"A full third of federal jobs are staffed by retired military - in a lot of ways, the federal government serves as a jobs program for veterans due to its congressionally-mandated hiring preferences for vets. There are going to be tens of thousands of jobless vets due to these cuts."

~ Blake Allen quoted by Greg Dworkin

#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #employment #workers #economy #veterans
/6

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/19/2304698/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Eric-Adams-is-still-in-deep-um-water

"The National Science Foundation fired nearly 170 workers in a Zoom call on Tuesday morning…."

~ Kim Zetter

#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #employment #workers #economy #healthcare #science #research
/7

https://www.wired.com/story/national-science-foundation-february-2025-firings/

"The Musk-Trump regime thrives on confusion, chaos, and capitulation."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #employment #workers #economy #children #immigrants
/9

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/showing-up-and-walking-out

@wdlindsy With #Trump previously hanging with Jeffery Epstein, I really don’t think he’s against the minor trafficking. You know…‘Birds of a feather’.

"By the time Donald Trump took the oath of office in 2025, the Republican Party had been completely remade in his image: a party with no actual policy proposals other than to tear things down, oppose anything the Democrats support, and embrace anything they despise. The blast zone now includes the very foundations of our country, including the social safety net, the administrative state, and a progressive tax system."

~ Jay Kuo

#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos
/10

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/donald-trump-nihilism-grievance-democrats

"Trump did not run on a promise to unleash an unelected billionaire to slash-and-burn through the government, firing tens of thousands of employees and arbitrarily canceling contracts and federal programs. And even if he had, that still wouldn’t make it legal."

~ Liz Dye

#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #employment #workers #economy #children #immigrants
/11

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/elon-musk-trump-breaking-laws-democracy

"Trump 2.0 is a shared sensual experience in hurting other people. ...

The Trump years have genuinely made so many right-wing people worse."

~ Andrew Egger

#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #employment #workers #economy #cruelty
/12

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cruelty-isnt-the-point-its-the