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  • Trump uses mass firing

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 26 06:34:00 2025
    Trump's first-week strategy: 'Flood the zone.' Repeat.
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    Old management maneuver when the new CEO comes.

    But in this case, he does not understand the consequences of these
    "tools" he is using.
    -------------------------------------For instance==============>>>

    With NIH In Chaos, Scientists Fear Trump Will Hamstring Critical
    Medical Research
    ...
    ...
    The NIH is the crown jewel of American scientific research, investing
    most of its $47 billion budget on medical research. Without the NIH
    meetings known as study sections, the agency can't review grants and
    thus can't make research awards. Those funds are critically important
    in helping researchers study cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and
    opioid addiction, among numerous other health issues -- and have
    helped fund major breakthroughs, including Moderna's development of
    its mRNA vaccine against Covid-19. Vaccinations against Covid-19 saved
    at least 14 million people from dying in the first year.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2025/01/24/with-nih-in-chaos-scientists-fear-trump-will-hamstring-critical-medical-research/

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 29 11:43:10 2025
    On 1/26/2025 7:34 AM, JAB wrote:
    Trump's first-week strategy: 'Flood the zone.' Repeat.
    ==================

    I guess he's trying to save federal dollars. He's now offering federal employees 8 months of severance pay to quit.

    I clean an international air traffic control tower part time, and all of
    the air traffic controllers received a text message yesterday with a new
    "code of conduct" for federal employees. The message said to reply
    "Resign" if you don't agree, and said employee will be terminated on
    February 6th. Apparently, they will receive 8 months of severance pay
    if they choose to resign.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to michael.trew@att.net on Wed Jan 29 11:35:39 2025
    On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:43:10 -0500, Michael Trew
    <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

    I guess he's trying to save federal dollars

    He is not authorized to do what he did; he is just flooding the zone
    with shit.

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