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Tears and Rage: Left-Wingers Inside and
Outside the State Department Lose It Over Layoffs

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 7/12/2025 3:29:01 PM

The State Department was inundated with emotions on Friday, ranging from tears to open rebellion. The Trump administration moved forward with laying off over 1,300 career officials after the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead in a recent decision. Over a thousand more had already taken voluntary deferred resignations. The move comes as part of a restructuring led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. That includes getting rid of various departments centered on "diversity, equity, and inclusion." I'm going to guess that includes those who gave the order to fly pride-progress flags at U.S. embassies. In response, some flooded the lobby of the State Department

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Time to break out the coloring books, teddy bears and crying pillows for the assorted leftist whiners who have apparently never been fired from a job before!!

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Northcross 7/12/2025 3:33:57 PM (No. 1976586)
Fortunately for those being laid off who have no marketable skills, there are many jobs opening up in housekeeping, fruit picking, landscaping, and restaurant kitchen help.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: MissNan 7/12/2025 3:35:37 PM (No. 1976588)
I doubt they’ll be missed.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: earlybird 7/12/2025 3:42:32 PM (No. 1976594)
Rubio is doing a splendid job in affairs of state and in administering his department.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 7/12/2025 3:54:36 PM (No. 1976599)
Good news. Keep up the great work. MORE, please.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: slipstik 7/12/2025 4:10:21 PM (No. 1976608)
I hope it has dawned on you that the Federal government is nothing more than a hiring program for left wing wokearoos. You got that, right?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: JHHolliday 7/12/2025 4:17:45 PM (No. 1976616)
Good. Knowing the excess number of useless slackers just drawing a paycheck is probably about 25%. It's the same in a lot of state governments. Those government non-jobs draw those looking for that kind of job like flies to a t***.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: 3XALADY 7/12/2025 4:28:43 PM (No. 1976622)
#5 And according to what I have seen, Joey loaded it up the last few months he was in office, including close to 300 judges.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: mc squared 7/12/2025 4:56:21 PM (No. 1976635)
I, along with others, was laid off from a big company years ago when they were 'reorganizing. It happens to many people, so my heart doesn't break.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: bpl40 7/12/2025 4:59:23 PM (No. 1976637)
“The government is not a job program for Democrats”.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: czechlist 7/12/2025 5:05:13 PM (No. 1976640)
Back in the'90s Clinton/gore and the dim congress laid off thousands when they cancelled the Supercollider and no dim nor anyone in their media shed a tear. Now CERN in Europe is the center for subatomic research instead of the USA. Why should government bureaucrats be immune from cutbacks? They happen all of the time in the private sector - and often due to government bureaucrats' decisions. pot/kettle goose/gander
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Reply 11 - Posted by: volksford 7/12/2025 6:13:31 PM (No. 1976675)
Ok everybody you had your big sendoff now get your asses back to work
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Reply 12 - Posted by: JimBob 7/12/2025 7:46:46 PM (No. 1976716)
Call 'em a WAAAAAAHHHMbulance!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: padiva 7/12/2025 8:11:47 PM (No. 1976725)
May all the send-off clappers be the employees selected for next round of dismissals.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: downnout 7/12/2025 8:30:48 PM (No. 1976733)
Rubio should review the picture of those doing the clapping and fire them all.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: hershey 7/12/2025 9:11:07 PM (No. 1976746)
Sorry, my shive a git violin battery is dead...you'll have to do without...
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Reply 16 - Posted by: chumley 7/12/2025 9:31:00 PM (No. 1976753)
It is always stressful and anxious when your job is on the chopping block. After all, thats how we pay our bills and feed our families. You dont have to be a lefty to feel that. We all do. And hostility often results too. Anyone who has ever gone through a rif can attest to that. We can only hope the short term pain will be offset by the long term prosperity.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: mifla 7/13/2025 5:44:02 AM (No. 1976818)
And how many of these laid off government workers got upset when Biden canceled the Keystone Pipeline?
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Reply 18 - Posted by: DiegoDude 7/13/2025 5:46:43 AM (No. 1976820)
It's called "right sizing." Getting rid of jobs like the assistant to the assistant's assistant, is long overdue.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: DCGIRL 7/13/2025 6:00:21 AM (No. 1976826)
No tears here. I had dealings with the State Department many years ago. They are a bunch of arrogant, incompetent people. This should have been done years ago.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: redraider 7/13/2025 7:08:38 AM (No. 1976855)
If "your job is on the chopping block"...... You haven't established yourself as a key employee. I suggest all who are employed do this immediately. Instead of your boss wondering what it is you do around here......make them wonder how would we do this without you.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Strike3 7/13/2025 12:53:03 PM (No. 1977016)
They saved a pile of money and got rid of a bunch of LGBTQ and deadweight all in one swell foop, a big win for us. Always look at the loss of a job as a stepping stone to a better one, if you want to work in the first place. Many of those longtime Starbucks customers do not.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: paral04 7/13/2025 2:13:42 PM (No. 1977061)
Most of those people are useless. If you have ever been stuck in a foreign country, as I was, and gone to the Consulate for help, you would now that. I was told, "You got yourself into this problem, get yourself out". NIce! Fortunately, things worked out. I was lucky. What about those who don't have connections?
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Reply 23 - Posted by: Deborah Grannet 7/13/2025 11:59:35 PM (No. 1977231)
Yes #20, and a good strategy would be to send your boss an e-mail about what you've done over the last week. In the private sector we call that a status report, and we didn't find the expectation to submit one insulting.
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