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imanamerican63

(14,515 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2025, 07:37 AM Jan 29

More firings!

Trump has fired more government employees. This time 5 US labor board members!

I guess he really like firing people! A dictator day 1, is like Ground Hog dictator! Repeat the same thing over and over again!

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More firings! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Jan 29 OP

I wonder how high the unemployment rate must go before he says :I goofed." patricia92243 Jan 29 #1

Right after our democratic Constitutional Republic is gone. gab13by13 Jan 29 #2

To be precise: he fired one NLRB member and 2 EEOC members onenote Jan 29 #3

patricia92243

(12,899 posts)

1. I wonder how high the unemployment rate must go before he says :I goofed."

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 07:46 AM

Jan 29

gab13by13

(26,189 posts)

2. Right after our democratic Constitutional Republic is gone.

Reply to patricia92243 (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 07:53 AM

Jan 29

Trump is whittling down our government to one person, the dictator.

onenote

(44,921 posts)

3. To be precise: he fired one NLRB member and 2 EEOC members

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:00 AM

Jan 29

He also fired the general counsels of the NLRB and EEOC. Those latter firings probably will be upheld if challenged -- President Biden fired the general counsel of the NLRB on his first day in office in 2021. However, the firing of a NLRB and EEOC members will be challenged and hopefully reversed.

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