Notices by Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social), page 3

🚨 #Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-offer-federal-workers-buyouts-resign-rcna189661

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Via Joyce Vance:

This is a blatant effort to get career people to leave so #Trump can replace them with loyalists. And, given his track record in his own business dealings, it’s not hard to imagine him looking for a way to renege once people are out.

@ChrisHolladay He's useless

Why? Why give an inch, Dems?

“Senate confirmed Sean Duffy as secretary of transportation on Tuesday over a sudden swell of opposition from Democrats protesting the Trump administration’s sweeping freeze of federal grants, loans and other aid.

The final vote, 77 to 22, came after Duffy had appeared to be set to sail through with little to no opposition on Monday, when all Democrats had voted to advance his nom”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/sean-duffy-trump-transportation-secretary.html

@mossyfoot ZERO @briansullivan

Via Elie Mystal:

One of the problems with the lawsuits is gonna be that the “policy” is going to change, daily, hourly even. It already has, today.

It’s hard to sustain a lawsuit against the premise of the thing when the facts of the thing change every minute.

2/ WaPo... MORE:

#Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent
The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee large swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor #unions.

#BREAKING— #Trump's freeze on grant funding temporarily halted by judge—Bloomberg

2/ More

D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/dc-federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-plan-pause-federal-aid-spend-rcna189706

If the shoe fits… and it does, which is why Trump picked him.

The Washington Post:

Breaking news: Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned senators about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling her cousin — now Trump’s pick to lead HHS — a “predator” whose victims have ranged from family members to the parents of sick children. #RFKJr

https://wapo.st/3WGe9pd

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“Dem EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels was fired by #Trump in an unprecedented move that undercuts Dems’ voting majority on the board

…leaves her seat on the 5-member civil rights panel open to be filled by nominations from a Trump admin & a GOP-controlled Senate”
http://blawgo.com/dUz5Jni

#Oklahoma Board of Education votes to approve proposal requiring parents to prove citizenship when enrolling students https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/us/oklahoma-school-students-immigration-proof?cid=ios_app

@ginaintheburg Lol, but you're acting as if it would have ever been anything but this way.

He never wants press secretaries, he wants liars and mouthpieces, lapdogs. Informative? Seriously? Unprofessional? No shit.

Did you have other expectations?

As predicted by everyone: Blame Biden

Aaron Rupar:

REPORTER: Egg prices have skyrocketed since #Trump took office. So what specifically is he doing to lower those costs?

LEAVITT: When Joe #Biden was in the Oval Office or upstairs sleeping -- I'm not so sure -- egg prices increased 65 percent

Via Rupar.

Schatz, in part:

"It’s going to backfire..I can tell you the Dems are pissed off and ready to take action"

WHEN?? WHAT? Be specific!

So far it's like watching the country burn down & MOC's say,

"I think it's simply atrocious that Trump the Arsonist started this fire, many of us may die. So we'll write a letter, strongly worded, then go on TV and express politcalspeak irritation, understate the situation, & insist we're outraged. Now let's go confirm his next nom."

@briansullivan I'm aware. We moved to Canada because I anticipated this.

What do I suggest? Well, they could sound more than mildly annoyed when they go on TV. They could do what Maddow, Marc Elias, and others do and offer suggestions on what WE can do, how to cope. For starters.

They could make moves to pass legislation or impeach, knowing it won't work, to make waves on TV.

At least ACT like it matters, FFS.

#Alaska Judge: Voters Don’t Have the Right To Fix Absentee Ballot Mistakes - Democracy Docket https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/alaska-judge-voters-dont-have-the-right-to-fix-absentee-ballot-mistakes/

Jan 6 never ended

Via Aaron Rupar:

Alina Habba to Chuck Schumer: "What your opinion on what the law is doesn't really matter. It's what the White House counsel says and what our attorney general of the US says."

Never stop fighting.

Via Kyle Griffin:

New York AG #LetitiaJames says she'll take legal action against the #Trump admin for freezing federal aid.

"My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration's unconstitutional pause on federal funding."

"We won't sit idly by while this administration harms our families."

Via Emptywheel:

One line of bullshit that #Trump is getting away with: "Oh, they're just assessing programs, all new Admins do." Even ignoring that, no, they don't all do that, this is the Project 2025 Hit the Ground Running implementation. They've been "assessing programs" for two years.