After that shit show yesterday, that was the confirmation hearing of RFK Jr., we all need a break.
But then there was this shit:
Cartoons via Cagle:
This plane crash happened late last night…any update will be in the comments.
This is an interesting post:
https://fallows.substack.com/p/it-had-been-16-years-since-a-fatal
Take a look at that.
Stay safe.
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This plane crash is like some horror metaphor for what is happening now to the American Experience. The American Airlines plane is taken out by the US Military helicopter in the middle of Washington DC. And there is no survivors.
https://bsky.app/profile/donmoyn.bsky.social/post/3lguakbqr2k2o
New, from me: Looking closer at the effort to induce mass civil servant resignations. *The offers are not real buyouts *Feds should read the fine print *If mass resignations occur, it is really bad for the rest of us
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/compelling-mass-civil-servant-resignations
Compelling Mass Civil Servant Resignations Will Create Chaos Twitter is not a model for government reform
Elon Musk’s role at Twitter represents a Rorschach test for how people think he will fare in restructuring government. For fans, he was able to cut the majority of the employees, and the site continued to run more or less as before. For detractors, the site became unusable, Twitter lost most of its value, and failed to deliver what Musk promised in terms of services and experience as it was converted into a vehicle to further his and Trump’s political goals.
We should worry then about the severance offer — which is actually an invitation to make a “deferred resignation” — that was sent out to almost all federal employees. As Ken Klippenstein points out, the offer mirrors what Elon Musk offered to employees when he took over Twitter, all the way down to the metaphor of a “fork in the road.”
The Chief of Staff of the Office of Personnel Management is a former Musk employee, and several other Musk allies are in OPM or guiding its actions even though they don’t work there. Musk has promoted the offer on X.