Veteran’s Benefits Administration employees are being told they are not allowed to talk to government lawyers without approval of a political appointee.
21.03.2025 22:01
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Veteran’s Benefits Administration employees are being told they are not allowed to talk to government lawyers without approval of a political appointee.
Veteran’s Benefits Administration employees are being told they are not allowed to talk to government lawyers without approval of a political appointee.
Trump administration breaking the contract with veterans to give them legally required healthcare
Thinking a lot about the Bonus Army this year. Veterans now are losing far more to these cuts than the vets at that time stood to lose by occupying DC. The VA obvs, but their shared histories are being erased too. As cuts ripple out into the rest of the economy their paths out of service dry up too
imo the left really needs to put a lot more effort into organizing veterans, especially now. they aren’t a political monolith, and a lot of them are getting screwed over right now.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
Any Anabaptists, Mennonites, Quakers, or conscientious objector people or orgs able to contact me?
A Federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of laid off VA employees, many of whom are veterans.
Major HIPAA violations under Trump return to office order at the VA
“My opinion is that most who like to ‘move fast and break things’ have never built anything that anyone actually needs or relies on,” the memo reads, an obvious criticism of Elon Musk’s tech bro mentality.
“My opinion is that most who like to ‘move fast and break things’ have never built anything that anyone actually needs or relies on,” the memo reads, an obvious criticism of Elon Musk’s tech bro mentality.
The official urged other VA employees to be “circumspect in your communications.” Although Elon Musk’s DOGE isn’t explicitly mentioned in the memo, his chainsaw-wielding tendencies are scaring top leadership at the VA.
how severely impacted the research service is by the executive orders,” the memo reads. “I hope I am incorrect; I can not imagine a worse message than, ‘How dare you tell anyone how bad this is!’”
“My fear is that simultaneously placing a group of VA researchers around the nation on administrative leave sends the chilling message that we must not let others outside the VA know...
Supervisors weren’t told in advance that the two employees would be placed on leave, according to the memo, which sounds an alarm about the changes.
“One of the [people] placed on administrative leave shared with me — and gave me permission to share with you — that there was an allegation of (and I am paraphrasing here) researchers on administrative leave could be “a coordinated effort.”
It’s unclear exactly why they were pushed out. But one of them may have said more publicly, or to the press, about the inner workings of the agency than the bosses wanted, according to the memo.
obtained by What A Day, which adds that others across the country have already suffered the same fate. These are often physicians who help guide studies and treat patients, too.
Two senior employees who lead research teams at a VA branch were recently put on administrative leave, according to an internal memo
The Department of Government Efficiency is also planning to cut hundreds of contracts — including one for research on post-traumatic stress disorder.
It’s a core part of gazillionaire Elon Musk’s mission to downsize the government like it’s one of his Silicon Valley startups. But there are other real-world impacts:
President Donald Trump is planning to slash 80,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the agency that takes care of some 10 million veterans in the United States.
