Elon Musk – Lone Candle

Trump Cuts Crash Social Security Website 4 Times In 10 Days

Posted on March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 by Lone Candle

Trump and Musk Social Security cuts are causing difficulties for recipients.

Cuts include attempts to stop people from scamming recipients and customer service.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IFJIxDRd0E

What is DOGE’s Real Goal? | The Ezra Klein Show

Posted on March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 by Lone Candle

DOGE is not significantly cutting the deficit. To do that, you need to go through Congress. They are not creating government efficiency, they are just firing whoever they can, whether they are useful workers or not.

In Elon’s businesses, he gets quick feedback. So he can cut cut cut, and then see what’s broken and add back in. If a car doesn’t work or sell, something is broken, so let’s fix it. The variety of functions of the government don’t work that way. The government isn’t an engineering business building an actual car or rocket.

Some excuses for destroying government and using it to be self-serving are that the Democrats were doing it. But this isn’t really true. The largest change passed by Democrats in the last few decades is the Affordable Care Act…it was a transfer of money from blue states to red states.

Elon either holds several false beliefs, or he regularly lies and misleads about political issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vv6AvLsx4g

Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Lone Candle

“The lawsuit filed by USAID employees and contractors argued that Musk and DOGE are wielding power the Constitution reserves only for those who win elections or are confirmed by the Senate.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-doges-usaid-dismantling-192012185.html

Second federal judge orders temporary reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees fired by the Trump administration

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Lone Candle

“In the states’ case, filed in Baltimore’s federal court, the attorneys general argued that the administration had violated a 6-day notice requirement for so-called reductions in force – or RIFS – as well as other procedural steps for such mass terminations. The administration countered that no such notice was required for the layoffs, done quickly in early days of the administration, because federal law allows the government to terminate probationary employees under certain circumstances without any heads up.

Bredar on Thursday rejected the administration’s arguments that the terminations fit into a category not requiring notice because the employees were fired because of their substandard performance.

“Here, the terminated probationary employees were plainly not terminated for cause,” Bredar wrote in a 56-page opinion. “The sheer number of employees that were terminated in a matter of days belies any argument that these terminations were due to the employees’ individual unsatisfactory performance or conduct.””

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“The upshot of Bredar’s ruling, as he acknowledged at a hearing Tuesday, is that the administration would be allowed to lay off the employees en masse if it went through the proper RIF procedures, including the advance notice. His ruling also noted the administration is free to fire individualized employees without following the RIF rules if they are being fired for cause, “on the basis of good-faith individualized determinations.””

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“The Trump administration has been targeting probationary workers because they have fewer job protections and can be dismissed more easily. Federal probationary employees have typically been in their positions for one year, but some jobs have two-year probationary periods. The employees may be new to the federal workforce, but they also could have been recently promoted or shifted to a different agency.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/second-federal-judge-orders-temporary-022435122.html