Posted on 05/27/2025 7:12:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
They told us DEI was progress. They told us these government jobs were building a better, more inclusive America. What they didn’t tell us is that this entire system was creating a class of emotionally broken dependents who tied their entire identity, purpose, and mental stability to a taxpayer-funded title.
Now, the house of cards is collapsing, and it’s getting really ugly.
Meet former federal worker Caitlin.
Caitlin was so devastated after being fired from her DEI federal job, her husband found her on the fire escape, contemplating whether it was high enough to jump. He later had her committed. Sadly, Caitlin, who suffered her entire life with mental health issues, committed suicide, and somehow, the Washington Post article made it seem as if this was Trump’s fault.
Washington Post:
The president had called federal employees “crooked” and “dishonest,” and his deputies had vowed to purge them from government and make them suffer. And now, on the sixth day of Trump’s second term, a federal health researcher was missing.
Her husband searched every room of their Baltimore townhouse, calling her name. “Caitlin?”
Caitlin Cross-Barnet had struggled with depression, and now her husband, Mike, found her on their narrow, third-floor fire escape. As he tried to coax her back in, she replied: “It’s not high enough to jump.”
[…]
Over the years, in her darkest moments, Caitlin had often told him she felt she didn’t measure up. She never felt adequate as a daughter, as a wife and mother, or as a researcher.
“Of course you’re enough,” Mike said over the phone. “You do so much. … You’re more than enough.”
Caitlin kept crying.
“You’re enough for me,” he tried to tell her. But soon after, she hung up.
The next call Mike received, 98 minutes later, was from a hospital in Virginia. He later learned that the mental health facility had staff checking on Caitlin every 15 minutes, but she saw an opening between checkups and killed herself.
Meet former federal worker Dick Midgette.
Richard was laid off from his IT job. This guy sat in his car sobbing to indie rock music and spiraled into suicidal thoughts. But he couldn’t call his parents for comfort because his dad voted for Trump.
Washington Post:
On the 26th day of Trump’s term, Richard Midgette, 28, was fired from his IT job at Yellowstone National Park. He drove to the only bridge in his town, stopping just past its edge. From the car, he listened to the rushing of the water and, for the first time, contemplated whether to end his life.
[…]
He pulled into a gas station next to the bridge and considered calling his parents. His dad had voted for Trump, and for weeks had been cheering the president’s promises to purge the government.
The Washington Post goes on to claim that Richard is “mentally healthy.” We beg to differ.
He had never suffered from depression or other mental problems, he said. But as he sat, newly unemployed, in his idling car just past the bridge, he was overwhelmed by dark thoughts.
And finally, you sadly can’t meet former federal employee Monique Lockett.
She collapsed at her cubicle after the DOGE dared to ask for access to her federal databases. But don’t worry, the Washington Post actually published a photo of her in the casket. Yes, they really did that, folks.
Look:
Monique was obese and had hypertension and high blood sugar, but somehow it was Trump and DOGE’s fault that she died.
Washington Post:
On the morning of Feb. 18, Monique and others returned from the Presidents’ Day weekend to an office tense with news of King’s departure and rumors of more cuts.
Monique was at her cubicle on the third floor of headquarters when she collapsed, co-workers said. The medical examiner listed the cause of death as “hypertensive, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.” Monique’s family and many close co-workers blamed her heart attack on stress at work.
Monique had risk factors for heart disease, including obesity, high blood sugar and high cholesterol, according to her medical records. Two experts who reviewed her records at The Post’s request said in cases like hers, stress, uncertainty and tension at work can contribute to cardiac arrest.
Sadly, this isn’t satire. This is what happens when emotionally fragile people are gifted jobs they don’t deserve and fed a delusion that they are freedom fighters on some noble crusade against “evil Republicans.” These aren’t resilient workers; they’re political cultists who’ve mistaken a job title for a mission.
For decades, these swampy bureaucrats have lived cozy off the backs of hard-working Americans, producing nothing of value and pushing policies that hurt the people who paid their salaries. Now that they’re feeling a small fraction of the disruption they heaped on the middle class, we’re all expected to mourn like it’s a national tragedy.
That’s the vibe from the Post article.
Business isn’t personal. Restructuring isn’t war. Cutting bloated federal agencies isn’t cruelty. But to these people, losing their cushy government job is like losing a father figure. The truth is, they don’t want work; they want Big Government Daddy protection.
What we’re seeing isn’t the result of “mean Trump policies,” it’s the total collapse of a fantasy gone wild. This taxpayer-funded DEI agenda gave broken people false status instead of the real help that they needed.
You are spot on. Extremely good post.
If he's got more work than he can handle, it sounds like you should talk to him about working as his assistant, even if just doing the pick-ups and drop-offs.
Wow.
“The homeowners are reaching out on Facebook because there isn’t a viable market in place”
OR, they do not want to PAY what they are hearing from real contractors who carry insurance, have all the right tools and charge accordingly to cover that overhead. Like you point out.
The issue is that the days of hiring some local teenager to do some odd job around your house is over.
There was just a lady yesterday looking for someone to mow her 1/4 acre lawn. HEr mower was broken. It had probably not been mowed yet this spring. It sounded like you would need a bush hog instead of a 22” walk behind mower.
“””””“ But he couldn’t call his parents for comfort because his dad voted for Trump…”
What a pussy.
L”””””””””””
He sounds like a homo, Jim.
No, thanks. I already have a full time job, plus a 53 year old house with 12 acres to take care of.
He is filling a nitch. The local John Deere, Kubota, Exmark, Toro, Stihl dealerships who do service charge more than he does and are always 2+ weeks out on service.
In the last 8 years, we had a local guy deliver topsoil. It had way too much gravel.
We hired a guy to do a 15X8 deck. Did a crappy job and took 2 months to do it and he wanted payment in full when he wasn’t done.
Hired a local guy to build us a greenhouse and gave him money to buy materials. He skipped.
Hired a guy to install a dishwasher. Took him a week to get around to it.
Etc.
In the future - we will have contractors from Lowes or Home Depot do the work. It’ll cost more, but it will be done and done correctly or else it will come back against Lowes or Home Depot.
"Politics in America is the binding secular religion." - Theodore H. White
My Craftsman tractor circa 2001 is still running but the 10 gauge deck rotted just enough on top where the belts attach so they no longer could hold the tension. So it's just another cart tow vehicle now. I liked the tractor for mowing rough areas that I wouldn't use the zero turn for, so that's for the DR brush hog now.
I've seen some bad jobs.
Not that price is a guarantee, but the real pros know their worth.
Yes, this was my beater mower now. I bought it new at the local dealer in 1999.
The deck has been welded 3X. However, that is probably the most valuable part on it($250).
The hood is also worth $150.
The seat has a cover.
The front tires are bald.
One of the back tires I just put a tube in($25).
There is a guy here that will buy old JDs and part it out.
The Kohler engine is not worth rebuilding if it needs new rings. If it just needs a head gasket then it is worth repairing.
I just sold my 72” Landpride finish mower for my bigger tractor too. It became redundant when I bought the Skag 52” Zero turn last year. I still have a 5’ Bush hog Squealer to cut the trails out back. Plus two Stihl and one Echo straight shaft trimmers. One of the Stihl has a blade on it.
I did have success in having a local guy build me a privacy fence 125 feet long. He insisted I go with him to Home Depot where he would select the material and I would pay for it. Great.
He starts pulling posts and 1X6X6 boards off the shelf and inspects them to be sure they are straight and not warped. After a while, with some 30 or more defective boards on the floor, he has an associate get a forklift to bring down more wood off the top shelves and he goes into it again.
I was blown away. When we were done, there were stacks and stacks of fencing material left on the floor. He wasn’t embarrassed. He said they should buy better material.
This guy built a killer fence for me. Neighbors saw his work and he built some 10-15 more after that.
welcome to the party pal
But most require real (vice fake) work.
They also might not be for as much as a fired GS-10 would like
But they're out there. Get some kind of job that brings in something and keep looking for a better one
Bottom line, don't despair. You'll get through it.
PARTICIPATION TROPHIES LEGACY===
TODAY’S LAID OFF FED EMPLOYEES
AIN’T IT GRAND???
WTF?????
Is this a satire site? It reads like the Babylon Bee.
NEVER SOUGHT OR FOUND A JOB ON THE INTERNET
GO TO COMPANIES & APPLY-—ASK THEM TO KEEP YOUR INFO FOR THE FUTURE
HELP WANTED ADS MAY HAVE DROPPED SEVERELY-—BUT DRIVE THRU YOUR AREA & WATCH FOR THE SIGNS IN THE WINDOWS.
A PAYCHECK FOR DOING SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING AT ALL.
I DID JOBS THAT WERE NOT MY FIRST CHOICE-—BUT I PAID THE MORTGAGE.
I have decided that the Vice President’s initials stand for:
“Just ... Damn ...”
The only rational response to the idiocy and insanity that grips a large part of this Great Republic.
Oh, and “Caitlyn Cross-Barnet” appears to have bats in her belfry.
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