Today on TAP: The Court uses a backdoor procedure to allow Trump to get rid of civil service employees at will.
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Posted inPolitics
Laid Off by DOGE and Leaving D.C.
The federal government is the economic backbone of the District of Columbia, as well as Maryland and Virginia. The sudden mass layoffs have already had knock-on effects in the capital city.
Posted inPolitics
Republican Mega-Bill Charges Federal Workers for Basic Rights on the Job
If the spending bill is passed, an estimated three-quarters of eligible federal workers may be coerced into at-will employment.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Public Records Wreckers
The consequences of gutting FOIA offices are both obvious and unknowable.
Posted inWorking in America
Inside the VA’s War on Unions
How some (but not all) VA unions became a national-security threat
Posted inLaw and Justice
Hatchet Job on CFPB Even Worse in the Details
Declarations in a case reveal a haphazard hobbling of the consumer protection agency.
Posted inWorking in America
Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor
Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Federal Judge Halts CFPB Purge Again
DOGE was apparently part of the effort to hobble the agency, along with Clarence Thomas pal Mark Paoletta. For the moment, the firing of 1,483 workers is on hold.
Posted inLaw and Justice
CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets
The agency fired 1,500 workers on Thursday, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Mad King Trump’s War on the Troops
The administration is vindictively hacking away at veterans’ benefits.