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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by unclebucknasty on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:38PM (#42955564)
Kind of odd seeing people casually discuss the mechanics/details of what's been going on this last week, as if they whole thing isn't just flagrantly illegal.

Reminds me of this: https://www.upworthy.com/hypernormalization-explained.

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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by paulddraper on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:43PM (#42958797)
Please elaborate, what law does administrative leave violate?
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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by FrontierProject on Thursday February 06, 2025 @09:41AM (#42962786)
Ironically, enough, interacting with that website without an adblocker is itself a great example of hypernormalization.
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