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Nonilex<p>District-court judges have repeatedly used <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> to block <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin policies, including to halt the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of civil servants, the defunding of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> &amp; the relocation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> women in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalPrisons</span></a> to men’s housing. Some of those injunctions have been lifted by higher courts; many, including those detailed below, remain in place, …for now.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLS</span></a> like all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> agencies has been severely affected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a>, voluntary resignations, early retirements &amp; hiring freezes, which are part of an unprecedented campaign by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to drastically reduce the size of govt &amp; remake it. [if no one is able to collect the data &amp; report it, then Trump can say whatever he wants because there won’t be evidence.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But Chief US Circuit Judge David Barron, writing for a panel of 3 judges…, said a stay was not warranted given the extensive findings a trial judge made about the impact <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> at the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> would have on its ability to function.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"Meanwhile, the public was seeing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/newsreports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsreports</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/massfirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massfirings</span></a> that seemed cruel and heartless, many assuming <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> was directly responsible.</p><p>In reality, DOGE had no direct authority. The real decisions came from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/agencyheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agencyheads</span></a> appointed by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a>, who were wise to let DOGE act as the 'fall guy' for unpopular decisions."</p><p><a href="https://sahillavingia.com/doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sahillavingia.com/doge</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dogediary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dogediary</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DogeDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DogeDays</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyBermanJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmyBermanJackson</span></a> said she is “deeply concerned” that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin ofcls aren’t complying with her earlier order that maintains the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>’s existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve it.</p><p>During the hearing, Jackson said she will bar ofcls from any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> or cutting off employees’ access to bureau computer systems.</p><p>Jackson scheduled a hearing on April 28 to hear testimony from ofcls who were working on the reduction in force, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIF</span></a>, procedures.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> layoffs begin to erode <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> drug review system</p><p>The Trump admin's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> at the FDA have removed employees critical to reviewing new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicines</span></a>, setting back years of effort to bring promising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treatments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treatments</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> more quickly.</p><p>The FDA is slated to lose 3,500 employees under Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>'s massive *restructuring* of US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> agencies….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>No plan—not his *MAHA* agenda, not efficiency, nothing—can realistically explain cuts like these. Instead, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> don’t seem to be a means to an end on the way to overhauling American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>. They are an end in themselves.</p><p>It’ll take months, if not years, to fully appreciate the effect that the cuts will have on America’s scientific enterprise.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>If the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> wins, as many experts predict it will, the entire executive branch would come under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s direct control, allowing him even greater power over federal policy, &amp; leaving virtually no barriers to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of civil servants in favor of political stooges. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>MUSK-Trump ADMINISTRATION<br>WITH MALICE TOWARD ALL AND MERCY FOR NONE<br>Mastodon Post</p><p>Mass Firings of Federal Employees</p><p>BREAKING: Trump rocked by MONUMENTAL court loss<br>Brian Tyler Cohen [with Glenn Kirschner]</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvhWsyKypcc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rvhWsyKypc</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p>The Village Idiot of the United States (VIOTUS) and his boss, Elon Musk, have been overruled, at least for now. Village idiocy is not faring well in federal courts.</p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/briantylercohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>briantylercohen</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/federalemployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federalemployees</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/glennkirschner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glennkirschner</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/massfirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massfirings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/villageidiotoftheunitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>villageidiotoftheunitedstates</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/viotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viotus</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> employers added 151k <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> in Feb, the first full month under the new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, extending a streak of job growth to 50 months [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThankYouJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThankYouJoe</span></a>]. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> rate rose to 4.1%, from 4%.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>’s role: The survey showed a decline of 10k in federal employment. But the report was based on surveys conducted in the 2nd week of Feb, &amp; economists say the admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a>, buyouts &amp; hiring freezes at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> may not fully surface in the monthly data until this spring.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a></p>