All posts tagged "The New Yorker"

Federal workers fired by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency may find their professional futures lay in blue states where Democratic governors are rolling out the welcome mat, NBC News reported.

"In light of the thousands of federal job cuts doled out by President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk via the Department of Government Efficiency, a growing number of governors, mostly Democrats, have begun trying to woo those employees to apply for state government jobs. Others have promoted private sector opportunities and other resources available for those who are newly in the job market," wrote reporter Adam Edelman.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) dubbed the effort the "You're Hired" initiative. Her office put together a job board of open New York state positions, NBC reported, and she announced in a video, "The federal government might say, ‘You’re fired,’ but here in New York, we say, ‘You’re hired.' We love federal workers. Whatever your skills, we value public service.”...

Nearly every antic that Donald Trump and Elon Musk have pulled off since inauguration day has been meant to keep Americans as off-balance as possible, for as long as possible, according to a new piece by The New Yorker's Errol Louis.

Louis argued that the chaos America will experience over Trump's first 100 days is all part of a well-thought-out strategy "intended to minimize accountability by leaving the president’s critics demoralized, distracted, and disoriented, unable to figure out which battles should be fought."

Louis cited some of the major distractions used to "flood the zone with s--t," as Steve Bannon likes to say, including Trump undermining NATO, wanting to annex Canada and Greenland, attacking transgender Americans, pardoning violent Jan. 6 offenders, agreeing to what has been compared to a "quid pro quo" with New York Mayor Eric Adams — that caused a "mini-revolt" at the Justice Department — renaming the Gulf of Mexico, mass firings, granting DOGE access to pretty much everything — the list goes on and on. ...

Raw Story investigative reporter Alexandria Jacobson has won the prestigious Sidney Award for her months-long investigation into violence against letter carriers and a recent spike in mail-related crime.

Jacobson's investigation, "Letter carriers face bullets and beatings while postal service sidelines police," prompted immediate reaction from federal lawmakers who called on Congress to pass legislation that helped enhance safety for postal workers and the mail itself.

“Jacobson’s meticulous reporting casts a light on the risks faced by letter carriers and the official indifference to their wellbeing on the job,” Sidney Award judge Lindsay Beyerstein said Wednesday. “This story makes it clear how the security of letter carriers affects not only the workers involved but all of us in terms of the scale of thefts and fraud.”...