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Troops In The Streets, Layoffs In The Capital
This week's US data docket would be light even if government reports weren't suspended for the shutd
“Shutdowns cause high skill employees to leave public service, this lost workforce is not replenished and the cost of hiring outside contractors as well as lost output far exceeds any savings from lower payroll costs.”
Yes- I know several people who have experienced the following (even without a shutdown)-
Person X, who works for the Federal Government, does job A at a certain salary ($P). Person X quits working for the Federal government and goes to work for consulting firm B. The government hires consulting firm B to provide workers to fulfill needs that the government doesn’t have the right people hired directly to meet. Person X, who now works for Consulting Firm B, goes back to the exact same job (job A), except now he makes $Px150% (I have no idea what the government pays Consulting firm B- but obviously more than what they previously paid person X).
Same co-workers for Person X, except that payroll checks are now coming from the consulting firm B.
I know several people who have done this.
I didn’t make this up.
Except, my wife has had no work since January due to DOGE cuts. So not everyone benefits from a government shutdown…or any of the decisions this administration has made over the last nine months.
“I don’t think it’s a stretch to suggest Trump’s hoping for just such an outcome.” Another opportunity to spend a day in front of the television a la Jan. 6 egging on his team, but this time with more coordinated uniforms.
It’s just getting started.
The State has abdicated its duty to the states. The civil war has already been started and the Federal Government is the one seceding.
Reminder: The current version of the GOP is a death cult.
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO HOME BUT YOU CAN’T PEE HERE!”
Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning an attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters.
In at least one case, the Chicago Police Department was ordered NOT TO ASSIST federal agents swarmed by demonstrators, according to reports.
In videos circulated on Instagram, two masked agents could be seen trying to take a man into custody in the middle of a busy street.
Drivers shouted at the federal agents and blew their horns as onlookers gathered. The struggle went on for several minutes before the agents released the man and fled in an unmarked vehicle.
Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported that Chicago officers were instructed not to respond to the U.S. Border Patrol’s calls for help in another incident where a vehicle was rammed and a person was shot.
Officers shot at armed woman in Chicago after cars ‘rammed’ officers, DHS official says
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-feds-shooting-dhs
“Multiple law enforcement sources confirm to @FoxNews that Chicago police officers were instructed by their Chief of Patrol to NOT respond to Border Patrol agents call for help yesterday after they were reportedly surrounded by a large crowd of protesters following a ramming incident & shooting of an armed woman,” Melugin reported on X.
https://x.com/billmelugin_/status/1974902830575309239
On Sunday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News that Chicago was a “war zone” where her agents were not welcome to use restrooms.
Maybe she was inspired after watching, “One Battle After Another”.