Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2025-02-13-005
Trump fires 25,000 federal workers, and the firings stick
OPM directs agencies to fire ~25,000 probationary employees in a mass purge. Courts (Judge Bredar in Maryland and a San Francisco judge) rule the firings illegal and order reinstatements, but the Supreme Court lets them proceed; in September a judge finds them unlawful yet declines to reverse.
What happened
OPM directed agencies to fire roughly 25,000 probationary federal employees at once. Courts in Maryland and California ruled the firings illegal and ordered reinstatements, but the Supreme Court let them proceed while litigation continued, and a later ruling called them unlawful yet declined to reverse them.
Why it matters
The outcome is what matters here: even when judges ruled the firings illegal, they stood. That is the template—act first, absorb the legal defeat later, keep what you took. A hollowed-out, frightened federal workforce is easier to point at election offices and opposition targets when it counts.
Receipt details
- Phase 1
- Purge the people who'd say no
- Fire the federal workforce en masse
