Yes, I lost my job for this flag. But this wasn't the first way that the Trump administration had been scaring us into silence as federal workers. There's been no problem with hanging flags up until this point. It's been something that climbers have been doing since humans have been climbing El Cap.
This DC punk classic- recently renamed "Swann Street" after its original title, "Swann Street," proved problematic-is where John Davis got the title for his new book about punk fanzines in the District. Davis, the former drummer for Q and Not U and a curator of the University of Maryland's punk collection, will discuss his new book with Ian MacKaye at Politics and Prose this evening.
In August, California had 248,000 federal government jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers that Beacon Economics derived from monthly jobs reports released by the state Employment Development Department. During that same month, the Bay Area had 41,000 federal jobs, Beacon estimates show. August is the most recent month for which nonfarm payroll figures are available for the Bay Area and California.
The Supreme Court in April already overturned a district judge's injunction that prevented the firings of employees in their probationary periods, but the order has not yet been formally revoked. Following the high court's ruling, the district judge in California demanded federal agencies send letters to impacted workers notifying them that their dismissals were part of an effort to shrink government and not due to their individual performances.
The increase of job openings to nearly 7.4 million in April exceeded expectations, reflecting a cautious labor market as companies retain employees while awaiting Trump-era policy impacts.
