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Fired federal workers eye running for office following DOGE cuts

At least a dozen probationary staffers at the Federal Trade Commission were terminated last week, according to The Verge.
The terminations are linked to staffing cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency, which has been implicated in broader government staffing changes.
The FTC chapter of the National Treasury Employees Union acknowledged awareness of the terminations in an email.
Republican FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson indicated that the agency may not be exempt from cuts despite his alignment with Trump.

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Newser

Mark Cuban Has Advice for Workers Fired by DOGE

Billionaire Mark Cuban has some advice for government workers laid off by fellow billionaire Elon Musk. "Group together to start a consulting company," he wrote on Bluesky . "It's just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create." As Gizmodo reports, Cuban was referring...

29 minutes ago·Miami, United States

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Inc.

DOGE’s Latest Victim: Federal Tech Workers in Office 18F

Mark Cuban has some advice for the fired employees, who focused on tasks like building the login tool for key government programs.

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The Verge

The FTC is being hit by terminations

At least a dozen probationary staffers at the Federal Trade Commission were terminated last week, The Verge has learned. The terminations took place across the agency, according to two sources familiar with the matter, one of whom said that included both the Bureau of Consumer Protection and Bureau of Competition. The sources did not definitively link the terminations to actions by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but the …

3 hours ago·United States

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Washington Top News

Unions, former federal workers show out to support in DC amid sweeping government cuts

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3 hours ago·Washington, United States

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Washingtonian

Senator Andy Kim Began His Career at USAID. Now He’s Speaking out Against DOGE Cuts - Washingtonian

Last week, thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development employees walked out of the Ronald Reagan Building for the last time following staffing cuts by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Roughly two decades ago, New Jersey Democratic Senator Andy Kim, walked into the same building for the first time as

3 hours ago·Washington, United States

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realnewsnow.com

Debate Rages Over DOGE Cutbacks and Government Efficiency - Real News Now

Working within the reality of professional life, justification of actions is an ever-present necessity, and this holds true for employees of federal institutions as well. The most recent cutbacks within the Department of Operational Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the reactions they’ve elicited online have left me somewhat baffled. Isn’t the ultimate objective of our collectively contributed taxes to achieve the maximum possible return on inves…

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