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US judge orders #Trump admin to reinstate thousands of fired workers

A California federal judge on Thurs ordered 6 US #FederalAgencies to reinstate thousands of recently-hired employees who were fired as part of Trump's purge of the federal workforce.

The ruling made by US Dist Judge William Alsup in San Francisco during a hearing applies to the Departments of #Defense, #Veterans Affairs,#Agriculture, #Energy, #Interior & the #Treasury.

#law #DOGE #Musk
reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-

Kaitlyn Polantz/CNN-

District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied a bid to block DOGE from Dept systems, claiming the high bar req'd to interfere in a govt agency's actions hasn't been met.

is NOT a govt agency. It's just an "initiative" (ie, project) of the White House, established by Executive Order as the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization () within ( U.S. Digital Services).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departme

Any legal experts welcome to chime in.

en.wikipedia.orgDepartment of Government Efficiency - Wikipedia
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DOGE targets child support database full of income data

Associates of Elon Musk’s group provoked yet another clash with career civil servants over sensitive #government records
archive.is/HBz70#selection-517

"Elon Musk’s #DOGE team has clashed with civil servants over... #information or systems kept by the #Treasury Dept, #IRS and #SocialSecurity Admn, among other agencies.

Earlier this week, however, DOGE... targeted... perhaps the most sensitive of all"

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#DOGE has sought access to a powerful database of nearly all US workers’ earnings kept by the #health dept’s #ChildSupport office, setting off another disagreement w/career staff over demands for legally #protected records, acc/to 4 people familiar w/the matter.

Over the last several weeks, #billionaire #ElonMusk’s team has clashed w/ #CivilServants over attempts to #access privileged #information or systems kept by the #Treasury Dept, #IRS & #SocialSecurity, among other agencies.