Civil-Service-Destruction

Budget Bill Attempts Schedule F Through Financial Coercion of Federal Employees

| Importance: 6/10

House version of reconciliation bill contained Section 90002 requiring new federal employees to choose between keeping civil service protections while paying 9.4% of salary toward retirement (versus current 4.4%) or becoming at-will employees with no job protections. Senate initially proposed rates …

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Stephen Miller demands 3,000 daily ICE arrests, triggers leadership purge

| Importance: 9/10

Stephen Miller and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem held a tense meeting at ICE headquarters demanding field offices achieve 3,000 daily arrests—triple the early administration numbers. Miller threatened to fire the bottom 10% of directors monthly if quotas weren’t met. A week later, Kenneth Genalo …

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