Congress erupts at Trump’s shutdown mass firings: “This is a disaster”

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/10/shutdown-layoffs-vought-congress-trump

42 comments

  1. There’s only one way this is gonna get better – it’s gotta hurt everyone. All the Magats and all the people who “dont pay attention to politics”, ie 40% of our country. It needs to hit everyone hard enough to shake this country out of whatever the fuck stupor its in and take the country back. If it’s too comfortable, it’ll continue. As Churchill said, Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing once every other option is exhausted.

  2. Man, what the actual hell? Trump’s turning a shutdown into his personal purge party—mass firing federal workers like they’re yesterday’s trash, all to bully Dems into caving on funding. Even Collins is calling it a disaster! Unions are suing, experts say it’s illegal, but nah, the GOP’s just flexing that Project 2025 muscle to gut the government.

    This isn’t governance; it’s a tantrum that screws real people. Insane.

  3. Susan Collins furls her brow and doesn’t do shit about it.

  5. This is all by Republican design. The top priority of course is to eliminate environmental regulations. Republicans would be all but extinct without campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry and access to their think tanks. That’s why their unamerican proposal to do permanent damage to affordable healthcare for short term government funding.

  6. Let’s be real clear about this situation: He could have fired these people anytime before the shutdown. Oh, and come to think of it, he was *doing exactly that*. These people being fired is not because of the shutdown; it’s part and parcel of Project 2025’s stated and well-established plans.

    Anyhow, release the Epstein files.

  7. I am a state government employee that works with a federal government employee.

    We both are married, 4 kids, stay at home wife.

    It is very discouraging to watch him suffer through this and not get his paycheck that he relies on.

    What is really interesting to me, the day he didn’t get a paycheck, the state government gave us a 13k pay raise.

  8. Susan Collins can take her concern and shove it if shes gonna do jack all about it.

  9. This is a slow motion train wreck orchestrated by Grindr Mike and the Orange Pedo. They will own this shutdown.

  11. Always after Stock market hours on a Friday, because he’s a weak, old, smelly Puck.

  12. Democrats should state they won’t vote for any reopening bill that doesn’t fully restore these employees.

  13. No one exemplifies the out of touch, out to lunch career politicians who couldn’t understand the dangers Trump presented more than Susan “I believe the president has learned from this case” Collins.

  14. Donnie Dipshit and the Reich are only a symptom of the problem, the REA:L problem is the 77 Million that voted for this. Direct all your anger and rage at them, you know who they are, everyone does

  15. “The blowback includes Sen. Susan Collins, pictured here pretending to care.”

  18. Maine yall so far have 2 great candidates I’ve heard of running in the primary to get the opportunity to challenge her.

  19. Chickenshit Collins has the power to tell Trump he doesn’t get her votes unless he backs off. But no. She continue to give him the procedural votes he needs then get self-righteous about voting against something. She’s toast in the next election.

  20. Susan Collins is concerned. Awesome. That’s gonna move the needle. 🙄

  21. Oh shit! Look out guys! Susan Collin’s is “strongly opposed” to the layoffs. What a brave woman. 🙄

  22. A disaster of the GOP’s making.

    Same as it ever was…

  23. Don’t worry guys, Susan Collins will STRONGLY denounce these firings

  24. This isn’t a thing the Executive can actually legally do. This seems like it should be a more stressed facet to this discussion.

  25. Then do something Congress.  The fuck you waiting for.

  26. Whenever I see a picture of Susan Collin’s I hear her saying “I’m very concerned.”

  27. Stand firm Dems. Inch by inch citizens are finally standing up to Trump and his illegal policies. Unfortunately for the employees, Trump’s absolute lack of knowledge and revenge is now brightly on display. He only knows dirty tactics; no knowledge of how our government operates . He has no interest in working with Dems. Let your elected officials know that you stand behind their position since you are the one
    Who ultimately suffers the consequences. All these years and they are
    No closer to rolling out that “great” health care plan than they were on day 1.

  28. Trump will go down at history as the biggest and most successful attack on this country.

  29. You could have stopped this Susan.

    But it’s too late now. Your place in history is secure. A useless, feckless pretender.

  30. Dumbass maga thought hurting libs wouldn’t hurt themselves, their family or their friends. Maybe the democrats aren’t devils and the pedophile billionaire is the bad guy. Turn off Fox News

  31. Fuck you Susan “I’m sure he learned his lesson” Collins.

  32. This is the equivalent of the GOP shooting hostages in the head (federal workers) and telling the Democrats they can stop this all if they just give into their demands of cutting insurance subsidies for 15 million Americans. This is more or less where we’re at.

  33. Why is Susan Collins upset that Trump is doing things that she has plenty of power and no desire to stop him from doing?

  34. “I can’t believe the crazy guy that I’ve supported for 10 years is doing crazy things again”

  35. The rhetoric will quickly shift to “both sides bad” again.

    Remind them this is strictly conservative politics to the nth degree

  36. What’s next? What happens when airplanes are grounded because the ATC system can’t function? What happens when farmers can’t sell their crops to foreign customers? What happens when there is an outbreak and the CDC and HHS has no capacity to respond, is it just thoughts and prayers? What does the administration have on the Republicans in the Senate and House that they are incapable of accountability?

  37. This was the plan all along. This is part of Project 2025, which was cowritten by the guy firing these people.

    This shutdown was orchestrated, imo, to make sure the rest of Project 2025 can be pushed through.

  39. Oh no, Susan Collins is “strongly” opposed. 😩😩😩

    Who’s she kidding, she’s still going to roll over and vote whatever way Trump wants her to do because she’s spineless.

  40. What are they gonna do when there isn’t any air traffic controllers ?

  41. Susan Collins is another sheep. Where was this outrage when you had to vote to reopen the government?

  42. Project 2025 in full swing.

    They want government to be gutted so Peter Thiel and his friends can take over the fascist state apperatus.

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