The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said.
The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency’s employees.
Without an official estimate from the agency, it wasn’t immediately clear how many people in the division were fired. Yet based on reports from staff and their managers, most employees below the leadership level were part of the workforce reduction, said Rachel Gittleman, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252.
I love how these assholes are firing people at unprecedented rates as a way of somehow punishing Democrats. The Ds refusal to let the current admin double everyone’s medical insurance costs means Rs start dismantling the government as punishment? That’s what the Rs want in the first place. They’re doing exactly what they want while blaming the Democrats for all the negative effects, as is tradition
They’re doing it because it works, alarmingly well. Sure, many Americans recognize that it’s all just a dishonest tactic, but not enough of us. Many Americans fall for the con, hook, line and sinker.
many americans are just tired of the game at this point, you know republicans are selfish lying scheming pieces of shit, so you can just assume they’re going to do the absolute worst things they can and plan accordingly.
democrats…you have to do a dive into their entire life history to find out if/how badly they’re going to fuck you. where even the “good” ones like buttigieg will sell the country out in a heartbeat, like sure they’re not directly fucking you…but they’re definitely playing favorites.
devil you know vs. the one you don’t
It has nothing to do with the shutdown.
From the article:
Perhaps i misinterpreted what it’s saying and it’s just regular, garden-variety destruction of government by the fascists?