02/24/25 Afternoon CommStock Report – This had Better be Worth It!!!

I said some time ago that USDA would not escape being DOGEd and the purge of government workers has now come home to roost. I had hoped that they would consult some of those knowledgeable who could help with the triage but it appears that at least in the first swath being let go, the ones easiest to fire with the least ability to fight back are being shown the door. That would be the probationary workers and thousands of them have received notice that their jobs were terminated. It is immediate too as some say that their e-mail access gets turned off before they get the actual notice they had been released from service. The temporary workers say their notice says that they have been terminated for poor performance. Many had previously received the highest proficiency award. That would be agency and DOGE legal advisors wording the notice to limit legal liability and terminated employee recourse. These people did not do anything wrong and as a whole there were no performance issues. They just had to go and it is an ugly process being conducted. It would appear that the firing is going to add up to a total…