bearister said:
Trump had Gen. Milley portrait taken down at Pentagon. I wonder if Trump realizes that the General's portrait will be put back up some day and…
….his Official White House portrait will be permanently removed.
Yeah, but if I don't resign I'll likely keep working until I decide to retire and get many multiples of 8 months pay. I'll also still have my other benefits and if I do get RIFed, I'll still have unemployment benefits.bear2034 said:
It seems generous for a company these days, let alone the federal government, to offer an option for an eight month buyout.
Eastern Oregon Bear said:Yeah, but if I don't resign I'll likely keep working until I decide to retire and get many multiples of 8 months pay. I'll also still have my other benefits and if I do get RIFed, I'll still have unemployment benefits.bear2034 said:
It seems generous for a company these days, let alone the federal government, to offer an option for an eight month buyout.
BREAKING: Trump administration to offer all 2 million federal workers the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of eight months of pay and benefits. 5-10% of the workforce is estimated to quit, which could lead to around $100 billion in savings.
— America (@america) January 28, 2025
Yes, further evidence of who the REAL president is.Eastern Oregon Bear said:It's the Elon Musk ethos. Move fast, break things, then fix them when the outcry gets too great. I think there's something in there about learning lessons, but we're talking about a set in his ways old geezer president.sycasey said:Eastern Oregon Bear said:Looks like Meals On Wheels and Head Start are frozen too. Screw you kids, disabled people and senior citizens!sycasey said:
Hearing from a friend who works at a food bank that SNAP benefits are also frozen by the Trump order. Screw you, hungry kids!
New memo says that those things won't be paused after all.New memo from White House says the pause is NOT across the board pic.twitter.com/Z8Rinz9LLx
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) January 28, 2025
This looks very suspiciously like a quick walk-back after they got an earful from angry constituents. How do I know that? Because multiple agencies previously reported that they couldn't access the usual federal funding portals.From state Medicaid to Head Start to health centers, lots of reports of people being locked out of @HHSGov's funding website today
— Alexander Tin (@Alexander_Tin) January 28, 2025
On portal, a message now warns of delays
"Due to Executive Orders regarding potentially unallowable grant payments"https://t.co/d5em25HDeb https://t.co/WHZSA54276 pic.twitter.com/Zk0RxVTnQw
Ah, that good old Trump chaos, back again!
The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @Space_Station as soon as possible. We will do so.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2025
Terrible that the Biden administration left them there so long.
Today, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of America. Our Nation will no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support so-called “gender affirming care,” which has…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) January 29, 2025
There's not a single word in the email about benefits. I'm not going to take their word for anything that isn't in writing and very specific and detailed. Frankly, I have my doubts that replying to an email with "Resign" is legally binding anyway.bear2034 said:Eastern Oregon Bear said:Yeah, but if I don't resign I'll likely keep working until I decide to retire and get many multiples of 8 months pay. I'll also still have my other benefits and if I do get RIFed, I'll still have unemployment benefits.bear2034 said:
It seems generous for a company these days, let alone the federal government, to offer an option for an eight month buyout.BREAKING: Trump administration to offer all 2 million federal workers the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of eight months of pay and benefits. 5-10% of the workforce is estimated to quit, which could lead to around $100 billion in savings.
— America (@america) January 28, 2025
Good luck to you. It's a sweet deal though for those on the verge of retirement.
bear2034 said:bearister said:
Trump had Gen. Milley portrait taken down at Pentagon. I wonder if Trump realizes that the General's portrait will be put back up some day and…
….his Official White House portrait will be permanently removed.
BREAKING: New Defense Secretary has REVOKED General Mark Milley's security detail and security clearance. Hegseth is now planning on DEMOTING the General.
“Malicious compliance” is the term Trump supporters have started to use for the unintended or unpopular consequences of the administration’s aggressively chaotic and ill-intentioned management of the federal government. https://t.co/CGnaFD8MN8
— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) January 28, 2025
Do you really believe that tRump will actually pay the buyout? After all the people he has stiffed in the past I certainly would not trust him!Eastern Oregon Bear said:Yeah, but if I don't resign I'll likely keep working until I decide to retire and get many multiples of 8 months pay. I'll also still have my other benefits and if I do get RIFed, I'll still have unemployment benefits.bear2034 said:
It seems generous for a company these days, let alone the federal government, to offer an option for an eight month buyout.
bear2034, movielover, and Yogi have their heads so far up there that they're lost for good, yes. I do wonder, however, if posters like tequila4kapp and BearGoggles will ever come to admit what the world knows about the criminal in chief. Or will they still be yelling at the Biden cloud in two to four years?sycasey said:
Anyway, I'm just going to leave this here for when the Trump fans start using this talking point to make excuses for Trump's bad policy. It will never be his fault.“Malicious compliance” is the term Trump supporters have started to use for the unintended or unpopular consequences of the administration’s aggressively chaotic and ill-intentioned management of the federal government. https://t.co/CGnaFD8MN8
— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) January 28, 2025
bear2034 said:Today, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of America. Our Nation will no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support so-called “gender affirming care,” which has…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) January 29, 2025
Castrating or mutilating kids, otherwise known as "gender affirming care" is now banned.
sycasey said:
Anyway, I'm just going to leave this here for when the Trump fans start using this talking point to make excuses for Trump's bad policy. It will never be his fault.“Malicious compliance” is the term Trump supporters have started to use for the unintended or unpopular consequences of the administration’s aggressively chaotic and ill-intentioned management of the federal government. https://t.co/CGnaFD8MN8
— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) January 28, 2025
The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 28, 2025
We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent.
We expect the portal will be back online shortly.
chazzed said:bear2034, movielover, and Yogi have their heads so far up there that they're lost for good, yes. I do wonder, however, if posters like tequila4kapp and BearGoggles will ever come to admit what the world knows about the criminal in chief. Or will they still be yelling at the Biden cloud in two to four years?sycasey said:
Anyway, I'm just going to leave this here for when the Trump fans start using this talking point to make excuses for Trump's bad policy. It will never be his fault.“Malicious compliance” is the term Trump supporters have started to use for the unintended or unpopular consequences of the administration’s aggressively chaotic and ill-intentioned management of the federal government. https://t.co/CGnaFD8MN8
— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) January 28, 2025
Welcome to the first dumb media hoax of 2025. OMB ordered a review of funding to NGOs, foreign governments and large discretionary contracts. It explicitly excluded all aid and benefit programs. Leftwing media outright lied and some people fell for the hoax.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) January 28, 2025
Um... OK. I have no idea how any of that relates to what I've been talking about. I haven't said anything about launching websites.movielover said:
Obama and Co had years to prepare, and when DDay hit the ObamaCare website ground to a halt even though they had spent about $500 Million. Today it's at over $2 Billion.
I spoke to two bright techies at the time, one a medical doctor and inventor, and they both said they could launch a successful site for $5 Million. It was replete w design flaws, and only handled a fraction of what Amazon had managed two decades prior.
Believe, those thoughts crossed my mind too. I wouldn't trust him to honor the buyout. Even if I was tempted by the buyout, I wouldn't accept it as it stands due to the almost non-existent details about how it would work. From a closer reading, it actually appears that you would be agreeing to keep working until September and then resign.calpoly said:Do you really believe that tRump will actually pay the buyout? After all the people he has stiffed in the past I certainly would not trust him!Eastern Oregon Bear said:Yeah, but if I don't resign I'll likely keep working until I decide to retire and get many multiples of 8 months pay. I'll also still have my other benefits and if I do get RIFed, I'll still have unemployment benefits.bear2034 said:
It seems generous for a company these days, let alone the federal government, to offer an option for an eight month buyout.
movielover said:bear2034 said:Today, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of America. Our Nation will no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support so-called “gender affirming care,” which has…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) January 29, 2025
Castrating or mutilating kids, otherwise known as "gender affirming care" is now banned.
Barbaric. Detransitioner Chloe Cole is suing Kaiser for $75 Million, and there have been big lawsuits in the UK.
I followed Dr. Rene Richard's story when young, and it wasn't a flippant, quickly rushed procedure. One professional on the Ms. Cole transition put up a warning flag, and was immediately removed from her case. No Bueno. I'm sure that individual will loom large in the lawsuit. Apparently coming off the hormone blockers is treacherous, and she also had a double mastectomy at 15. Very sad. She's a sharp young lady who is worried she can't bear children. What kind of idiot monsters push this on young teenagers?
Yes, I'm sure that this message (which I already posted) explicitly mentioning the Executive Order as the reason for delayed payments is a pure coincidence and the website actually went down immediately after the Order for a completely unrelated reason. This post-hoc spin by the White House is super believable!bear2034 said:sycasey said:
Anyway, I'm just going to leave this here for when the Trump fans start using this talking point to make excuses for Trump's bad policy. It will never be his fault.“Malicious compliance” is the term Trump supporters have started to use for the unintended or unpopular consequences of the administration’s aggressively chaotic and ill-intentioned management of the federal government. https://t.co/CGnaFD8MN8
— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) January 28, 2025The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 28, 2025
We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent.
We expect the portal will be back online shortly.
Trump didn't freeze Medicaid payments. The Payment Management Services which handles payments was taking additional measures to process payments and it slowed down the system. This is another hoax by the lamestream media.
From state Medicaid to Head Start to health centers, lots of reports of people being locked out of @HHSGov's funding website today
— Alexander Tin (@Alexander_Tin) January 28, 2025
On portal, a message now warns of delays
"Due to Executive Orders regarding potentially unallowable grant payments"https://t.co/d5em25HDeb https://t.co/WHZSA54276 pic.twitter.com/Zk0RxVTnQw
sycasey said:Yes, I'm sure that this message (which I already posted) explicitly mentioning the Executive Order as the reason for delayed payments is a pure coincidence and the website actually went down immediately after the Order for a completely unrelated reason. This post-hoc spin by the White House is super believable!bear2034 said:sycasey said:
Anyway, I'm just going to leave this here for when the Trump fans start using this talking point to make excuses for Trump's bad policy. It will never be his fault.“Malicious compliance” is the term Trump supporters have started to use for the unintended or unpopular consequences of the administration’s aggressively chaotic and ill-intentioned management of the federal government. https://t.co/CGnaFD8MN8
— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) January 28, 2025The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 28, 2025
We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent.
We expect the portal will be back online shortly.
Trump didn't freeze Medicaid payments. The Payment Management Services which handles payments was taking additional measures to process payments and it slowed down the system. This is another hoax by the lamestream media.
bear2034 said:sycasey said:Yes, I'm sure that this message (which I already posted) explicitly mentioning the Executive Order as the reason for delayed payments is a pure coincidence and the website actually went down immediately after the Order for a completely unrelated reason. This post-hoc spin by the White House is super believable!bear2034 said:sycasey said:
Anyway, I'm just going to leave this here for when the Trump fans start using this talking point to make excuses for Trump's bad policy. It will never be his fault.“Malicious compliance” is the term Trump supporters have started to use for the unintended or unpopular consequences of the administration’s aggressively chaotic and ill-intentioned management of the federal government. https://t.co/CGnaFD8MN8
— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) January 28, 2025The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 28, 2025
We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent.
We expect the portal will be back online shortly.
Trump didn't freeze Medicaid payments. The Payment Management Services which handles payments was taking additional measures to process payments and it slowed down the system. This is another hoax by the lamestream media.
In your original post, you mentioned "Trump's bad policy", implying his policy was to shut down Medicaid portals. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Eastern Oregon Bear said:Yeah, but if I don't resign I'll likely keep working until I decide to retire and get many multiples of 8 months pay. I'll also still have my other benefits and if I do get RIFed, I'll still have unemployment benefits.bear2034 said:
It seems generous for a company these days, let alone the federal government, to offer an option for an eight month buyout.
With any luck I'll be attending my son's graduation from USAF Basic Training a week from today. I'll ask him about this.Return of the King said:
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- Allow me to clearly dispel a rumor while we are currently reviewing all training courses to ensure compliance with the Executive Orders, no curriculum or content highlighting the honor and valor of the Tuskegee Airmen or Women Air Force Service Pilots has been removed from Basic Military Training. The historic legacy and decorated valor these Airmen embodied during World War II and beyond will continue to guide our newest recruits and all who serve in our ranks.
Subsequent reports indicate they were suspended with pay for cause - resisting Trump's order to pause spending.movielover said:
BREAKING NEWS.: President Trump has removed the entire leadership structure of USAID, 60 people ... previously run by darth villain Samantha Power.
USAID / C-A is the agency that allegedly coordinates meddling in foreign elections, organizes political opposition of those deemed out of alignment with global democratic norms, funds the NGOs (who do the ground operations), and generally seeks to replace foreign leaders.
"This is a huge morale hit," said a former senior Trump administration official who was also told of the move. "This is the leadership of the agency. This is like taking out all the generals. I don't know what they hope to accomplish by it."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/top-usaid-career-staff-ordered-leave-00200854
You are a clownDiabloWags said:
And the right does not lie about the Democrats? Republicans are such hypocrites!tequila4kapp said:
Perfect example of how The Left (generally, not specifically referring to Diablo) ****s up by lying and exaggerating about Trump. He gives us plenty of legitimate stuff to work with...when stuff like this happens it undermines the legit criticism.
It's hysterical that NOW you're believing fact checking.MinotStateBeav said:You are a clownDiabloWags said:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-photo-ice-agents-005800316.html
Fact Check: Photo of ICE Agents Arresting Man Wearing 'Latinos for Trump' T-Shirt Is Fake
Sweet Jesus. It would be nice if people could see beyond their noses.calpoly said:And the right does not lie about the Democrats? Republicans are such hypocrites!tequila4kapp said:
Perfect example of how The Left (generally, not specifically referring to Diablo) ****s up by lying and exaggerating about Trump. He gives us plenty of legitimate stuff to work with...when stuff like this happens it undermines the legit criticism.
Interesting that you only see that happening from one side of the political divide.tequila4kapp said:Sweet Jesus. It would be nice if people could see beyond their noses.calpoly said:And the right does not lie about the Democrats? Republicans are such hypocrites!tequila4kapp said:
Perfect example of how The Left (generally, not specifically referring to Diablo) ****s up by lying and exaggerating about Trump. He gives us plenty of legitimate stuff to work with...when stuff like this happens it undermines the legit criticism.
