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Trump administration removes senior defense officials and installs loyalists, triggering alarm at Pentagon
CNN ^ | November 10, 2020 | Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Browne

Posted on 11/10/2020 5:46:31 PM PST by ransomnote

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To: little jeremiah

That was the VA employees.


101 posted on 11/11/2020 7:27:29 AM PST by octex
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To: ransomnote

Saw one of the trucker leaders on FNC today (Wed.) and he said it would be a 4-day event that would include T-Giving day.


102 posted on 11/11/2020 7:33:19 AM PST by octex
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To: ransomnote

Hopkins has publicly stated that he has NOT recanted his statement about the fraud at the USPS!


103 posted on 11/11/2020 7:44:12 AM PST by octex
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To: little jeremiah
There was until very recently a huge blob of fed employees that it was very difficutl to fire. Trump recently signed an EO taking away their job security, can’t remember detials, but can be fire without them having any recourse. Dmesheviks of course freaked and said “tens to hundreds of thousands of fed workers are at risk”.

I saw that. My response is "good!"

104 posted on 11/11/2020 7:56:58 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: octex

I read the EO, it was about any fed employees from my understanding. THere aren’t “hundreds of thousands” of VA employwees, are there?


105 posted on 11/11/2020 8:39:07 AM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: octex

White House announcement about the EO, all fed agencies, not just the VA.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-taking-action-promote-good-governance-accountability-within-federal-workforce/

President Donald J. Trump Is Taking Action to Promote Good Governance and Accountability Within the Federal Workforce

ssued on: October 21, 2020

To empower our civil servants to best help others, the government must always operate more efficiently and more securely.

President Donald J. Trump

ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY: President Donald J. Trump is taking action to increase accountability for Federal employees who make substantive contributions to executive branch policy.

Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order giving Federal agencies more flexibility to hold career employees in critical positions accountable.

The order establishes a new classification within the Federal workforce titled “Schedule F” for employees serving in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions that are not normally subject to change as the result of a presidential transition.

Under the order, Federal agencies will have more flexibility to hire “Schedule F” employees and will also be able to remove them without going through a lengthy appeals process.

This action will enhance accountability for Federal employees who are responsible for making policy decisions that significantly affect the American people.

The order will not affect the Senior Executive Service.

RESTORING PROPER OVERSIGHT: Agencies should be given greater flexibility to address poor performance in these positions.

This order authorizes agencies to reclassify positions to better reflect their importance in developing and implementing policy.

Removing poor performers, even from these critical positions, is time-consuming and difficult.

The Government Accountability Office reports that it takes 6 months to 1 year to remove Federal employees for poor performance.

Surveys show career Federal employees have long been frustrated with the failure of their agencies to hold poor performers accountable.

Employees holding positions eligible to be reclassified as “Schedule F” should be held accountable for high performance, given their duties are vital for effective government operations.

The order also prohibits certain personnel actions against “Schedule F” employees, including actions on the basis of the employee’s partisan affiliation, other protected characteristics, or because of the employee’s status as a whistleblower.

IMPROVING FEDERAL RESPONSIVENESS: President Trump has worked tirelessly to promote an efficient and streamlined Federal bureaucracy.

President Trump has delivered on his promise to put in place commonsense reforms to ensure that the Federal Government better serves all Americans.

In 2018, the President issued three Executive Orders to enhance the efficiency of Federal operations and reform the civil service to better work for the American people.
The President signed game-changing legislation to bring accountability to the Department of Veterans Affairs and remove poor performers.

President Trump and his Administration are working to reform and modernize the Federal hiring process.


106 posted on 11/11/2020 10:05:28 AM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: octex

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/10/new-executive-order-may-reclassify-wide-swaths-of-career-positions-as-political-appointees/

New executive order could strip civil service protections from ‘wide swaths’ of federal workforce

October 22, 2020

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that will reclassify a portion of the career federal workforce, giving agency heads the ability to hire and fire them at will under a new class in the excepted service.

The order, which the White House released Wednesday evening, creates a new schedule in the excepted service known as “Schedule F.”

It gives agency heads the authority to reclassify certain confidential, policy-making, determining or advocating positions from the career civil service to the excepted service under this new schedule.

Bitches don’t like it haha:

The American Federation of Government Employees called the executive order the “most profound undermining of the civil service in our lifetimes,” describing it as an effort by the president to “politicize and corrupt the professional service.”
[more at link]


107 posted on 11/11/2020 10:07:45 AM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: ransomnote
The people behind this coup - which is what it is - have Trump analyzed perfectly, they have his behavior down to a "T" and have predicted his reactions perfectly.

Do not forget - both Pelosi and Schumer have promised that "the military will drag Trump out of the White House". Maybe they know something.

108 posted on 11/11/2020 10:11:04 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: ransomnote
I believe Trump determined he would absolutely be able to prove the cheating beyond doubt before he started his second term actions

Why do you think it matters if he can "prove it" or not?

109 posted on 11/11/2020 10:14:48 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: little jeremiah

Thanks for those two replies, lj!

I wasn’t aware of the latest EO on the subject. Just recalled the one about the VA from a couple of years ago.


110 posted on 11/11/2020 5:15:43 PM PST by octex
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To: rightwingcrazy

When the evidence of what happened in this election and Trump is STILL in office Trump is going to need the military to start arresting the thugs in our cities it is going to be UGLY!!!


111 posted on 11/11/2020 5:20:49 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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