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Education Department announces it's cutting staff by half as Trump looks to shutter it
#Layoffs #AgencyClosure #DepartmentOfEducation #StaffReduction #JobLoss
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Education Department announces it’s cutting staff by half as Trump looks to shutter it
Over a thousand people will be laid off from the 4,000-person agencyKatie Hawkinson (The Independent)
CISA worker says 100-strong Red Team fired after DOGE cancelled contract
#PenetrationTesting #CISA #ElectionSecurity #ContractCancelled #JobLoss
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CISA worker says 100-strong Red Team fired after DOGE cancelled contract
Election infosec advisory agency also shutteredIain Thomson (The Register)
Employees Fired, Migrant Camps Shut Down At Southern Border?
#MigrantCamps #BorderCrossingsDecline #JobLoss #ElonMusk #ImmigrationPolicy
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Employees Fired, Migrant Camps Shut Down At Southern Border?
I wonder if the workers were Trump voters.Susie Madrak (Crooks and Liars)
DOGE for thee, but not for me
#ProudlyDisplayingFlag #AbruptTermination #DOGE #FiredCivilServant #JobLoss
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DOGE for thee, but not for me - Angry Bear
Read about DOGE for thee, but not for meJoel Eissenberg (Angry Bear Blog)
Throwing Lifelines to Federal Workers
#RecruitmentEfforts #StateAndLocalLeaders #JobLoss #EconomicRecovery #FederalWorkers
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Throwing Lifelines to Federal Workers
Some state and local leaders are trying to recruit suddenly jobless U.S. government employees.Gabrielle Gurley (The American Prospect)
▶ ELON SLASHES 7,000 SOCIAL SECURITY JOBS | The Kyle Kulinski Show
Car workers in Luton respond to Stellantis UK plant closure: "Workers united internationally have the power to fight these companies"
#Unemployment #AutomotiveWorkers #JobLoss #PlantClosure #HeritageAndHistory
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Car workers in Luton respond to Stellantis UK plant closure: “Workers united internationally have the power to fight these companies”
A veteran production line worker told reporters, “I’m devastated about the closure. Luton is already deprived. My grandfather worked in this plant. It has a rich history of car and van building. I don’t know what I’m going to do to find work.”World Socialist Web Site
When a Wildfire Comes for Your Home, Will DOGE Stop It?
#MontanaWildfires #GovernmentEfficiency #FirefightingEfforts #JobLoss #WildfirePreparedness
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When a Wildfire Comes for Your Home, Will DOGE Stop It?
The Trump administration’s cuts have targeted personnel who work to prevent wildfires and support firefighters as they battle blazes. With fire season approaching and climate change intensifying the risks, disaster is looming on the horizon.jacobin.com
▶ Trump Voter SCREWED OVER TWICE - No Baby AND Fired from Job!!!
Fox host: Trump voters who are "casualties" of federal layoffs are just part of closing the budget gap
#EconomicPolicy #ClosingTheGap #TownHalls #TrumpAdministration #JobLoss
DOGE Is a Cruel Joke. The Punchline Is Making Life Hell for Veterans
#VeteransInCrisis #ElonMuskCriticism #GovernmentDisruption #JobLoss #DOGEImpact
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Veterans Are Suffering as Elon Musk and DOGE Take Apart the Government
Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are making reckless cuts that are devastating the lives of veterans.Michael Embrich (Rolling Stone)
Trump Says EPA Will Cut 65% of Staff
#EPA #StaffCuts #Politics #EnvironmentalPolicy #JobLoss
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Trump Says EPA Will Cut 65% of Staff
President Trump said today that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to cut up to 65 percent of the agency's staff, an unprecedented move that would catastrophically weaken the EPA's ability to protect human health and the environment....www.nrdc.org
Most of Maddow's Staff To Be Let Go Amid MSNBC Cuts: Report
#Productioncrew #Jobloss #Staffletgo #MSNBCcuts #Broadcastingindustry
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Most of Rachel Maddow's Staff Will Reportedly Be Let Go Amid MSNBC Cuts
The majority of the production crew working on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show will be let go, The Guardian reported on Tuesday night.Michael Luciano (Mediaite)
Laura Ingraham tells laid-off federal employees to get 'real jobs'
#FederalEmployees #MediaCommentary #JobLoss #PoliticalOpinion #EmploymentAdvice
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Laura Ingraham tells laid-off federal employees to get ‘real jobs’
Fox News dismissed federal employees’s concerns about being fired, saying they need to find ‘real jobs’ in ‘the real world’Ariana Baio (The Independent)
Fox's Brian Kilmeade Says Town Hall Blowback 'Is Real' -- Trump Voters Getting Fired Are 'Casualties' of DOGE
#ElonMusk #PoliticalMessaging #TownHallBlowback #JobLoss #BrianKilmeade
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Fox's Brian Kilmeade Says Trump Town Hall Blowback 'Is Real'
Brian Kilmeade said the blowback against Trump-Musk DOGE cuts "is real" — and Trump would "do himself a favor" by more effectively messaging to his voters.Tommy Christopher (Mediaite)
Laura Ingraham Dunks on Laid-Off Federal Employees: 'Need To Get Real Jobs'
#LauraIngraham #RealJobs #LaidOffWorkers #Denigration #JobLoss
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Laura Ingraham Dunks on Laid-Off Federal Employees
Laura Ingraham denigrated federal workers who have been laid off in recent weeks and said they now "need to get real jobs."Michael Luciano (Mediaite)
Trump Trolls Federal Employees With SpongeBob Meme
#Trump #Seriousness #USPolitics #JobLoss #FederalEmployees
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Trump Trolls Federal Employees With SpongeBob Meme
Trump sent out a SpongeBob meme mocking those people possibly losing their jobs because America is no longer a serious place.Stephen A. Crockett Jr. (NewsOne)
Dummy Kilmeade To Trumpers: Losing Your Job Will Balance The Budget
#JobLoss #FederalWorkforceReduction #NormalizingExtremes #DraconianFiring #TrumpSupporters
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Dummy Kilmeade To Trumpers: Losing Your Job Will Balance The Budget
I'm sure MAGAts are very happy losing their jobs in service to TrumpJesusJohn Amato (Crooks and Liars)
Failing up
#Deception #AlexHigley #AccountingJob #SocialCommentary #JobLoss
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Failing up
True Failure, the latest novel from Alex Higley, follows the deceptions of characters failing upward in their bid for the American dream.Coco Picard (Chicago Reader)
Fixing Economic Inefficiency by Cutting Labor
#JobLoss #CorporateLayoffs #RecessionFears #LaborMarket #EconomicInefficiency
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Fixing Economic Inefficiency by Cutting Labor - Angry Bear
Read about Fixing Economic Inefficiency by Cutting LaborAngry Bear (Angry Bear Blog)
Cleanup on Aisle MAGA
#DisabledRights #DOGEpurge #PoliticalBullshit #WorkRequirements #JobLoss
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Cleanup on Aisle MAGA - National Zero
Spandex-wearing grapple-freak Congressman Jim Jordan on Sunday conceded to Fox’s Shannon Bream that “Maybe there have been some mistakes made,” in firing thousands upon thousands of federal workers in the ongoing DOGE purge “but” because the Washingt…Spartan (National Zero)
A Post By A MAGA Supporter Who Said They Were Laid Off Because Of Trump's Cuts Is Going Mega-Viral
#Politics #JobLoss #Trump #Economy #Supporter
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A Post By A MAGA Supporter Who Said They Were Laid Off Because Of Trump's Cuts Is Going Mega-Viral
"Each time I voted for you, it was because I knew you'd make things right and you'd fix the wrongs. I'm counting on you now to make this right too."BuzzFeed (HuffPost)
Musk says all federal employees must answer email about what they did last week -- or lose their jobs
#ElonMusk #JobLoss #EmailRequirement #DeadlineMonday #FederalEmployees
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Musk says all federal employees must answer email about what they did last week — or lose their jobs
The emails require federal employees to respond by 11:59 p.m. Monday, according to reportsKatie Hawkinson (The Independent)
DOGE's USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans' Data Safe Online
#Cybersecurity #JobLoss #USDS #CyberThreat #VeteransAffairs
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DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online
The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.Lily Hay Newman (WIRED)
The First Seven Things to Cut From Your Budget When You Lose Your Job
#JobLoss #MoneyManagement #SpendingReduction #BudgetCuts #JobHuntingTips
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The First Seven Things to Cut From Your Budget When You Lose Your Job
Cut back your spending while you're looking for your next opportunity.Meredith Dietz (Lifehacker)
"He had been a supporter of President Trump prior to the layoff"
#TrumpSupporter #UnexpectedLayoff #GovernmentWaste #RobertMcCabe #JobLoss
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"He had been a supporter of President Trump prior to the layoff" - National Zero
Now-former IRS employee Robert McCabe, tells NBC10 Philadelphia that he did not think there would be any actual consequences for his actions until approximately 9:00 AM EST on Thursday, when he went into work and was unable to log in on his computer.Spartan (National Zero)
Those Leopards Are Just So Damn Hungry
#JobLoss #Politics #GovernmentJobs #VeteranPriorities #PentagonCuts
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Those Leopards Are Just So Damn Hungry - Digby's Hullabaloo
Fox News host Jesse Watters made an on-air plea that the Trump administration be “less callous” when implementing when laying off federal employees after a military veteran friend was “DOGE’d” in Elon Musk’s Pentagon cuts.Digby's Hullabaloo
Thousands of IRS workers in Kansas City brace for layoffs amid Trump government purge
#FederalEmployeesRally #KansasCityIRS #JobLoss #FederalWorkforce #UnionSupport
Thousands of IRS workers in Kansas City brace for layoffs amid Trump government purge
On a day when dangerously cold weather forced the Internal Revenue Service to close its downtown processing center, hundreds of probationary employees are on notice that their jobs are likely going away.Roxanne Cooper (Alternet.org)
[en] Historical look at #technological #disruption
"... the research also uncovered a recent shift ... trends driven, at least partly, by AI"
"... surprise appeared in the data. From 2019 onward, Deming said, it looks like things were changing quite a lot."
"Everybody should be thinking about #AI, no matter what they do for a living"
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#ResearchHighlights #harvard #artificialintelligence #labour #labourmarket #labor #labormarket #jobloss @research @science
Is AI already shaking up labor market?
Four trends point to major change, say researchers David Deming and Lawrence Summers, who studied a century of tech disruptions.Christy DeSmith (Harvard Gazette)
USDA Scrambles to Rehire Bird Flu Experts After DOGE Laid Them Off
#DOJE #JobLoss #USDA #ScramblingToHire #NuclearSafetyWorkers
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USDA Scrambles to Rehire Bird Flu Experts After DOGE Laid Them Off
Nuclear safety workers faced a similar experience in recent days.Matt Novak (Gizmodo)
Cannon ball don't pay no mind . . .
#LaidOffFired #JobLoss #NoDiscrimination #IncomeInequality #FolksongReference
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Cannon ball don't pay no mind . . . - Angry Bear
Read about Cannon ball don't pay no mind . . .Bill Haskell (Angry Bear Blog)
Breitbart laying the consciousness of guilt on a little thick
#SwampDraining #PoliticalDivide #JobLoss #MediaBias #MAGA
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Breitbart laying the consciousness of guilt on a little thick - National Zero
More CorpMedia sob stories from fired federal workers. Sorry, we voted to drain the swamp, so stand clear of the swamp for a while! If your services are truly needed, your position will come back. pic.twitter.Spartan (National Zero)
Belching Leopards: An Update
#GovernmentLayoffs #FinancialHardship #Update #JobLoss #FarmersInCrisis
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Belching Leopards: An Update
Our pals at Electoral-Vote have a must-read post up today called, People Will Soon See the Effects of the Government Layoffs. We join them at the end of the post, as it is about farmers literally l…Mock Paper Scissors
'Cold and cruel': Former federal workers 'shocked, angry and emotionally distraught'
#ElonMusk #ResistTheMonsters #JobLoss #EmotionalTrauma #FederalLayoffs
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'Cold and cruel': Former federal workers 'shocked, angry and emotionally distraught'
As has been widely reported, the Trump administration has begun implementing mass layoffs across several federal agencies, leaving thousands of workers reeling. The story of Elena Moseyko, a data scientist at the U.S.Roxanne Cooper (Alternet.org)
Are you affected by firings at federal health agencies?
#JobLosses #FederalFirings #PublicHealth #JobLoss #StatNews
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Are you affected by firings at federal health agencies? | STAT
Fill out this form if you have been affected by the firings at federal health agencies. We won't share your story without permission.STAT Staff (STAT)
Alamo Drafthouse Workers Respond to Mass Layoffs
#LaborDispute #SonyPictures #JobRecovery #JobLoss #UnionWorkers
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Alamo Drafthouse Workers Respond to Mass Layoffs
The layoffs come in the wake of Sony Pictures buying out Alamo las summer. Recently unionized workers are determined to get their jobs back.indypendent.org
Startup cancels $2.6 billion Georgia battery plant project
#BatteryPlantCancelled #GeorgiaEconomy #JobLoss #InflationReductionAct #NationalZero
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Startup cancels $2.6 billion Georgia battery plant project - National Zero
Announced in 2022, a $2.6 billion battery plant to be built by Norwegian startup Freyr in Newnan, Georgia – roughly 40 miles southwest of Atlanta – and expected to bring at least 725 jobs to the area, was unannounced on Thursday as exec Jason Peace t…Spartan (National Zero)
The Democrats Also Want to Deport You
#HaitiCrisis #EarthquakeDisaster #JobLoss #PortAuPrince #LongTermRecovery
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The Democrats Also Want to Deport You
On immigration policy, Donald Trump isn’t as radically different from Barack Obama and Joe Biden as his inflammatory rhetoric suggests. Each has built upon his predecessor’s efforts to make border militarization and mass deportations the norm.jacobin.com
Trump's reversal of Climate Policies risks undermining U.S. Manufacturing -- and could cost people Jobs
#FossilFuelIndustry #JobLoss #EnergyPolicy #ManufacturingJobs #ClimateChange
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Trump’s reversal of Climate Policies risks undermining U.S. Manufacturing — and could cost people Jobs
By Thomas Stuart, University of Victoria (The Conversation) - United States President Donald Trump’s early executive actions have set American …Informed Comment
Alamo Drafthouse Workers Respond to Mass Layoffs
#JobLoss #Buyout #AlamoDrafthouse #LaborDispute #Layoffs
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Alamo Drafthouse Workers Respond to Mass Layoffs
The layoffs come in the wake of Sony Pictures buying out Alamo las summer. Recently unionized workers are determined to get their jobs back.indypendent.org