Trump Strips Away Protections Against Political Influence in Hiring/Firing

[time4fun]

Trump Appointee resigns over President's order removing job protections for many civil servants: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-civil-servants-resign/2020/10/26/69d05a22-17a4-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2PngtkWscJzMKcO 2pp6Qk_b5TG2uERVhuNALV5e7y9ttGbWeiHHYHEBAM)

The Trump Administration has spent much of the past 4 years purging career professionals who failed unofficial loyalty tests. They've literally scoured social media posts of civil servants (https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/19/top-democratic-lawmakers-sound-alarm-on-trump-loyalty-tests-for-state-department-officials-mari-stull-international-organizations-diplomacy-pompeo-political-appointees/) to determine if they were "disloyal" to Trump.

Whistleblowers have alerted Congress (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/03/trump-push-to-purge-disloyal-civil-servants-may-be-underway.html) that people were being demoted or forces out of their jobs for suspicion of lacking loyalty.

And an IG report found widespread political purges (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/trump-state-department-report-deep-state-harassment) going on in the Administration.

Most Federal Employees are officially protected from being discriminated against for their political views (1st Amendment rights), but that hasn't stopped the Trump Administration from discriminating on just that. Now he's trying to reclassify tens of thousands of Federal employees as political appointees- who aren't protected by any legislation passed by Congress.


The Trump administration-appointed head of a key advisory council on the civil service has resigned over an executive order to strip away protections against political interference in hiring and firing for a large portion of the career federal workforce.

The order, which could affect tens of thousands or more career positions involved in making or carrying out policy, “is nothing more than a smoke screen for what is clearly an attempt to require the political loyalty of those who advise the President, or failing that, to enable their removal with little if any due process,” Ronald Sanders wrote in his letter of resignation Sunday from the Federal Salary Council.


“I simply cannot be part of an Administration that seeks . . . to replace apolitical expertise with political obeisance. Career Federal employees are legally and duty-bound to be nonpartisan; they take an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution and the rule of law . . . not to be loyal to a particular President or Administration,” he wrote.

This is dangerous. This is what dictators do. This is what the Chinese Communist Party does. It's what Russia does. It is NOT what other functional democracies do. It's authoritarianism.

[Wrathbringer]

Trump Appointee resigns over President's order removing job protections for many civil servants: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-civil-servants-resign/2020/10/26/69d05a22-17a4-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2PngtkWscJzMKcO 2pp6Qk_b5TG2uERVhuNALV5e7y9ttGbWeiHHYHEBAM)

The Trump Administration has spent much of the past 4 years purging career professionals who failed unofficial loyalty tests. They've literally scoured social media posts of civil servants (https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/19/top-democratic-lawmakers-sound-alarm-on-trump-loyalty-tests-for-state-department-officials-mari-stull-international-organizations-diplomacy-pompeo-political-appointees/) to determine if they were "disloyal" to Trump.

Whistleblowers have alerted Congress (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/03/trump-push-to-purge-disloyal-civil-servants-may-be-underway.html) that people were being demoted or forces out of their jobs for suspicion of lacking loyalty.

And an IG report found widespread political purges (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/trump-state-department-report-deep-state-harassment) going on in the Administration.

Most Federal Employees are officially protected from being discriminated against for their political views (1st Amendment rights), but that hasn't stopped the Trump Administration from discriminating on just that. Now he's trying to reclassify tens of thousands of Federal employees as political appointees- who aren't protected by any legislation passed by Congress.





This is dangerous. This is what dictators do. This is what the Chinese Communist Party does. It's what Russia does. It is NOT what other functional democracies do. It's authoritarianism.

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[beldar17]

why on gemstone forums. go join a group.

[time4fun]

why on gemstone forums. go join a group.

Because I've been running tests on the same lab rats for years, and i don't want to mess with my data

[Tgo01]

That's a weird way to phrase "He made it easier to fire useless federal employees who hid behind the union."

Why the fuck can federal government employees even unionize in the first place? Doesn't that go counter to the whole idea of our tax dollars paying for these people so we can get rid of useless employees? Instead it's more like a permanent paid vacation for a lot of federal employees while we continue to be taxed to pay for their permanent paid vacation.

[Parkbandit]

Trump Appointee resigns over President's order removing job protections for many civil servants: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-civil-servants-resign/2020/10/26/69d05a22-17a4-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2PngtkWscJzMKcO 2pp6Qk_b5TG2uERVhuNALV5e7y9ttGbWeiHHYHEBAM)

The Trump Administration has spent much of the past 4 years purging career professionals who failed unofficial loyalty tests. They've literally scoured social media posts of civil servants (https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/19/top-democratic-lawmakers-sound-alarm-on-trump-loyalty-tests-for-state-department-officials-mari-stull-international-organizations-diplomacy-pompeo-political-appointees/) to determine if they were "disloyal" to Trump.

Whistleblowers have alerted Congress (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/03/trump-push-to-purge-disloyal-civil-servants-may-be-underway.html) that people were being demoted or forces out of their jobs for suspicion of lacking loyalty.

And an IG report found widespread political purges (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/trump-state-department-report-deep-state-harassment) going on in the Administration.

Most Federal Employees are officially protected from being discriminated against for their political views (1st Amendment rights), but that hasn't stopped the Trump Administration from discriminating on just that. Now he's trying to reclassify tens of thousands of Federal employees as political appointees- who aren't protected by any legislation passed by Congress.

This is dangerous. This is what dictators do. This is what the Chinese Communist Party does. It's what Russia does. It is NOT what other functional democracies do. It's authoritarianism.

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[Parkbandit]

Because I've been running tests on the same lab rats for years, and i don't want to mess with my data

On how many accounts... let's count them (the ones we know anyway...)

Caramia
Vishra
time4fun

PS - So glad Simutronics decided to finally fire you. You did irreparable harm to the game Gemstone IV with your stupidity.

[Neveragain]

Trump Appointee resigns over President's order removing job protections for many civil servants: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-civil-servants-resign/2020/10/26/69d05a22-17a4-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2PngtkWscJzMKcO 2pp6Qk_b5TG2uERVhuNALV5e7y9ttGbWeiHHYHEBAM)

The Trump Administration has spent much of the past 4 years purging career professionals who failed unofficial loyalty tests. They've literally scoured social media posts of civil servants (https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/19/top-democratic-lawmakers-sound-alarm-on-trump-loyalty-tests-for-state-department-officials-mari-stull-international-organizations-diplomacy-pompeo-political-appointees/) to determine if they were "disloyal" to Trump.

Whistleblowers have alerted Congress (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/03/trump-push-to-purge-disloyal-civil-servants-may-be-underway.html) that people were being demoted or forces out of their jobs for suspicion of lacking loyalty.

And an IG report found widespread political purges (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/trump-state-department-report-deep-state-harassment) going on in the Administration.

Most Federal Employees are officially protected from being discriminated against for their political views (1st Amendment rights), but that hasn't stopped the Trump Administration from discriminating on just that. Now he's trying to reclassify tens of thousands of Federal employees as political appointees- who aren't protected by any legislation passed by Congress.





This is dangerous. This is what dictators do. This is what the Chinese Communist Party does. It's what Russia does. It is NOT what other functional democracies do. It's authoritarianism.

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[Bhaalizmo]

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[Wrathbringer]

https://youtu.be/WkZ5e94QnWk

This is exactly how I picture your whining; done by someone completely ignorant and incapable of rational thought, let alone intelligence. Some people just shouldn't be voting, honestly. I propose a return to only vested land owners being allowed to vote. Stop letting the "nothing to lose" crowd ruin prosperity for the rest of us.

[~Rocktar~]

This is exactly how I picture your whining; done by someone completely ignorant and incapable of rational thought, let alone intelligence. Some people just shouldn't be voting, honestly. I propose a return to only vested land owners being allowed to vote. Stop letting the "nothing to lose" crowd ruin prosperity for the rest of us.

But that would be racist and sexist and a whole lot of other things. It would likely also make a large positive difference in the world.