A hopeful sign today, my husband the fed just wrote me firings are to be halted temporarily due to

[LiberalLoner]

Pressure from congress.

That’s all I know at this time. Wanted to post because it was something that gave me a bit of hope and thought others might find it a hopeful sign.

[pandr32]

1. Hope springs eternal.

We can use a glimmer.

[LiberalLoner]

2. 💙🌹🙏

[maxrandb]

3. Sorry, but with these fascists

they are just recalibrating to make sure they only fire civil servants in blue states.

We need to stop limiting our imaginations.

We need to imagine the most cruel, vile, criminal, disgusting, corrupt thing they will do, and then imagine something worse.

Do that, and we may just understand the depths they will go to.

[LiberalLoner]

4. I'm usually the biggest pessimist on earth but I truly believe this is the start of some real pushback.

[yellow dahlia]

5. The lawsuit filed yesterday, by the 14 AG's from Dem states yesterday might help also.

I have not heard yet if a judge entered a stay of any kind. But the lawsuit asks for injunctive relief to stop Musk. It states that all actions he and DOGE have taken should be rendered not valid, because he did not have authority to do what he did.

It comes down to the Appointments Clause, and the Constitution, and Separation of Powers.

Have you seen the filing? It is a fun read. It is a step in the right direction.

Here is a summary in Democracy Docket, w/ a link to the lawsuit at the bottom of the article.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/14-states-sue-to-block-elon-musks-doge-actions-claim-unconstitutional-abuse-of-power/

There was also a lawsuit filed yesterday in a MD court, on behalf of the employees at USAID. That will likely have some immediate injunctive relief, as well.

I hope Mr.LiberalLoner and his co-workers can soon see things going in a better direction.

[LiberalLoner]

6. Thank you so much! Someone just posted a news article about this on DU that has more information! 💙💙💙💙

[Figarosmom]

8. Good

[Figarosmom]

7. From congress, really?

I wonder if it's like Grassley, the "you've got to do it properly with giving us notice "type thing or a "you have no authority to do that" type of thing?

[jeffreyi]

9. Just spoke with a local Dept of Ag person with whom I do business...

I asked if anyone there (NRCS; FSA) had been fired. She said no, not yet, but seven people in an adjacent office were fired, including employees who were literally a couple of days away from attaining permanent status. Needless to say, stressimus maximus among those competent, hard working people.

[jeffreyi]

10. Can't find this anywhere.

Is there a source?
thx

[LiberalLoner]

11. My original source was my husband

Who is an SES at NNSA

But now there is a story out…

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143396477

[jeffreyi]

12. Thanks.

Unfortunately this does not help my friends in the Department of Agriculture. I called my congressman; he is magazi, but keep the pressure up. This does not help local economies as local rural economies depend on these jobs for stability. That is the message; I don't think outrage without an economic hook works very well.

[LiberalLoner]

13. Thank you for trying to resist this horror.

Surely there are more of us than them?

[jeffreyi]

14. Hope so.

I just hope this ends well. We have to keep the pressure on, and probably amp it up a whole lot. Glad that someone got a reprieve.