Federal Judge Holds Trump Administration, DOGE Accountable for Illegal Mass Firings of Federal Workers
Caption: U.S. District Courthouse for Northern District of California (Courtesy: Flickr, Ken Lund)
Sources: The Guardian ; Reuters ; Associated Press
Major outlets reported yesterday that a federal judge is blocking the mass firings of federal workers, setting the stage for yet another legal battle on Executive overreach in the classic Trumpian blitzkrieg style.
The case that led to this motion, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, was filed by various labor unions and non-profits representing thousands of fired federal workers. “The US district judge William Alsup said in San Francisco on Thursday that the US office of personnel management (OPM) lacked the power to order federal agencies to fire any workers, including probationary employees who typically have less than a year of experience,” based on reporting by The Guardian and other outlets.
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Why this Matters: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, and DOGE/MAGA acolytes believe that democracy is a suggestion, a play toy for their entertainment. Little do they know that the American people are rising up against this nonsense; be it in Georgia, Texas, and other rural and exurban town halls last week in conservative districts Trump won handily in 2024, or across all fifty state capitols and major U.S. metropolitan areas, the people are making sure that there is No Voice Unheard.
Today is February 28, the National Day of Boycott, a.k.a. the 24-hour Economic Blackout.
Let’s make the billionaire class sweat and engage in a day of intentional non-consumerism, specifically for brands and companies that enable fascism. Check out Boycott Central, hosted by our wonderful movement partners at Choose Democracy, to tap in for democratic principles that we can no longer take for granted!
