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1 person committing fraud, for how many man hours of bullshit dealing with now. Seems like a poor investment/ROI.

In addition to what @Biff_T said, they also got rid of those non-promotable majors...like 200 of them with like 90 days notice? I can't remember the timelines. My boss got the shove, but he was a supreme dirtbag so no love lost there. I asked him what he was going to do, and he said, "Drive big rigs, I don't want to be responsible for anybody." Which explained soooooooooooooo much. You'll get the ole' phrase "do more with less" a lot, a "focus on efficiency" as we "transition to a whole warfighter/airmen concept." Which just means Personnel, Finance, and MSG will help you even less, additional duties will come back with a vengeance. Probably lose Sq. orderly rooms again. That time really fucking sucked. I retired in 2020 and it seemed like the AF was finally getting back to being itself after 18 years. I enlisted in 1999. Oh, I would also say it's probably 2 years away. That was the lag from 2008 recession to the Tea Party bullshit, to the RIF's.

So on the email summary to everyone's supervisor, Elon. This is all anecdotal, but maybe provides some color. Wife obviously got the email and was told they need to provide responses. She works in a SCIF/SAP spaces. So she asked how her, and her subordinates can respond but not provide too much data so that there isn't a classification issue but putting all the emails together; classification through compilation. So she had to ask her boss, who had to ask group. The whole time her employees are stressed because the guidance is unclear and the timeline is short. People going on leave the next day, all that. End of day group comes back and says everything has to be super generic, "worked on project my supervisor assigned," "attended meeting for platform we support," etc. Much more than 10 minutes was spent on replying to this email. Now the employees are worried the generic responses are going to make them targets for RIFs. Again, anecdotal but highlights the impacts these "pulse checks" are having in important corner of the workforce with people who are good workers, but demonized for no reason.

So how about that Oval Office meeting?

Apparently cuz they would lie about transparency

Tell your story and contact your reps. GOP leadership has told the reps/senators to stop holding townhalls. So ours did a tele-townhall at 2pm on a Tuesday. Heaven forbid they actually face their constituents, which to me would be the first priority of the job.

Oh shit, Chang's back?!

You'd think the geniuses at DOGE could put in a rule to not send to ".mil" but that's too hard apparently. How many more "it's easier to not be the professionals they claim to be" before the masks fall off? How does that work for the DOD civs that took the buyout...is that an exception to what you've stated above.

Been hearing about the debt my entire life with promises from Reagan on down to fix it. During that time the wealth divide increased and middle class families that could afford to have a parent at home have been disappearing. Real wages and purchasing power for normal Americans (not you or I) have gone down. Only a Democratic President balanced the budget and ran a surplus. Trump added more to the deficit before Covid with his cuts. The latest R funding bill adds more to the deficit. But wrap yourself in the "party of fiscal responsibility" while Trump wastes millions golfing more than Obama ever did.

So you failed to FWA report them. Nice.

Some one else posted how Clinton did it. I'm in the private sector. I have laid off multiple people in my company, multiple times for bullshit reasons. So get fucked with your "you don't know what it's like" bullshit paternalism. You know when I work weekends I get compensated. If not me directly, at least the org charges hours, because we don't work for free. Then I/we get a bonus at some point. Again, this is the exact shit you all claimed to hate when you were AD with bad commanders/leaders. Didn't matter if someone else posted it from a different unit "sucks bro" or "here's how to avoid that, technique only." But now it's fine for some of you. The hypocrisy is real since the Fed employees can just be "the other." And if this was mission related she and her workforce would be there ASAP. But it's not. It's the same fuck fuck games many here claimed to hate.

Cool story bro. Wife has to recall all her sections today so she can tell them to read the email. Which they can't do from home anymore...so what's the fucking point? Also, she and they are not allowed to charge that time...so fucking up a weekend and working for free. She's a prior aircrew (EWO) vet, and all her people are worried. They aren't active duty and this shit is basically harassment to get folks to quit. This is the exact shit people complain about on the "what's wrong with the Air Force" thread, but because it's someone else being impacted and "your team" you don't give a shit.

The email: Guess if you were on leave last week you're fucked to.

Guess if you're on vacation you're not coming back. DoD civ's for this as well.

Legit enjoyed catching up on this thread. Also got to ignore some trolls.

Their Constitution calls for no elections during a War? So, they're following their Constitution?

AI needs to do the DoD Cybersecurity training... BLUF: A newly discovered AI (Artificial Intelligence) prompt injection exploit can bypass critical safeguards in AI-driven systems, as demonstrated in a proof-of-concept (PoC) attack on Anthropic's Claude and exacerbated by vulnerabilities in platforms like DeepSeek. This exploit allows for autonomous malware download and execution, posing significant threats to organizations using AI in security-sensitive workflows, with the potential for malware infections, data breaches, supply chain compromises via weaponized dependencies, like poisoned datasets, and exploitation of AI service vulnerabilities. A PoC attack demonstrated that AI systems can be successfully manipulated via hidden instructions embedded in web pages. In this attack, the AI was tricked into downloading and running malware disguised as a support tool, which ultimately compromised the entire computer system. Meanwhile, service vulnerabilities like those in DeepSeek’s design amplify risks: Its iOS app transmits unencrypted user data and uses hardcoded encryption keys, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks if compromised via prompt injection or direct exploitation. Cybercriminals can hide malicious commands in web pages or documents that AI systems process, manipulating AI bots into performing these commands as legitimate tasks, such as downloading tools or modifying system settings. Once the AI executes the command, malware is deployed, allowing attackers to take control of the system and steal data. Since the AI believes it is following valid instructions, it bypasses traditional security measures. This vulnerability exposes organizations using AI in security-sensitive workflows to significant threats, including malware infections, data breaches, supply chain attacks via compromised AI model dependencies, and reputational harm. DeepSeek’s open-source model compounds these dangers: If integrated into autonomous AI agents, attackers could weaponize systems to exfiltrate data or modify security settings, mirroring the Claude PoC attack. For instance, an AI tool with access to customer data or financial systems could be manipulated into leaking sensitive information or approving fraudulent transactions after being compromised. Additionally, insecure AI supply chains, such as untrusted model repositories or vulnerable dependencies (insecure PyTorch/Pickle modules), could allow attackers to inject malicious code during model training or deployment. Further complicating governance, DeepSeek stores user data in China under government jurisdiction allowing access without consent, creating regulatory risks for global enterprises. This not only jeopardizes security but also undermines customer trust and can lead to financial losses, regulatory penalties, and reputational damages.

Working fine for Oregon and Utah. But you can hate it reasons? Also see you avoided the rest of that comment.

Welp, I'm sure they'll figure it out with this coming - Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts Also getting rid of probationary means people that have moved positions as well, and a ton of vets. So, if you had a shit hot tech person that moved into a supervisory position last year -- thanks for your service your performance isn't good enough and you're out. Personal anecdote, wife's gig hired a new tech lead last year...still on probation, the old tech lead got a new position higher up to better inform leadership of test capes for F22...still on probation. Same thing they just did to VA nurses (2 year probationary period), seasonal firefighters (def won't be a problem here in the West...), etc. Meanwhile my state leg is trying to get rid of mail in voting because...well no reason. They've got an R super-majority but apparently some foreign influence campaign is going to flip UT blue next election? Also setting the standards for ballot initiatives even harder than legislators have, and to get rid of the FOIA agency and make it a single person accountable only to the Gov. You know, anti-representative democracy stuff. Yea, haven't read it yet. Like I said before, while we disagree on a lot I still value the input here. The tax and home examples a few pages back were fucking money for discussion.

Thoughts on the new EO where only the Pres and AG can interpret the laws? Or Trump saying Ukraine shouldn't have started the war?

Often getting a Amazon warehouse or other large corp HQ comes with corresponding tax cuts/breaks from the local/state governments. So, we got an inland port up where I'm working, for the next 10~15 years the owners of that port are paying severely reduced taxes compared to other businesses in the area. Idea is to spur growth obviously. Is that passed on to the businesses who utilize said inland port? No idea. I legit have no strong feeling either way about that. Additionally, these large corp's have armies of tax lawyers looking for ways to categorize for tax savings, and Amazon itself has many sub-business arrangements under the Amazon umbrella (ex. AWS) that allow for further tax savings (ex. R&D like I mentioned before). Finally, there's the whole revenue vs. profit and how that applies to taxes. Also not a tax lawyer. EDIT: As a nerd, the story of how AWS came to be is pretty cool.

Fair, I've hated the 1% saying. It's more the .1% that are "the problem." Technically I'm in the 1% as well according to some metrics. But as I said in another post, I ain't "hide my money like an oligarch rich" and my stock investments aren't ever going to make a dent in the percentage of ownership of a company. But, with the flat tax how is that going to work with the Bezo's, Musk's, et al who use loans on their stock as their means of acquisition/funding? Does this include a flat tax on corporations, no more R&D deductions for example? The rich can also pay cash to avoid these taxes, a la "the greek experience" 😁. The flat tax has been shown to hit the poor harder than the current system. I don't know everyone's experience here, but I feel like a lot of you haven't interacted with many poor people regularly. I have them in my family, and because of my political/religious leanings I deal with them regularly. The majority of them aren't lazy, do nothings. Most are working at least one job, or have a disability of some kind, or medical challenges that are just outside their control. Note, I say all this with a son who has rejected every leg up I could provide (Tricare/GI bill/VA ed benefits) who completely fits the bandied about poor person trope on here. But again...kid has some mental disabilities he's no longer taking meds for. SIGH....

I'm 100% T&P. Some days I do great and feel like the disability is fraud; some days I can barely get out of bed and realize why it's there. Basically every joint from L4 down is jacked up. Either way the rating is a roll of the dice. I'd hate to go on a good day and be told I've been faking it. Or get means tested and since I make so much get it cut off...then get laid-off/fired (PTO just got changed where I work) and be in the wind. Doubly worried since the wife is a DAF Civ... That doesn't even go into the tax "benefits" of being a disabled vet and possibly losing them.

So we all cool with the Democratic Mayor of New York City getting his bribery case dismissed since he jumped on the immigration band wagon? Then the DOJ getting the resignation of the primary prosecutor, then firing the prosecutors who wouldn't dismiss the case? Nice Quid pro quo.

It's fixed now but...lol. Also...why isn't the White House included in the "bureaucracy"?