As a result, agencies are now scrambling to assess the damage and rehire lost talent. However, her report documented that agencies aligned with Trump’s policies appear to have an easier time getting new hires approved, despite Kupor telling Reuters that the government-wide hiring freeze is “over.” As of mid-November 2025, “of the over 73,000 posted jobs, a candidate was selected for only about 14,400 of them,” Kamarck reported, noting that it was impossible to confirm how many selected candidates have officially started working.
There is no smugness to be had here about the “stupidity” of this project. The working class still loses. What has been destroyed stays so. What can be cobbled together will be a more disciplined, anxious workforce.
The only sliver of a good thing is by way of general example: Ask forgiveness (if you can call it that) not permission. We should be so bold when we have any power. (Although arguably the leverage and leeway to accomplish this have been built over the course of generations so it’s not even a great argument.) One day, land reform and wealth redistribution will shake things up so they cannot be put back.
There is no smugness to be had here about the “stupidity” of this project. The working class still loses. What has been destroyed stays so. What can be cobbled together will be a more disciplined, anxious workforce.
The only sliver of a good thing is by way of general example: Ask forgiveness (if you can call it that) not permission. We should be so bold when we have any power. (Although arguably the leverage and leeway to accomplish this have been built over the course of generations so it’s not even a great argument.) One day, land reform and wealth redistribution will shake things up so they cannot be put back.
The cuts to NOAA alone are profoundly irresponsible, but then again, what about this administration isn’t
(if the senate parliamentarian says it’s OK)