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8. Yep. A bloodbath jobs report including the 150,000 who took the "fork in the road"

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:47 PM

13 hrs ago

The largest mass resignation in history.

Those folks were officially employed until they got their last paycheck on 9/30.

Guardian reported "more than 100,000." NPR reported 150,000

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/us-mass-resignation-federal-workers

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5545715/federal-employees-fork-deferred-resignation-trump

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