Posted on 09/25/2025 11:29:32 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin
Ahead of a possible government shutdown on October 1st, the White House Office of Management and Budget has instructed federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs.
Thousands of federal employees — specifically in agencies that lack funding and don’t align with President Trump’s goals — could permanently lose their jobs if the shutdown happens.
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BREAKING: TRUMP ADMIN THREATENS MASS FEDERAL LAYOFFS IN SHUTDOWN OMB Director Russ Vought ordered agencies to prepare Reduction in Force (RIF) notices for “thousands” of federal employees if government shuts down October 1.
The memo directs layoffs for any programs that: lack funding, aren’t covered by H.R. 1 appropriations, and don’t align with “President’s priorities.”
Vought blames Democrats for “insane demands including $1 trillion in new spending” while supporting House-passed clean CR through November 21.
This marks a major shift from previous shutdowns where employees were furloughed, not fired.
RIF notices would be permanent terminations, not temporary furloughs.
Agencies must submit RIF plans to OMB for approval immediately.
Some key agencies that will not be affected by the possible layoffs include Social Security, Medicare, and ICE, among others.
DEVELOPING The White House has instructed agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of a possible shutdown.
Key facts from the OMB memo: — Agencies told to identify programs losing funding Oct 1. — Must draft Reduction-in-Force (RIF) plans, beyond furloughs. — Jobs eliminated in programs not aligned with admin priorities. — Agencies ordered to issue notices even to staff who’d normally be exempt.
The only areas guaranteed to continue: Social Security Medicare Veterans benefits Military ops Law enforcement ICE / CBP Air traffic control
This straight up puts permanent job loss on the table as shutdown leverage.
And it comes the same week federal workers who took deferred resignations earlier this year officially exit government payroll.
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YES!!! Shut down The IRS this time!
Lucky for them Trump has vested millions of new jobs in construction, housekeeping, lettuce picking and wiping MurdercRATS’ asses.
Obama in particular shut down venues like the open air WWII memorial to put the boot to the republicans. The administration gets to decide the shut down priorities, and no doubt the media will report on the symmetry between the approach of the two administrations
DC needs to be emptied out.
If chuckles and hahhhhhhkeeeem play chicken with Trump and shut down the gummint next week, they will watch him pull the plug on thousands of fat cat federal lay abouts.
The federal union workers will not let shumer shut the gummint down because they know that Trump will cut their nuts off.
I bet you could do the same with the Federal government - at starting with every DEI hire since 2021 - and never notice.
i thought they were being hired back after the doge affair? now we get to fire them again? nifty
Had been wondering how Trump intended to help the economy grow without hyper-fueling inflation, and he cranks out a new tariff policy. Now this - RIF a large segment of the permanent bureaucracy for even LARGER savings for taxpayers! Awesome!
Finally!
Never play chicken with a madman.
Good Riddance! Watch that door on your way out. I hope there is a swift kick at the curb.
Don’t throw President Trump into that briar patch!
Win, win, WIN!!!
Trump is very sly!
First he sarcastically plays the EU by agreeing with them re Ukraine/Russia..
Now he dares the dems to shut down the gov so he can have license to fire countless democrat minions who do nothing but gum up the works and cost taxpayer money.
All in the space of a couple of days....
LoL
love it, a President with guts!
Layoffs? Just fire them outright and eliminate the positions so they can never get hired back. That would start breaking the back of the swamp.
Drain, drain and then drain some more.
The Table has been turned.
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