-hea</span><span class="invisible">lth-human-services-possible-collapse/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It said it had saved exactly $318,310,328.30.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s group has now triggered mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> across the government, & sharp cutbacks in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> around the world. Musk has justified those disruptions with two promises: that the group would be transparent, & that it would achieve budget cuts that others called impossible.</p><p>Now, watching the group pare back its aims & puff up its progress, some of its allies have grown doubtful about both.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Scientists forced to perform humiliating new job amid Trump cuts.”</p><p>I wish that this article was from the Onion, but it’s actually news from the Daily Mail, that’s unfortunately the awful truth about the possible fate of scientists who were fired by the Trump admin by way of Musk’s DOGE. </p><p>It’s Trump who should be made to perform humiliating jobs in prison, for the rest of his life.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14602853/scientists-forced-new-job-trump-nps-cuts.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1</span><span class="invisible">4602853/scientists-forced-new-job-trump-nps-cuts.html</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Absolutely unacceptable. This'll cut so many good jobs in Houston & beyond.</p><p>We all know that NASA, & the contractors that support it, fuels new innovation.</p><p>We must have *bipartisan* outrage against this to quickly remove these bad cuts from Trump’s disastrous budget!"<br>-I Martin</p><p>"Destroys <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> -cuts a telescope that’s already assembled -closes NASA CENs..."<br>-Astro Alexandra</p><p>There's nothing altruistic, noble, artistic, visionary, scientific... in the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump’s <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> at <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> incl the entire office that sets fed poverty guidelines, which det whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, child care, & other services.</p><p>Let them eat cake!</p><p>The Trump admin won't give Americans in need, cake, or virtually any food or help -halted FDA programs that benefited local farmers, schoolchildren, & <a href="https://toad.social/tags/foodbanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodbanks</span></a>, childcare programs, health svcs...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/aspe-hhs-federal-poverty-guidelines-level-team-fired-medicaid-snap-wic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/aspe-hhs-federal-poverty-guidelines-level-team-fired-medicaid-snap-wic/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"The CDC has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after HSS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team."</p><p>Trump & RFK Jr find sinister ways to sicken & kill us.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GOPDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPDeathCult</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-schools-lead-poisoning-cdc-denies-help/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=796184961" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-sch</span><span class="invisible">ools-lead-poisoning-cdc-denies-help/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=796184961</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"She discovered a loaded pistol in the closet & 2 shotguns in the attic. With no family or friends to turn to, she started calling dom violence shelters, eventually finding a room at the Hope & Healing Resource Center in Akron. </p><p>“It literally was my saving grace,” KC said. “If I didn’t have a place to go, a place of refuge -I'd be on the💔streets.”</p><p>Trump is imperiling everyone, esp. the vulnerable, POC, women, snrs, LGTBQ & disabled ppl, IMGs...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2025/04/trump-domestic-violence-services-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetrace.org/2025/04/trump-dom</span><span class="invisible">estic-violence-services-funding/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"A group who took part in the major "Hands Off" protests against Pres <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> have organized another day of action.</p><p>The 50501 group is promoting nationwide protests in all 50 US states on the same day against the Trump admin on Apr 19.</p><p>The group stated: they want 3.5% of the US pop, >11M people—to participate. They cite this figure as the threshold for "sustained resistance in order to make a difference."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/April19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April19</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-trump-protest-april19-50501-handsoff-2056119" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/nationwide-trump-</span><span class="invisible">protest-april19-50501-handsoff-2056119</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Supreme Court has stayed a federal judge's order requiring the rehiring of probationary employees at six federal agencies. The nonprofit plaintiffs lack standing, the justices ruled.</p><p>⚡But this isn't the end though because another judge has issued a more sweeping order in a lawsuit brought by the states, whose standing issues are different and not resolved yet."<br>-K Cheney</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25888808/24a904-order.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3.documentcloud.org/documents</span><span class="invisible">/25888808/24a904-order.pdf</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Fed employees: Trump's fed RTO order has resulted in🚨chaos (incl bad Wi-Fi & no TP), with productivity plummeting & public services suffering.</p><p>At the CDC one employee says that the focus on RTO mandate has meant a lot of chaos for ppl who actually need to do their jobs in person. "All the chaos has made it more difficult for the lab ppl. I'd say with everything they get 2-3 hours less of meaningful work out of me each day.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sabotage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/federal-workers-rto-chaos/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/federal-worker</span><span class="invisible">s-rto-chaos/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Cuts of 30 to 70% are rumored at USDA next week. NIH & NSF funding is being destroyed & the agencies themselves facing cuts. </p><p>About 3,500 nonfederal entomologists depend on these agencies. We're🚨risking research that protects <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> & <a href="https://toad.social/tags/foodsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodsecurity</span></a>."</p><p>It's difficult to keep up with all the atrocities, but we amplify the gravity of the losing these experts, the firings, existential threats... of the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> admin.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/some-usda-rif-plans-take-shape-department-warns-employees-major-cuts/404247/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">govexec.com/management/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/some-usda-rif-plans-take-shape-department-warns-employees-major-cuts/404247/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"The federal appeals court in DC has *UNFIRED* members of the NLRB and MSPB that Donald Trump has been trying to remove despite laws protecting them from removal without cause. </p><p>Panel was divided 7-4.</p><p>Supreme Court could be next."<br>-K Cheney</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25880731-harrisbessentcadcord040725/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">documentcloud.org/documents/25</span><span class="invisible">880731-harrisbessentcadcord040725/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Retirees & disabled ppl are facing chronic website outages & other access problems as they attempt to log in to their online Soc Sec accts. The website has crashed repeatedly in recent weeks. Even when the site is back online,🚨many customers haven't been able to sign in to their accts — or have logged in only to find info. missing. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>: 7,000 SSA job cuts & 1000s more are planned. New demands:🚨50% cut to the tech div.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sabotage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/07/social-security-website-crashes-musk-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/07/social-security-website-crashes-musk-trump/</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>After 'coding error' triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/after-coding-error-triggers-firings-top-nih-scientists-called-back-work" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/af</span><span class="invisible">ter-coding-error-triggers-firings-top-nih-scientists-called-back-work</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/codingerror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>codingerror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
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