She was an acting director waiting for confirmation of the Trump administration appointee. Normally she would have just resumed her previous job in the Social Security agency after confirmation of a new director. She is a non-political employee but had the integrity to step up and say "No" when confronted with a clear violation of security standards.
Oh, Mr. Mercor did not say that the NGO's and government officials were not bitching. That's their gravy train man. The reality- confirmed by the facts- is that many/most of the NGO's have an overhead rate of 50%. The intended recipients would still be being bilked even if all the previous funding were restored. USAID funding should not be eliminated totally long term. But it does need to go to "zero-based budgeting...ie. everything goes to zero and then you build back based on direct perceived need and justification. In some cases the money may never come back for some, in others it will need to be restored immediately and already has. Everyone knows that a meat cleaver approach is not pretty. But the overwhelming absurdity of the management of the agency has taken us there.
Yeh, that plus she was about to end out working for a Trump appointee. As I said, retirement be lookin' plenty good based on the fact that she was at a level which has been responsible for the poor management. Even as a non-political appointee she can still be terminated for cause which I am pretty sure Trump is willing to do.
So she fell out of favor with Camp Trump. It happens in case you have not noticed. Under Biden, no one ever got canned or moved along for anything. AFG botched withdrawal- no problem. All is still good. Biden simply declared it a "total success." Done. Defense Secretary Austin totally missing for a month when America is involved in at least two wars or conflicts. No prob. He is still black so always performance criteria are being met. New sheriff in town.
No, the US is not paying out pensions to 150 year old people. But it is paying ignorant DOGE kiddies who can't read Cobol code or understand databases. More likely Musk is just deliberately lying. Additionally Musk seems to have failed to notice that Social Security automatically stops benefit payments when anyone reaches the age of 115. 'Frustrating': Experts push back against team Trump claim that dead people collect Social Security https://www.alternet.org/msn-uk/2671173875/
More to come here. Apparently the DOJ is - and most appropriately so- continuing to probe Biden Crime Family activities. Some swamp resistance arising, to be expected. Senior US prosecutor resigns, citing demand to probe Biden-era contract https://www.reuters.com/world/us/se...pen-probe-into-biden-era-contract-2025-02-18/