“Office closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have caused “complete, utter chaos” and are threatening to send the agency into a “death spiral”, according to workers at the agency.
The SSA operates the largest government program in the US, administering social insurance programs, including retirement, disability and survivor benefits.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-attack-social-security-causing-100049053.html
“The Trump administration has dismissed advisers to key statistical agencies behind major economic reports, sparking warnings that the cuts will jeopardize the quality of data critical to policymakers and Wall Street investors.
Economists, academics and corporate officials serving on a board of unpaid advisers to the Labor Department’s statistical bureau were told this week they were no longer needed, two of the former members told POLITICO. Similar committees that advised the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau have also been let go. And the Federal Housing Finance Authority placed workers who assisted with its widely cited home price index on administrative leave Wednesday.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/labor-commerce-department-economy-data-doge-00241559
“The Trump administration touted a nearly $1 billion plan Wednesday to combat the spread of avian flu and mitigate skyrocketing egg prices as the outbreak rips through poultry flocks across the United States.
But the measures come as the Agriculture Department is struggling to rehire key employees working on the virus outbreak who were fired as part of the administration’s sweeping purge of government workers. Roughly a quarter of employees in a critical office testing for the disease were cut, as well as scientists and inspectors.”
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“A few reinstated workers were once again sent emails urging them to take the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” plan, according to two people familiar with the situation.”
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““If … they have projects that are ongoing, all of that work has now essentially been thrown out, discarded and dead in the water,” said Dr. Mary Beth Hall, a retired Dairy Forage researcher. “You’ve got God knows how many millions of dollars of research that’s just been thrown away.””
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/trump-fired-bird-flu-hires-00206334
The Trump-Musk attack on Academia and DEI is doing more harm than good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5Ziwh6is
Innovation gets you fried in the Trump-Musk bureaucracy. If you just got a promotion, you have a new job, and therefore are easier to fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ49uNckZjE
Farmer Who Voted For Trump Gets Screwed By Musk’s DOGE Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBGMtfrc24