Federal judge blocks Musk team’s effort to shutter top consumer agency
A federal court has blocked the sweeping termination of staff at the top US consumer protection agency, a day after the Trump administration moved to axe about 1,500 of the agency’s 1,700 workforce, while officials investigate whether the action violated existing judicial orders.
The ruling from the judge Amy Berman Jackson put a legal hurdle in front of mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Thursday, which came after a federal appeals court modified – but did not eliminate – an injunction limiting the agency’s ability to terminate employees.
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Life in Post Democracy Era: The Trump 2/Elon Dictatatorship
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The dejected look on the kids faces is everything.
…and no, I’m not a monster taking joy in kids being unhappy. It’s the idea that that’s what Tя☭mp needs to feel like a winner.
The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies. -John LesCroart
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I'll be shocked if they fire him because that admits they hired a complete fucking moron like everyone said he was and they never take accountability
aka Barry.Randolphe