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TellyKNeasuss

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Because the "Trump's Second Term" thread is getting so long, I thought that we should have a separate thread for Trump supporters who are or will soon regret their vote.

I'll start off with a disabled military veteran who just got fired from his job at FEMA.

I voted for Donald Trump. But this is not what I was expecting,
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This civil servant and veteran voted for Trump. Now he’s out of a job - WTOP News

A Virginia couple is hashing out their next steps after the husband, a disabled veteran and information technology technician with a federal agency, was fired as part of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
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“I voted for Donald Trump. But this is not what I was expecting,” he said. “We didn’t think they were going to take a chainsaw to a silk rug.”

The man’s wife said they also believed his 13 years of military service in the Navy and Air Force Reserves, with an honorable discharge as an E-4, would have offered him more protection against DOGE cuts."

But DEI initiatives are terrible.
 
Yeah, that's a thing with the US civil service: veterans get an advantage in hiring. There's a point system and being a veteran add points to an application. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, in fact I think it's a positive thing, but I'm pointing it out because these federal job cuts are hurting veterans. Which population, traditionally, the American public is at least in theory not eager to stomp all over. Lord Muck's toyboys "breaking things" is throwing more than few (thousand) veterans out of work.
 
This is already old news, but for posterity:


Trumpkin farmers find themselves in the Find Out phase.
 
TellyKNeasuss said:
Because the "Trump's Second Term" thread is getting so long, I thought that we should have a separate thread for Trump supporters who are or will soon regret their vote.
I'll start off with a disabled military veteran who just got fired from his job at FEMA.
wtop.com

This civil servant and veteran voted for Trump. Now he’s out of a job - WTOP News

A Virginia couple is hashing out their next steps after the husband, a disabled veteran and information technology technician with a federal agency, was fired as part of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
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Unfortunately, most of them will probably be incapable of regretting anything because they are too busy blaming all outcomes of their votes on anything other than Trump.
How to Know You Are in a Cult (1953) (Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies on YouTube, Feb 20, 2025 - 2 min.)
In this newly found film from the 1950s we learn how one can determine whether or not they are in a cult. Does any of this sound like you?
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TellyKNeasuss said:
Because the "Trump's Second Term" thread is getting so long, I thought that we should have a separate thread for Trump supporters who are or will soon regret their vote.

I'll start off with a disabled military veteran who just got fired from his job at FEMA.



wtop.com

This civil servant and veteran voted for Trump. Now he’s out of a job - WTOP News

A Virginia couple is hashing out their next steps after the husband, a disabled veteran and information technology technician with a federal agency, was fired as part of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
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From the most recent polls, buyer's regret has begun,
 
TellyKNeasuss said:
...I'll start off with a disabled military veteran who just got fired from his job at FEMA...
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What I thought was very telling from the news report linked was that the veteran and his wife asked that their names not be used:
"Because they are concerned about possible retaliation..."
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They're concerned that if they voice a grievance, a legitimate grievance, in public they may face retaliation. They're probably right, they might very well. In other words, they already knew exactly what a piece of garbage trump is but they voted for him anyway.

Unbelievable. :rolleyes:
 
newyorkguy said:
What I thought was very telling from the news report linked was that the veteran and his wife asked that their names not be used:

They're concerned that if they voice a grievance, a legitimate grievance, in public they may face retaliation. They're probably right, they might very well. In other words, they already knew exactly what a piece of garbage trump is but they voted for him anyway.

Unbelievable. :rolleyes:
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Not necessarily, jerks are not confined to one half of the political spectrum. They may well be harrassed by people calling them up to jeer about leopards and faces, just as much so as threats from Trump supporters for changing their tune.
 
Darat said:
The man’s wife said they also believed his 13 years of military service in the Navy and Air Force Reserves, with an honorable discharge as an E-4, would have offered him more protection against DOGE cuts."
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Incidentally, and people can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 13 years of service and only reaching E-4 really bad?
Although I was reading it as Navy, and Air Force Reserves. I suppose if it's meant to be Navy Reserves, and Air Force Reserves, advancement may be slower.
 
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Armitage72 said:
Incidentally, and people can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 13 years of service and only reaching E-4 really bad?
Although I was reading it as Navy, and Air Force Reserves. I suppose if it's meant to be Navy Reserves, and Air Force Reserves, advancement may be slower.
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It can get weird with the reserves, but most promotions are automatic from like E1 to E4. But after that, at least in the Army it goes on a point system and they change the numbers needed depending on your job in the Army.

I like the way Zach from mikeburnfire rants about it from when he was in the Army:

 
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Incidentally, and people can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 13 years of service and only reaching E-4 really bad?
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It would be really bad if you were on active duty. I don't know so much about the reserves. I was in the Navy (active duty) for 6 years and left as an E-5. I suspect that rank advancement is slower if you aren't on active duty.
 
Darat said:
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“I voted for Donald Trump. But this is not what I was expecting,” he said. “We didn’t think they were going to take a chainsaw to a silk rug.”

The man’s wife said they also believed his 13 years of military service in the Navy and Air Force Reserves, with an honorable discharge as an E-4, would have offered him more protection against DOGE cuts."

But DEI initiatives are terrible.
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They thought that DEI meant only black people. ◊◊◊◊ them.
 
Armitage72 said:
Incidentally, and people can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 13 years of service and only reaching E-4 really bad?
Although I was reading it as Navy, and Air Force Reserves. I suppose if it's meant to be Navy Reserves, and Air Force Reserves, advancement may be slower.
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What are the odds that the final discharge should have been dishonourable rather than disability?
 
newyorkguy said:
What I thought was very telling from the news report linked was that the veteran and his wife asked that their names not be used:

They're concerned that if they voice a grievance, a legitimate grievance, in public they may face retaliation. They're probably right, they might very well. In other words, they already knew exactly what a piece of garbage trump is but they voted for him anyway.

Unbelievable. :rolleyes:
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And they will vote for him again if they can.
 
A gentleman I'm acquainted with is director of a small facility administered by a federal government agency. They are subject to all the recent executive orders. Monday they had "to fire" an employee because they were still in probationary status. They said the employee was proving to be an excellent member of their staff, that having to terminate them 'just because' was maddening.

In addition the employee was a disabled veteran, a "sucker and loser" in the words of the top dawg. :(

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TellyKNeasuss said:
Because the "Trump's Second Term" thread is getting so long, I thought that we should have a separate thread for Trump supporters who are or will soon regret their vote.

I'll start off with a disabled military veteran who just got fired from his job at FEMA.



wtop.com

This civil servant and veteran voted for Trump. Now he’s out of a job - WTOP News

A Virginia couple is hashing out their next steps after the husband, a disabled veteran and information technology technician with a federal agency, was fired as part of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
wtop.com wtop.com
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◊◊◊◊ him.
 
Darat said:
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“I voted for Donald Trump. But this is not what I was expecting,” he said. “We didn’t think they were going to take a chainsaw to a silk rug.”

The man’s wife said they also believed his 13 years of military service in the Navy and Air Force Reserves, with an honorable discharge as an E-4, would have offered him more protection against DOGE cuts."

But DEI initiatives are terrible.
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newyorkguy said:
A gentleman I'm acquainted with is director of a small facility administered by a federal government agency. They are subject to all the recent executive orders. Monday they had "to fire" an employee because they were still in probationary status. They said the employee was proving to be an excellent member of their staff, that having to terminate them 'just because' was maddening.

In addition the employee was a disabled veteran, a "sucker and loser" in the words of the top dawg. :(

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But did the employee support Trump? If they voted for Harris, then it's not really the leopard eating their face.
 
Did the employee I know of who was fired support Trump? No clue, though my friend isn't in New York, they're in Arizona. I posted that because of the negative comments about the veteran who was fired in the OP. And the nonsense about 'both sides do it.' trump has a well-earned reputation for being incredibly vindictive. This piece of garbage had FBI agents fired because they had been assigned to the classified documents investigation. FBI agents!

I have kind of a hunch the couple referred to in the OP are less worried about 'people calling them up,' and more worried about trump and his lackeys hitting back at them -- teach 'em a lesson! -- in some nefarious way if they are identified. For one thing, the husband is a disabled veteran, which undoubtedly means he's getting some form of government benefits. He doesn't want to lose those, on top of being fired.
 
newyorkguy said:
For one thing, the husband is a disabled veteran, which undoubtedly means he's getting some form of government benefits. He doesn't want to lose those, on top of being fired.
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And given Trump is trying to get retired military generals' ranks changed he has a legitimate concern. I have no doubts Trump would do everything he could to ruin the man's life.
 
arthwollipot said:
I posted this in one of the other threads, but here it is again for those who are into Reddit:

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Reditt has gone down the eschittification toilet. Today they killed off the 'old.reddit.com' site that was the only thing that made reading long comment threads usable. REDDIT JOINS MSN AS A HORRIBLE USER-HOSTILE SITE THAT I WILL NO LONGER VISIT.
 
Blue Mountain said:
Reditt has gone down the eschittification toilet. Today they killed off the 'old.reddit.com' site that was the only thing that made reading long comment threads usable. REDDIT JOINS MSN AS A HORRIBLE USER-HOSTILE SITE THAT I WILL NO LONGER VISIT.
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Works well on the app. I used to hate it for the nested comments, but I use the app quite a bit now.
 
Blue Mountain said:
Reditt has gone down the eschittification toilet. Today they killed off the 'old.reddit.com' site that was the only thing that made reading long comment threads usable. REDDIT JOINS MSN AS A HORRIBLE USER-HOSTILE SITE THAT I WILL NO LONGER VISIT.
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*shrug* Up to you. You seem to expend a lot of vitriol keeping yourself from useful tools.
 
arthwollipot said:
*shrug* Up to you. You seem to expend a lot of vitriol keeping yourself from useful tools.
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I spend a lot of vitriol watching "useful tools" that used to work well becoming crappier and crappier. Reddit removing the 'old.rediit.com' is one such instance.

I've been using the internet and the web since dial-up days back in the mid 1990s (it might have been later; my memory's getting fuzzy.) That's the better part of thirty (twenty?) years. I've seen a lot of good sites die. I've watched greedy corporations take over the web and turn once useful web sites into crap, preferring to chase growth and money over offering a decent site.
 
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