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2025-07-19 Home Front: Politix

federal workforce has shrunk by over 22,000 in the DC area ALONE during Trump's first months in office

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Posted by Fred 2025-07-19 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [172 views ] Top

#1 'Don't fret' response to massive job losses in Virginia under Trump won't cut it for me

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-19 00:36|| 2025-07-19 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a good start.
Now move the agencies out of DC and into America.

Posted by Elmomoter Mussolini9149 2025-07-19 03:46|| 2025-07-19 03:46|| Front Page Top

#3 At a certain point people’s severance pay will run out and things will get ugly. The Beltway Bandits can’t absorb this many folks simultaneously. The housing market bubble around DC is going to come back to earth like a meteor. Stand by for tear full human interest stories.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-07-19 06:56|| 2025-07-19 06:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Some are still busy:

Top Democrat reveals massive operation by FBI to comb through Epstein files and 'flag' any mention of Trump

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-19 11:40|| 2025-07-19 11:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Might be some bargains to be had in DC, Maryland and northern Virginia real estate.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-07-19 13:22|| 2025-07-19 13:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe even better than Pacific Palisades.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-07-19 13:23|| 2025-07-19 13:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Stand by for tear full human interest stories.

Sob stories. The mainstream media is good at that sort of thing. You should see the local TV stations in LA and San Diego crying about illegal aliens getting deported. It's kinda funny really.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-07-19 13:26|| 2025-07-19 13:26|| Front Page Top

#8 A reduction of 22,000 in the DC area alone.

Appears to be no 'negative' impact to the economy or services. What am I missing ?

Posted by Besoeker 2025-07-19 14:22|| 2025-07-19 14:22|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ The SD Union Tribune had a full-time tear jerker writer on Illegals: Kate Morrissey. Glad she's gone

Posted by Frank G 2025-07-19 14:24|| 2025-07-19 14:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Take anything written by John Maynard Keynes and throw it right in the trash.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-07-19 14:31|| 2025-07-19 14:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe this is why they're so concerned about restrictions on Medicaid fraud...

Posted by Regular joe 2025-07-19 16:18|| 2025-07-19 16:18|| Front Page Top

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