Summary
Gavin Kliger, a 25-year-old DOGE goon, allegedly screamed at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees during a 36-hour shift to expedite layoffs of 90% of staff.
A court paused the firings, citing violations of an earlier order requiring individual assessments before terminations. Kliger told staffers to ignore the court-ordered individual-by-individual assessment requirement.
Kliger is a 25-year-old “internet edgelord” who claims to have ditched seven figures in Silicon Valley to work at DOGE. He is a 2020 Berkeley graduate and “has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online,” Reuters reported.
Kliger has already overseen 1,500–1,700 layoffs. Only three senior staff remain, raising concerns about CFPB’s ability to fulfill legal duties.
Lemmy.world will act like they care about workers, but as soon as workers want any meaningful change, they’ll argue “the political leaders’ hands are tied, they try everything they could!”
Meanwhile Trump gets whatever he wants without issue. I wonder why Democrats are powerless to help people but Trump can damage entire systems…
Sinema’s thumbs down remains democrats’ last word on minimum wage. Her hands were free.
If I had a nickel for the times Democrats could have done something more useful but crumped and abandoned because of Republicans being dickheads, I’d have enough to lobby one.