Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VMI</span></a>'s 1st Black superintendent says ouster's based on politics, not job performance<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/vmi-black-superintendent-cedric-wins-virginia-544bb0d267f915e78f7ad890300a6ee7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/vmi-black-s</span><span class="invisible">uperintendent-cedric-wins-virginia-544bb0d267f915e78f7ad890300a6ee7</span></a></p><p>VMI is an official <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> State institution. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VAgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAgov</span></a> Youngkin's fingerprints are all over this move motivated by <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>/ MAGA's racist anti-<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> fever dream. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MuskPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuskPurge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGEpurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGEpurge</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Earlier this week, however, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> associates targeted what several experts & government officials described as perhaps the most sensitive of all — a system within a broader govt database created to help enforce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSupport</span></a> payments, which pulls a vast trove of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>, including income data linked to nearly ALL US WORKERS [not just those working for the Federal Govt].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>JFC</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> targets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSupport</span></a> database full of private income data<br>
Associates of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s group provoked yet another clash with career <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilServants</span></a> over sensitive government records</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/06/doge-hhs-ssa-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/06/doge-hhs-ssa-data/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>About 30% of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a> employees in the federal government are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>, & many have lost jobs in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s drive to cut federal spending. Trump & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, who is leading the *cutbacks*, have fired about 20,000 workers on probationary status — & about 6,000 were veterans.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/veteran-firings-trump-musk-democrats.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/veteran-firings-trump-musk-democrats.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> has offered buyouts to agency employees, w/a deadline of March 14, before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> begin.</p><p>O’Malley predicted a massive political backlash if workers who have paid into the system their entire lives begin to see payments interrupted.</p><p>“People are going to start bringing a lot of heat to members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> who have been enabling the destruction of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> & the interruption of earned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>,” O’Malley said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>O’Malley, a Democrat who served as governor of Maryland 2007–2015, said proposed reductions in funding & staffing from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> have already created <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>.</p><p>>72.5 million Americans rely on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>, with almost 90% of Americans over the age of 65 relying on the program.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/survivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survivors</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Vida Latina :mastodonworld:<p>📻 "As Elon Musk continues sweeping cuts to the US government: 'People are really scared'"⤵️ </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5309756/as-elon-musk-continues-sweeping-cuts-to-the-us-government-people-are-really-scared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-53097</span><span class="invisible">56/as-elon-musk-continues-sweeping-cuts-to-the-us-government-people-are-really-scared</span></a></p><p>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The revelation that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> is working on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AutoRIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoRIF</span></a> comes as it seemingly prepares for its 2nd major round of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a>. </p><p>…On Monday, NBC News reported that this information [the requested five bullet points explaining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>’ top work achievements of the last week] would be fed into an unspecified Large Language Model (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a>) that would assess whether an employee was necessary.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“However, even w/the use of any automated system, the OPM guidance says all data has to be confirmed manually & that employees (or their representative) are allowed to examine the registers.” It’s not immediately clear if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AutoRIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoRIF</span></a>’s capabilities have been altered either by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Dept or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Biasini has also been listed as the main point of contact for the government-wide email system created by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin from within <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> to solicit resignation emails from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>.</p><p>…In order to conduct RIFs, govt HR ofcls are required to create lists ranking employees who may be subject to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AutoRIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoRIF</span></a> does that automatically, a fmr govt HR ofcl tells WIRED.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Probationary employees—those who were recently hired, promoted, or otherwise changed roles—have been targeted first, as they lack certain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> that would make them harder to fire. Thousands of workers have been terminated over the last few weeks across multiple agencies. With new software & the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, some government employees fear that large-scale terminations could roll out even more quickly.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AutoRIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoRIF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>There is a repository in the Office of Personnel Management’s (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a>) enterprise GitHub system titled “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autorif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autorif</span></a>” in a space created specifically for the director’s office—where <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> associates have taken charge—soon after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office. Changes were made as recently as this wknd.</p><p>So far, federal agency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> have been conducted manually, w/HR ofcls combing through employee registries & lists provided by managers, sources tell WIRED.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The software, called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AutoRIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoRIF</span></a>, which stands for Automated Reduction in Force, was first developed by the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> more than 2 decades ago. Since then, it’s been updated several times & used by a variety of agencies to expedite reductions in workforce. Screenshots of internal databases reviewed by WIRED show that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> operatives have accessed AutoRIF & appear to be editing its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>New from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wired</span></a> who have been doing great reporting on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers</p><p>Operatives working for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> appear to be editing the code of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AutoRIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoRIF</span></a> – software designed by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Dept that could assist in mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>, sources tell WIRED.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250225172340/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-autorif-mass-firing-government-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025022517</span><span class="invisible">2340/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-autorif-mass-firing-government-workers/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>• Rehired a 25-year-old engineer with a stack of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> tweets to his name.</p><p>• Spouted a bunch of nonsense <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> about who’s getting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> benefits. (Okay, that one was all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>.)</p><p>[& that was all before Feb 20, 2025]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Within just the last week or so, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> hit team of mostly young, almost exclusively male engineers & executives have done the following:</p><p>• Pushed a website live to track “savings” that showed no savings for several days, & made it trivially easy for random people on the internet to make changes to it.</p><p>• Published classified info on that same site.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Is a Feature, Not a Bug</p><p>A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary & destructive this slash-&-burn strategy can get.</p><p>- wired via internet archive<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250220120825/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-incompetence-mistakes-feature-not-bug/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025022012</span><span class="invisible">0825/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-incompetence-mistakes-feature-not-bug/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>OMG</p><p>“When CBS News spoke to Gleason Tuesday morning ahead of her announcement as DOGE acting administrator, she said she was in Mexico & declined to comment further.”</p><p>A scapegoat if ever there was one. She’s on vacay in Mexico.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-is-who-the-white-house-says-is-in-charge-of-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/this-is-who-t</span><span class="invisible">he-white-house-says-is-in-charge-of-doge/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Despite the “Trump Administration” & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> telling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> to ignore <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s idiotic Saturday email, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> are still saying they have to do it or face termination. </p><p>I can’t imagine how these workers are coping with this chaos & incompetence. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idioocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idioocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> leaders that they can ignore the public decree from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> to effectively fire employees who do not send in bullet-point summaries of their work last week, according to 3 people familiar with the matter, a break with the billionaire who has exerted significant power to slash the 2.3-million-person federal workforce.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/24/musk-email-government-confusion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/24/musk-email-government-confusion/</span></a></p>
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