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"Logically, we should prioritize anything that can reasonably be privatized,” including public services such as the postal service and Amtrak.
06.03.2025 00:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.
Veterans have already been speaking out against the cuts at the VA. More than 25% of the VA’s workforce are veterans themselves.
The Office of Personnel Management issued a memo Tuesday to all federal agency heads saying that they don’t have to comply with previous instructions to fire employees who have held their jobs for one year or less.
Federal offices now have until September 13 to determine how to reduce staff.
A reduction in force of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS “dysfunctional,” said John Koskinen, a former IRS commissioner.
People of color make up 56% of the IRS workforce, and women represent 65%.
Discussing the current state of US-Ukraine relations, commentator Adam Brooks has warned that peace in Ukraine can only be achieved with President Trump's involvement.
05.03.2025 00:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trump has made it clear in the past that protests against him are not appreciated, despite he and party's insistence on the importance of free speech in the US.
05.03.2025 00:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Rep. Rich Hudson, R-N.C., advised GOP lawmakers during a closed-door meeting near the Capitol Tuesday.
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