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BumRushDaShow

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10. "I'm still wondering why...you view the DRP as a violation of the Antideficiency Act and Impoundment Act. "
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 12:18 PM
Jul 31

And I'm still wondering why you keep narrowing what has been done to just a "deferred retirement".

There were a whole plethora of "Fork in the Road" nonsense emails sent out to employees in every Department and Agency - some that resulted in illegal "buyouts" which were NOT authorized by any legislation - I showed you the HHS crap from brainworm host (that is the Department my agency was under) - HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer

As I noted before, there were also numerous "without cause" FIRINGS - where employees with satisfactory or higher performance appraisals, were suddenly told to get out, and where those impacted had then attempted to get their cases (appropriately) addressed by the MSPB.... until 45 illegally fired the (D) member on the Board, leaving them without a quorum to even operate and carry out final adjudications (that case along with the NLRB Board members, is still being litigated in the lower courts after the SCOTUS allowed the illegality to continue, apparently not addressing the merits of those Board firings).

There are currently several "class action" suits that have been filed on behalf of federal employees who were illegally terminated - early mention of that here - Thousands join class actions as fired feds weigh options to challenge Trump's moves

More recently - Appeals board creates new path to renew reversals of probationary firings

The DOGE fuckheads assumed that if someone had "on probation" in their personnel file, they were "NEW" employees. A significant number were NOT "new", and were "Career" (way past "Career Conditional" status), but had moved to a different position - many being promoted to management positions (where there is a brief "probationary period" ).

Congress has only passed ONE "Rescissions" package that was signed into law to claw back funding that had already been authorized by the Continuing Resolution" that the government is currently operating on. JUST ONE. And that one was essentially ideologically targeted.

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This deferred "unemployment" UpInArms Jul 31 #1
The program was voluntary SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #3
I understand your point, UpInArms Jul 31 #4
Yes... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #5
I'm still wondering why... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #2
"I'm still wondering why...you view the DRP as a violation of the Antideficiency Act and Impoundment Act. " BumRushDaShow Jul 31 #10
I narrowed it to that... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #13
You didn't read through the rest of the article BumRushDaShow Jul 31 #20
I'm not disagreeing that it's wasteful... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #21
Remember that the initial "Fork in the Road" stuff was sent out BEFORE the March C.R. was passed BumRushDaShow Jul 31 #23
We'll just agree to disagree SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #24
I go back to the mid '80s although most of those lapses were temporary back then BumRushDaShow Jul 31 #25
Oops one quick thing... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #22
It's like DOGE ... in reverse! FakeNoose Jul 31 #6
I had a friend with a push button transmission in a Dodge. If you were going forward and pushed the reverse button twodogsbarking Jul 31 #12
LOL! My mom owned one of those in the 60's. A 1958 Coronet. Bengus81 Jul 31 #15
Wasn't your mom, my friend was a guy. It was in the 60s however. twodogsbarking Jul 31 #19
Sounds like they are running that program like they run many farm subsidies Scalded Nun Jul 31 #7
Unemployment Jughead Jul 31 #8
Pretty sure... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #9
Actually you can. You have to go before a judge and ague your case Bengus81 Jul 31 #16
That makes perfect sense... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #17
Correction, 154,001. twodogsbarking Jul 31 #11
Does that number include Trump, Vance, and the GOP Congress? LudwigPastorius Jul 31 #14
This from the party that does nothing but vilify the unemployed. They have fucking wackjob candidates posing outside Karasu Jul 31 #18
Just waiting for this to happen... haele Jul 31 #26
I wish I was one of them Polybius Jul 31 #27
It doesn't suck SickOfTheOnePct Jul 31 #28
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