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Trump's Second Term

Wanna work for the Feds? Get your number two pencils ready . . .
Those seeking a job in the federal government will now have to write an essay in support of President Donald Trump's executive orders, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.

3. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.

4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples, and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.
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Can't wait to see Trump's application!

Seriously is that genuine?

The article has a great phrase that I suspect is a "typo" - it is accurate so perhaps a Freudian slip:

"According to the memo, the feral government's strategy to hire people to the civil service, dubbed the "Merit Hiring Plan," will require certain applicants to write four 200-word essays about their work ethic, skills and experience, commitment to the Constitution, and plans to "advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities.""​
 
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Hlafordlaes said:
Odd that McD's has done so, as it is on record as contributing to Project 2025, reportedly. Either they made the change for business reasons, or it's an attempt to salvage its decline in sales owing to boycotts of US brands, especially overseas.
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I suspect Tragic Monkey hit the nail on the head. Why pay for an expensive law firm that is afraid to fight in court?
 
The leader of the free world.

The White House might change how President Trump gets his daily intelligence briefings. Tulsi Gabbard, who is working on this, wants to make the briefings look like a TV broadcast. The reason is that Trump doesn’t like reading, as per the report by NBC News.

NBC News spoke to five people who know about the plan. One of the ideas is to hire a Fox News producer to help design the briefings. These new briefings might include maps, animations, and even exploding bombs to grab attention. Right now, the daily briefing is a digital document with text, some graphics, and images.


Trump has only read the briefing 14 times since becoming president, that’s less than once a week. Past presidents used to read briefings much more often. “The problem with Trump is that he doesn’t read. He’s on broadcast all the time”, according to an NBC News report. Gabbard thinks Trump’s habit of watching TV and not trusting intelligent people might be why he needs a different format
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JFC!
 
Darat said:
Can't wait to see Trump's application!

Seriously is that genuine?

The article has a great phrase that I suspect is a "typo" - it is accurate so perhaps a Freudian slip:

"According to the memo, the feral government's strategy to hire people to the civil service, dubbed the "Merit Hiring Plan," will require certain applicants to write four 200-word essays about their work ethic, skills and experience, commitment to the Constitution, and plans to "advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities.""​
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[HL added]

What, you mean it should have been "feudal"?
 
We can't have nice things.

Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize energy production over the shielding of the US’s open spaces.

Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, said on Monday that the government would reverse an order issued by Joe Biden in December that banned drilling in the remote 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), the New York Times reported.
Environmental groups had long feared Alaska would be the US president’s number one target given the state’s abundance of untapped oil and gas reserves, and immediately criticized the move to open up drilling in an area crucial to the survival of imperiled Arctic species.

“The Trump administration’s move to roll back protections in the most ecologically important areas of the Western Arctic threatens wildlife, local communities, and our climate, all to appease extractive industries,” Kristen Miller, executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League, said in a statement.


people protest in the snow as they hold signs that say 'no uranium' and 'protect our food and water'
‘Protect our future’: Alaskan Indigenous town fights ‘destructive’ uranium mine project
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“This is another outrageous attempt to sell off public lands to oil industry billionaires at the expense of one of the wildest places left in America.

“These lands are home to caribou, migratory birds, and vital subsistence resources that Indigenous communities have relied on for generations. The public fought hard for these protections, and we won’t stay silent while they’re dismantled.”
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Resume said:
We can't have nice things.
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See, this is the kind of thing that makes me worry we'll end up with 'How to blow up a pipeline'-style sabotage and vandalism to combat climate chang, after all. Like with the sufragettes who kept doing everything from detonating bombs to burning down mansions to get voting rights.

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eta: Since the text is white-on-white, it reads 'Sufragette bombs, c. 1912. These two seemingly harmless objects were actually bombs, made by Sufragettes'.

(inb4 'r yuo adefendiendocatÍ~ng 4vio暴nence力?!1¡')
 
Safe-Keeper said:
See, this is the kind of thing that makes me worry we'll end up with 'How to blow up a pipeline'-style sabotage and vandalism to combat climate chang, after all. Like with the sufragettes who kept doing everything from detonating bombs to burning down mansions to get voting rights.

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Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
eta: Since the text is white-on-white, it reads 'Sufragette bombs, c. 1912. These two seemingly harmless objects were actually bombs, made by Sufragettes'.

(inb4 'r yuo adefendiendocatÍ~ng 4vio暴nence力?!1¡')
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For the time being, the petroleum mother ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ don't need to drill, so I don't think there'll be rigs in the ANWF, yet.
 
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