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Bureau of Land Management ousts official who reportedly resisted DOGE
The Washington Post ^ | May 28, 2025 | Maxine Joselow

Posted on 05/28/2025 7:16:37 AM PDT by cgbg

Michael “Mike” Nedd, a 30-year veteran of the agency, reportedly told career employees to ignore a memo from an appointee of the U.S. DOGE Service...

Security officers escorted a top official at the Bureau of Land Management out of the agency’s building on Tuesday...

Michael “Mike” Nedd, a 30-year veteran of the bureau who serves as deputy director for administration and programs...

Politico reported that he had resisted a directive from an appointee of the U.S. DOGE Service...

During President Donald Trump’s first term, Nedd served as acting director of BLM...

Politico reported that Nedd instructed career BLM employees to ignore a May 2 memo from Stephanie Holmes, a former DOGE staffer who is now Interior’s acting chief human capital officer...

“Effective immediately and until further notice, there will be a freeze on personnel actions within the Department,” the memo said, adding that the freeze affected promotions, reassignments and changes in duty station.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blm; buhbye; bureaucracy; doge; maxinejoselow; michaelnedd; mikenedd; resistnow; stephanieholmes; wellbye; yougonechump
It looks like this self-appointed royal found out the difference between Trump 2.0 and Trump 1.0--the hard way.
1 posted on 05/28/2025 7:16:37 AM PDT by cgbg
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To: cgbg

BLM HAS OPERATED OVER THEIR PAY GRADE FOR YEARS.


2 posted on 05/28/2025 7:22:30 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Not exactly a martyr when one’s 30 years are up.


3 posted on 05/28/2025 7:24:50 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: cgbg
WaPo paywall.

Headline intentionally misleading?

...reportedly told career employees to ignore a memo from an appointee of the U.S. DOGE Service...

...a May 2 memo from Stephanie Holmes, a former DOGE staffer who is now Interior’s acting chief human capital officer

Not a good career-enhancing move to ignore upper management, nor to direct subordinates to do the same.

4 posted on 05/28/2025 7:24:58 AM PDT by AF_Blue ("America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad ass speed." - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936)
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To: cgbg

Winning!


5 posted on 05/28/2025 7:26:48 AM PDT by oil_dude
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To: cgbg

FAFO


6 posted on 05/28/2025 7:34:11 AM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: cgbg

Next lawsuit incoming?


7 posted on 05/28/2025 7:40:02 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: cgbg

Good. Now how do we oust Congress which is resisting DOGE?


8 posted on 05/28/2025 7:41:50 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: jimtorr

My standard joke on this topic:

What is a major difference between private sector and federal employees?

Private sector employees only have to be fired once.

Federal employees have to be fired twice.


9 posted on 05/28/2025 7:43:31 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: McCarthysGhost

Tough question—above my pay grade.

Lol.


10 posted on 05/28/2025 7:45:16 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: AF_Blue

wapo article:

https://archive.ph/WCnHH

even better, original article ripped off by WaPo:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/blm-leader-office-doge-dust-up-00371860


11 posted on 05/28/2025 7:56:56 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: cgbg

Please tell me these ilk lose their pensions.

They have NO fear of anything.


12 posted on 05/28/2025 7:57:42 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: ridesthemiles

The best thing the BLM ever did was selling some BLM land to citizens. They should do more of that, a lot more.


13 posted on 05/28/2025 7:59:23 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: cgbg

Sounds like it’s time to enact some mandatory retirement laws.


14 posted on 05/28/2025 8:22:17 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: cgbg

15 posted on 05/28/2025 8:36:58 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: AF_Blue

A fundamental fact missing from this WaPo article - what was this memo all about?

The Politico article has the full story.

After the departure of those choosing to retire, new people moved into those positions - by what means we will still don’t know -

“Holmes’ May 2 memo instructed employees who had been filling in on positions left vacant by departing staff to return to their original positions.”

How were these hiring decisions made, and who made them? That is the nugget I’d like to know.


16 posted on 05/28/2025 10:22:21 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think (=)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

probably SES and vested receiving performance bonuses, Fauci still getting 400,00 a tear in retirement.


17 posted on 05/28/2025 10:37:37 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: cgbg

With 30 years of service, he was looking to be fired. Now he can collect a generous social security or civil service pay. Don’t know if he switched. Then he can collect unemployment while he waits for his pension check.


18 posted on 05/28/2025 12:22:15 PM PDT by gildafarrell (You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.)
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To: cgbg

Another swamp rat heads back to the alley.


19 posted on 05/28/2025 1:35:54 PM PDT by Vaduz
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