The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed a rule in the Federal Register on Tuesday that would enhance the federal government’s ability to fire federal employees for serious misconduct. While the current system allows rigorous vetting during hiring, agencies…
The mainstream legacy media and especially the hometown Washington Post have been castigating the Trump administration for its “war” on federal civil servants, especially for proposing to eliminate union collective bargaining at U.S. government agencies. (RELATED: The Trump Administration Sets Its…
Earlier this month, over 1,400 “Hands Off!” mass-action rallies, organized by a nationwide coalition of left-leaning activist groups, were held around the country to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Prominent among the organizers’ list of demands was “an…
Say what? The Constitution of the United States is crystal clear. Section 1 of Article II opens with this sentence: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” Period. End of instruction. The…
Elon Musk’s DOGE sent out a “controversial” email to all federal employees, asking them to respond with five productive things they did last week. The request seemed to baffle and anguish federal employees, while average Americans saw it as a normal…
The arrogance never ceases to amaze me. Back there in the late 1980s, I departed the Reagan White House as the Reagan era was ending. I had a security clearance — and I never thought twice about trying to maintain…
The Trump administration has set its sights on the sprawling federal bureaucracy. On Jan. 28, the Office of Personnel Management sent an email to much of the federal workforce offering eight months of administrative leave with pay and benefits if…
