In the second week of the U.S. government shutdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified some 1,300 employees they would be laid off — then rescinded hundreds of those notices within hours, a person familiar with the matter said.
The Trump administration is set to lay off entire offices and hundreds of CDC workers as part of mass job cuts during the federal shutdown, four sources told Reuters on Saturday.
A crowd-sourced list from CDC employees, reviewed by Reuters, suggested several units, including the entire Washington office, were targeted for termination. Two sources within the CDC and two at other health agencies confirmed the list’s validity.
They are trying to strongarm Democrats to capitulate and leave millions of Americans without affordable (as of the prices already weren’t high) insurance.
The problem is that they were firing people left and right when the government was open.
The Trump administration is like a wife beater.
They’re going to beat ya when you make them mad, and if you try to walk on egg shells and keep them happy, they’re going to beat ya then too.
It’s not only Democrats, there’s a surprising number of Republicans who publicly disagreed with Trump’s cuts. Marjorie Taylor Greene is louder than I would have expected in taking the Democrats side on the issue.
I think she is just afraid of her voters, looks like Georgia is heavily affected by this.
For example interview with Senator Warnock:
Greene also supposedly is for releasing Epstein file, but when there was a vote to add amendment to another bill she voted against it.
I think she is just acting in front of her base.
BTW regarding the funding bill she actually said she is in favor of the nuclear option, meaning remove the 60 vote requirement, pass the funding bill and then maybe make some adjustments benefiting her state.
Republicans don’t want to do it, because:
- If tables turn they no longer will be able to sneak their things with a threat of shutdown
- At that point the effects will be 100% on them
This has settled, in my mind at least, who is the more awful person between her and Boebert. Not saying either of them are great but they were running neck and neck for biggest piece of trash in Congress. Between this and the Boebert handjob, I think it’s settled.
That being said, I feel like Boebert has been uncharacteristically quiet of late.
I feel dirty that I’m agreeing with things she’s saying. But hey, I’m not gonna argue for now.
I think the Republicans want to shut down the government. The Republicans haven’t added anything to the bill that the democrats asked for. It isn’t like it’s a suprise that they don’t have any Democrat votes.
Republicans don’t believe in government as a concept. They should not be allowed to be anywhere near power.
Of course they do. They believe in Republican government. Any government that doesn’t advance their goals, though…
The GOP only believe in cruelty, nothing else.
I think you meant strong-arm.
Yes my bad
