These haphazard funding cuts and firings will only continue, because they are manifestly not tied to a shutdown
federal employees
Posted inWorking in America
Workers Sue Vought for Threatening to Use Shutdown to Fire Them
Multiple labor unions sued the OMB director for abusing his position and pushing an extremist Project 2025 agenda.
Posted inPolitics
The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months
Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA’s Nonexpert Health Expert
Unlike all of his predecessors, Trump’s soon-to-be veterans health care chief is not a doctor.
Posted inTAP
Russ Vought’s Empty Shutdown Threat
Today on TAP: The OMB director says that if Democrats don’t cave, he will do mass layoffs. Imagine that.
Posted inEconomic Policy
GOP Wrings Hands About Fraud After Crushing CFPB
A House Committee on Financial Services hearing Thursday morning was an exercise in gaslighting.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Doesn’t Need DOGE to Kneecap Independent Agencies
While DOGE has fallen by the wayside, many independent agencies that protect the public against corporate and government malfeasance remain hobbled by a lack of quorum.
Posted inWorking in America
What It Means When Federal Union Contracts Disappear
Deteriorating services, moms forced back from maternity leave, and more as federal workers lose formal union protections.
Posted inWorking in America
Trump Celebrates Labor Day as the Most Anti-Union President Ever
His unbound union busting is one front of his war on democracy.
Posted inWorking in America
EPA Is ‘100 Percent’ Union-Busting, Workers Say
After ending their collective-bargaining agreements, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered employees to seek prior approval for protected union activities on non-duty time.