A federal judge blocked the firing of 11 Central Intelligence Agency workers dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the agency, the Washington Examiner reported. U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga gave President Donald Trump's administration until Monday to organize its response.
The employees were part of a group of 51 CIA workers who were told to report to the office this week without an attorney and with their employee badges. It was understood that this would be the first step in their termination.
However, ex-CIA officer Kevin Carroll , the plaintiffs' attorney, brought the lawsuit to the administration over their termination. They argue that they were assigned to DEI programs temporarily and that terminating them was "arbitrary," "capricious," and "unsupported by any evidentiary record whatsoever."
They were allegedly caught up in Trump's executive order to eliminate DEI positions. The fired officers have been put on administrative leave while the case is adjudicated but will continue to receive benefits and full salary.
Trump's administration has been busy cutting federal workers across several agencies as promised during the campaign. Meanwhile, the left is losing its mind as the government gets leaner and more efficient.
Some, like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have tried to blame Trump's cuts for various calamities, Fox News reported. Schumer pinned a Delta plane crash that happened this week on the president.
"I’m thankful that everyone in the flight incident in Toronto that took off from Minneapolis is safe, but we keep seeing these incidents day after day. Meanwhile, Trump’s doing massive layoffs at the FAA — including safety specialists — and making our skies less and less safe," Schumer wrote in a post to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.
"Democrats are fighting to protect the flying public," Schumer added. All of the plane's passengers survived the crash landing that flipped the small plane and forced passengers to evacuate the upside fuselage on a snowy tarmac, making it the perfect near-tragedy to exploit.
I’m thankful that everyone in the flight incident in Toronto that took off from Minneapolis is safe, but we keep seeing these incidents day after day.
Meanwhile, Trump’s doing massive layoffs at the FAA—including safety specialists—and making our skies less and less safe.…
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) February 17, 2025
Trump has tapped Tesla CEO billionaire Elon Musk to head up his Department of Government Efficiency, which is responsible for many of the firings. This has caused the left to lose its collective mind and has sparked protests.
On President's Day, several East Coast cities used the mantra "No kings on Presidents Day" to protest Musk and Trump, CBS News reported. In the far left and frigid city of Boston, some 1,000 protesters chanted slogans like "Elon Musk has got to go" as they traipsed from the Statehouse to the Boston City Hall.
Though the slogans varied, the sentiment was the same: Musk and Trump are both very, very bad. "I thought it was important to be here on Presidents Day to demonstrate for what America stands for," protester Emily Manning, 55, said of her reasoning.
"American values are not the values of the plutocracy or the limited few rich people," the Boston-based engineer added. Of course, these protests failed to draw the same enthusiasm as others launched by Democrats during Trump's first term, as Americans are largely happy with smashing the bloated bureaucracy in Washington, D.C., to bits.
The lawsuits will continue as Trump and Musk move at breakneck speed to streamline the government and eliminate fraud and waste. Their mission is noble and very popular, and there's not much their enemies can do about it except use the courts.
