and prevention will cut one-tenth of its workforce.

1,300 workers are being forced out at that critical agency.

And as many as 2,000 employees at the Department of Energy were let go,

including hundreds from its National Nuclear Security Administration.

Take that in.

According to the New York Times, the Internal Revenue Service is preparing to lay off thousands of employees as soon as next week, reversing the Biden administration's efforts to beef up that agency.

What could go wrong with dramatically cutting the IRS workforce in the middle of tax season?

Just remember, the Trump administration put tax cheats ahead of your needs if you have problems with your refund.

Firings are already underway also at the Department of Education, Housing and Urban Development,

the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and even at the agency ordering them, the Office of Personnel Management.

That genius squad has now reportedly been sent into the IRS.

So now that group is in there with your tax information. While tonight we get word that at the

IRS, just ahead of tax filing season, they are about to fire thousands, maybe 9,000 people who

actually work there to handle your taxes.

The combination of the smash and grab by the supposedly high-tech team and the mass

firing of people who actually do know what they're doing means real material harm is being done to our country.

So you hear a lot about these probationary employees today.

These are folks who are in their first or second year on the job,

and they can't just be summarily terminated like this on a mass scale.

There are rules that govern federal employees and their rights in the workplace.

And you're not supposed to remove them unless they're poor performers or they engage in misconduct.

So we filed another action just today, Joy, through one of the administrative bodies that enforces these rules, the Office of Special Counsel.

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