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Top ofcls at the #NIH, the #CDC & the #FDA were put on *administrative leave* or offered reassignment to the Indian Health Service. Other employees began receiving layoff notices or learned they had lost their jobs when their entry badges no longer worked Tues morning.

At one #HHS office in Rockville, MD, long lines grew as workers were screened to determine whether they were still employed.

‘People Are Scared’: Inside #CISA as It Reels From #TrumpPurge
Employees at the #Cybersecurity & #Infrastructure #Security Agency…are struggling to protect the #US while the #Trump admin dismisses their colleagues & poisons…partnerships.
#MassLayoffs & weak leadership are taking a severe toll on the US govt’s #cyber #defense agency, undermining its ability to protect America from…adversaries bent on crippling infrastructure & #ransomware gangs…bleeding #SmallBusiness dry.
archive.is/2025.03.13-143433/h

The world’s most widely followed #StockMarket benchmark slid into a correction on Thurs, a drop that underscores how the 2-yr-long bull market [#Bidenomics] is running out of steam in the early days of the #Trump admin.

The move stems from investors’ growing pessimism about the whipsawing policy pronouncements from Trump over the past few weeks. On-again, off-again #tariffs & #MassLayoffs of #FederalWorkers have fomented unease on #WallStreet.

#economy #Trumpcession
nytimes.com/2025/03/13/busines

The New York Times · Stocks Fall Into a Correction With Investors Down on TrumpBy Joe Rennison

Billionaire #Trump adviser #ElonMusk violated the #law [again] with his weekend demand that federal employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired, attorneys for #FederalWorkers said Monday in a lawsuit.

The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California…is trying to block #MassLayoffs pursued by #Musk & Trump, including any connected to the email distributed by the #OPM on Sat.

#USpol #idiocracy #DOGE #labor
apnews.com/article/musk-trump-

AP News · Federal workers confront mass confusion as Musk's deadline to list accomplishments loomsBy Steve Peoples