WaPo Sob Story: DEI Layabouts Fired by the Federal Government Can't Get Hired by Other Corporations Because They Know They're DEI Layabouts

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@GodCloseMyEyes
please read this piece, it was so good. it's about dei officers in the federal government being cleaned out and many being unable to find new jobs because they were put on "dei watchlists" that come up in google searches in the exact same way it did for right wingers who had their lives ruined by journalists. then he starts applying for dei jobs in the private sector but can't get one because no one wants to hire someone with dei shit all over their resume. then they find a conservative activist and ask him if he's happy with all of this and his response is "these people are all anti-white, of course I'm glad they can't find jobs."

This was published late last week but I couldn't find an archived copy until now. (It's paywalled.)

Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.

Because you produced nothing. You earn nothing, you just cost a company money to push for more DEI layabouts to be hired and cost the company more money.

It's absurd you even had this "dream job" in the first place.

On his 368th day without a job, Dia Harris woke at 8:30, slipped a coffee pod into his Keurig and checked his iPad to see how many more rejections had come in overnight.
There were two automated messages from "Meta Careers," thanking him for applying to be a program manager. "Our recruiting team will contact you if your qualifications are a strong match," Harris read. By his count, those were the 560th and 561st roles he'd sought since getting fired from the federal government.

What are your qualifications, Buddy?

After he showered, he found another message waiting: this one from the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization that combats suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. Harris, 53, recalled thinking that the Trevor Project's "chief people officer" was the rare posting that felt like something he would be good at and actually wanted to do.
"While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, they don't fully align ...," Harris read now, and he deleted the latest rejection unfinished.

Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.

Sliding into his car, he drove in the opposite direction from the nation's capital and the limestone-and-brick federal building where he'd once found his purpose and had hoped to remain until he retired.
Since President Donald Trump returned to office, nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government.

Beautiful.

....
Of the hundreds of thousands who left, 85 percent resigned or retired early through incentive programs offered by the Trump administration, a Washington Post analysis found. Thirty-two thousand full-time workers were fired. Harris was one of them.

You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

Any thoughts about that perennial claims, WaPo?

Harris was the first chief equity officer for the Administration for Children and Families, or ACF, a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education. He was among more than 200 employees targeted for dismissal by DOGE after Trump issued an order to rid the government of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which he declared were divisive and destructive and "would have ruined our country."
Diversity programs and initiatives have been around for decades but became much more common after the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Businesses and federal and local governments adopted antibias trainings, employee resource groups and recruiting programs and created new jobs, including Harris's federal position.
The mass embrace of DEI programs felt to Harris like the capstone of his professional life, despite growing opposition from many on the political right who portrayed DEI efforts as reverse racism that disadvantaged White people.

I enjoy the fact that the WaPo treats this as some kind of conspiracy theory or contested claim, when in fact the entire point of DEI is to push for the hiring of non-whites, non-males, and non-straights only.

There is no "DEI for white people."

The president's order accelerated that opposition, triggering a rapid retreat from DEI policies throughout government and the corporate world -- and, Harris feared, devastating the field in which he built his career.

It's not a career, it's a make-work welfare program for people who are otherwise unemployalbe.

...

Harris's job search was made harder by his membership in an even smaller group: He'd been named, with 92 others -- two-thirds of them Black -- on a public website called the "DEI Watchlist." Run by a little-known conservative group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, the site claimed to expose "behind-the-scenes bureaucrats who push divisive DEI agendas that undermine merit, fairness, and accountability."

A full page devoted to Harris shared his federal salary and employment history alongside a smiling photo of him wearing a blue button-down.

Harris had been out of government for more than a year, but the site was still the first result when anyone Googled his name. One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable. Harris often checked with friends and colleagues also named on the list, and most of them were still out of work,

...

Harris received no severance. Now, his $16-an-hour paycheck was barely enough to cover utilities. It was supplemented by a second part-time job and help from his 71-year-old mother, who'd recently picked up extra hours at the Hallmark shop where she'd worked for the past two years. But he was also using his 401(k) to pay the mortgage and his credit card bills, and that would be empty by next year.

Pulling into a long, low strip mall, he parked and closed his eyes. He didn't have to clock in for another 15 minutes. He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies; the little boy who grew up in North Philadelphia eating blocks of yellow cheese from the government and who swore he'd never work part-time jobs like his mother.

...

IN THE LAST DAYS OF 2024, as his colleagues swapped rumors that the incoming president was going to delete DEI from the government, Harris and his boss came up with a plan to save his job.

As chief equity officer, Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served. Before Trump's inauguration, he switched to become a "senior advisor" in the Office of Community Services, which distributes funds, diapers and legal services to the poor. He saw it as more or less the same worthy mission: bringing in good people and helping them help the neediest Americans. Who, he wondered, could find fault with that?

Obviously this is the same scam we've seen throughout government and universities where they just create a vague fake new title and assign that title to DEI officers, who continue doing DEI bullshit and getting paid six figures for it.

Then, a few hours after Trump was sworn in, Harris was scanning one of 26 first-day executive orders -- "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing" -- when he noticed a date in the eighth paragraph. The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.

Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

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1 Wrong hole

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

2 undernood?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (W2Pud)

3 Wrong hole

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

You know the rule

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (MPtWl)

4 See, it's supposed to go there, not here.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (enNUy)

5 I over nooded

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (enNUy)

6 First rule of Undernood is don't call it undernood.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

7 What is the over/under on the Nood?

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

8 There was a guy we used to call "Wrong-hole Johnson"....

Posted by: Pappy at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

9 At least he can fallback on his savings for a bit.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

10 Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)

11 Wear a hijab so no one can tell.

Pokey’s Casa de Hijabs.
Lo siento, solo hablo ingles.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (fntvd)

12 Oh, no!

Anyway....

Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (V7nuf)

13 Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)

Not me. Any port in a storm.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (MPtWl)

14 I still don't understand how capitalizing "Black" makes sense.

What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)

15 Off, Spaceballs sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (V7nuf)

16 whoops!

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)

17 I find the story hard to believe as I do not know that companies send out "rejections" any more.

They pretty much ghost you, as far as I have seen.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

18 RMBS!

Happy Friday!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (W2Pud)

19 En fuego!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (0sNs1)

20 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.

==

Guys, next 2 years are going to be great! Y'all will laugh your asses off , watching D screw themselves !

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (AKptf)

21 Did Lamont make a comeback?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

22 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (2614e)

23 So, it's no longer under-nood, then......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (2614e)

24 In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (AKptf)

25 He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.

They are making a documentary in their head.
If you want the viewer (reader) to empathize with the protagonist you have to see them doing the same things you do every day.

They are just like you.
Isn’t it horrible what’s happening to them because of fascists?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

26 Are there no potato fields? No dignity canals?

Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)

27 So systematic, crude, stupid racism - DEI - is not, you know, "racism".

Just like having an actual border and entry controls, like 186 other countries on the planet, is a "populist" thing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (U/Byj)

28 Why only to November 24, 2024?

That's odd.

I mean, if Biden can issue a pardon for all crimes back to 2011, why could this not include all DEI back to 2016?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (Aug7T)

29 “If the shoe fits, take it off.” Ralph Kramden

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (fntvd)

30 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

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Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)

31 HR Expert.

Amazing the Private Market didn't snap this guy right up and pay him 3x what he was getting from Federal Employment.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (/izzV)

32 BTW , I saw Trump board his jet to go out of town to FL. 3 people followed him - Miller (his new Chief of Staff) , Rubio (you know him) , and Natalie Harp.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)

33 Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.
^^from Ace commentary^^

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
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I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)

34 All crimes back to year zero just to be safe

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (enNUy)

35 There’s always Canada.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (fntvd)

36 They pretty much ghost you, as far as I have seen.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

Even internally, let alone outside jobs.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (iIyc0)

37 Have a nephew--probably the sharpest of that generation (of the family)--my kids included. He interned for Amazon AWS, and he now works for Doordash.

But when he was interviewing for jobs--as sharp as that kid evidently is--he got no answers unless there was an offer.

But he's not the only one I have heard that from, as I have another nephew who was looking for jobs as well--only not in tech. It's just the sharp one served as an example to me.

That's why I kind of doubt the "rejections", and I've seen it myself last time I was in the market.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)

38 So Trump goes directly to the heart of the Young White Male employment problem by RIFing Dia Harris and the thanks he gets for it is the same people he helped voted to knee-cap him by hiring the very same people who gave Dia Harris and hundreds of thousands like him the opportunity to circular file their résumés.

I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs. The culture of the Young White Male is as alien to my WASP culture as that of a woman from Bangalore.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (+4Cf6)

39 runner, how with the Ds "collapse"? Not seeing it. And doesn't matter. The voters have mandated another gigantic dose of national decline. Within the mechanical limits set by WH power and veto, they'll be working hard for it.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)

40 Most of the guys can't seem to find it
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM

I don't have a map, and I won't stop to ask directions. What's the problem?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (0sNs1)

41 This is funny. I was just watching a video about a woman who had a $25 an hour job at amazon and she was complaining that they actually wanted her to show up on time every day that she was scheduled to work. She was supposed to be a full time 40 hour a week employee but she was only getting paid 25-30 hours a week due to her attendance issues.

In retrospect I suspect this sort of thing goes a long way in explaining tuesday nights vote. Way more people are being promised all sorts of free $hit and they went to the polls to vote for it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (I43vL)

42 So why didn’t he look for other jobs within HR? If he had been in HR for this long, surely he touched other spaces within it- benefits? Talent acquisition? Compensation?

Or did he make himself a toxic character that every recruiter in a 60 mile radius understood he would become a very problematic employee? Hmmm….wonder, wonder.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

43 Stephen Miller has replaced Wiles as WH Chief of staff.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (8Uo7a)

44 Here one interesting bit, Katie Miller works for Elon Musk.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)

45 He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies

Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

46 The four lights flashed and my warm ticket to Toronto ejected.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (fntvd)

47 Are there no potato fields? No dignity canals?

Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)
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Workhouses?

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

48
>>Then came 500 job rejections.

==================

How out of touch is this guy? He thinks 500 rejections is abnormal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)

49 30 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

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Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)

I think there are some college folks and white folks here who have gotten WAY more than 500 rejections...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Gb7+b)

50 What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?
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A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)

51 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

52 DEI Layabout interviewing for a job in private industry:

Interviewer: "So, tell me your accomplishments in your previous position."

DEI Layabout: "Well, I was at the DOT as you know. And, I was sooooo close to requiring the nation to rename "manholes." You see, it's very sexist to insist that sub-street level access is paternal. Plus, various LBQT... groups had trademarked the word "manhole" to refer to specific individuals they wanted to have sex with. I was working 3 hour days trying to get that through."

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (dIske)

53 runner, how with the Ds "collapse"? Not seeing it. And doesn't matter. The voters have mandated another gigantic dose of national decline. Within the mechanical limits set by WH power and veto, they'll be working hard for it.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)

No, the voters mandated economic changes. THAT IS ALL. the D leadership knows this. Any em-peach BS, DSA party BS, and Trump, who still has a pen and phone, will put them in a perpetual shotdown.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (AKptf)

54 >>Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Most guys are just going for AOE.

They know there's more than one hole in the vicinity and they are just spamming for coverage.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (/izzV)

55 I've not read the article, but does it break the bad news to him that, no none of these jobs are coming back in January 2027?

But I guess it does come down to this:

Will Trump hold firm on shutting down the government if Congress passes a budget mandating all these jobs be restored?
Will the Dems go to the mattress for DEI?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (Aug7T)

56 Learn to dig ditches, faggot.

I don't care about these people any longer. Eat a mile of dicks and ask for seconds.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (oqH4h)

57 51 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

Well looky there! See my 42.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 "If the shoe fits" ..." so does your hat" -- Cited by Johnny Carson as one of his favorite phrase completions by a child.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

59 These people have no sympathy for the innocent lives lost to Plan B, Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortuaries out there.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (fntvd)

60 45 He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies

Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

I'm surprised he didn't take the early fed retirement which was allowed for age 50+ (exception to get folks out)...or maybe he did, and thus is working part time and screwing around to just pay for extras...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)

61 Community Notes, come on. It was obviously necessary to punish a president turning every lever that exists to unleash economic growth - the only answer to these people's problem - and hand power to a mob that hasn't pushed anything but opportunity-destroying policies for 2 generations. Makes perfect sense to me.

Because things haven't been fixed INSTANTLY.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (U/Byj)

62 Here is more, any slowdown in the market, will hit these people hard. The rates will go up, unavoidable, companies will not spend during a slowdown. Tech will replace more people with AI. If US will not allow AI to expand , some other place will.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (AKptf)

63 A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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In a sense, the B's "entitled".

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Fi81e)

64 Piper knows how to read the Kale Leaves

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (/izzV)

65 If I was a young white guy looking for a job now I'd just say I'm bisexual like all the white college girls do.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (enNUy)

66 Thanks ace for posting some cheerful news!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (X1r8S)

67 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

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We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)

68 In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo.

I'll go a little further, just so they can be seated and go full Crazy Town for a bit.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (73EQ0)

69
One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable.

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Who on earth was this prospective employer? I'm shocked these people aren't being recruited so hard their inboxes are broken.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)

70 What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)

A Black person is one the Left can use to achieve its goals.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (MPtWl)

71 Run by a little-known conservative group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, the site claimed to expose "behind-the-scenes bureaucrats who push divisive DEI agendas that undermine merit, fairness, and accountability."

That's some yeoman's work there, and underappreciated.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (4NO2D)

72 “ Dia”??? Seriously?

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gqar8)

73 67 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

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We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)

This is why the lawyers are the ones resigning...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gb7+b)

74 >>If I was a young white guy looking for a job now I'd just say I'm bisexual like all the white college girls do.

You DO know what else young college girls do to get the job...right?

I don't know many guys who are signing up for that.

I mean ... guys that aren't ace.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (/izzV)

75 64 Piper knows how to read the Kale Leaves
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05

It’s why I used to make the big bucks!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

76 "Nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government."
On the one hand, not nearly enough.
On the other, a good start.

Posted by: UncleJefe at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (DzC+b)

77 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

Well looky there! See my 42.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

78 A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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A CAPITAL idea!

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)

79 Working for Uncle Sugar is the capstone of your life chief? Jeez, maybe aim a bit higher.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (vr4To)

80 >>We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago

No. It was never true.

The high paying Government gigs never had anything to do with qualifications.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (/izzV)

81 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026
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That would go along with my skepticism that he's receiving a bunch of rejections.

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

82 Still waiting for the company email letting me know that they understand these are difficult times and offering services for helping employees who are feeling anxious or confused. Ya know like they sent out after the 24 election.....

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (HFx9z)

83 Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.
^^from Ace commentary^^

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
----

I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)
______

I had the exact same thought ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)

84
>>Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served.

================

Did you see that? ACF is an entitlement program ("a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education") --
and most of its clients are Black.

Maybe there's an underlying problem here.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (mmrXZ)

85 Mick, amazing isn't it?

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (enNUy)

86 I hope he doesn't spill granola on his blue button-down.

No, seriously.

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (qgHp7)

87 Learn to pimp losers.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (a6prX)

88 Why doesn't he just go to one of those federal job retraining centers and Learn To Code?

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (V362x)

89 Amazing the Private Market didn't snap this guy right up and pay him 3x what he was getting from Federal Employment.
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Like the lady in DC earlier this year, was making 6 figures as a grant administrator at some NGO, forced to slum by applying for $15/hr job at Hobby Lobby or some such.

And there was a total disconnect in her mind why the market didn't value her years of management experience at $100k+/year.

This too is the story of your average socialist:
They all know someone, equal in their degrees, that got one of these 6-figure cush laptop jobs.
And bitter resentment they did not.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (Aug7T)

90 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

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We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM

I don't know about state workers but federal unions can't negotiate anything to do with wages. My wife did the federal HR thing with union negotiations for almost 20 years. The only thing they can negotiate is working conditions, pay and benefits is off limits under federal civil service laws.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)

91 How many fucking agencies do we need to care of people's children for them?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (8Uo7a)

92 the limestone-and-brick federal building where he’d once found his purpose and had hoped to remain until he retired.

Cheer up! Maybe you won't find another job and you were there until you retired.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (73EQ0)

93 >>How many fucking agencies do we need to care of people's children for them?

Need ... or, Have?

Because, we have a LOT.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (/izzV)

94 I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

95 Did any of the Dems run on a platform of hiring these workers back?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)

96 On his 368th day without a job, Dia Harris woke at 8:30, slipped a coffee pod into his Keurig and checked his iPad to see how many more rejections had come in overnight. There were two automated messages from "Meta Careers,"

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Seems to be doing alright. Let me know when he is drinking lukewarm Sanka and skimming the want ads in the actual physical newspaper.

Posted by: Master Blaster at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (FEAjO)

97
I've got another tip for Dia Harris while he's waiting for his lawsuit money:

Keurig pods are a needless expense.

Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)

98 "I've worked in the private sector, they expect results!"
- Ghostbusters

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)

99 "He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. ..."

... Wielding the frozen bottle like a mallet, he pulverized the granola, loaded it into a bong, torched it, and totally manned it up in two well-practiced giant huffs. Thus fortified with the gaseous essence of Pure Equity, he resolutely resumed his journey of blessed futility.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

100 He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

This guy is gayer than Ace on a Vespa wearing Crocs.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)

101 BTW , I saw Trump board his jet to go out of town to FL. 3 people followed him - Miller (his new Chief of Staff) , Rubio (you know him) , and Natalie Harp.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)

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I would take that to mean that Natalie is now the new Press Secretary who is being tested before a public announcement. At least if she flames out she will not be embarrassed.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)

102 Speaking of white people supporting DEI, Oregon, which is 2% black, has at least 10x that amount of blacks in senior governmental positions and on advisory boards.

Portland (6% black) created the new job of city manager, and interviewed three finalists. All were black.

Multnomah County (5% black), which includes Portland, after this election will have a black majority on the county commission (3 of 5 seats).

Many, many, other examples.

It's interesting from an anthropological point of view.

If I were a laid-off DEI type, I'd be headed like a rocket for Oregon.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (aD4fx)

103 I'm surprised he didn't take the early fed retirement which was allowed for age 50+ (exception to get folks out)...or maybe he did, and thus is working part time and screwing around to just pay for extras...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)

I’d have taken it in a heartbeat.
He has no other skills obviously.

Must’ve taken a lot of expensive vacations, bought BMWs. and a house that cost way too much to have gone through that much money.

Now he’s going to sue and get even more money from fed.gov.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (6ydKt)

104 "I just graduated with a Masters in Universal Diversity Studies, and expected to get an entry level VP Directorship at 175k, and I did not ! Trump sux!"

--- 30 YO "youngster"

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (AKptf)

105 >>This guy is gayer than Ace on a Vespa wearing Crocs.

Are you trying to infer that Messenger Bags are making some sort of Heterosexual Comeback?

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (/izzV)

106 Reading Ace's post, I guiltily admit it warmed the cockles of my heart.

Does this make me a bad person?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (N39Ws)

107 94

I don't have my next one till near the end of the year and I expect people to be downright giddy, ugh.

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (HFx9z)

108 Here one interesting bit, Katie Miller works for Elon Musk.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)

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My first thought was that she and Stephen have three small children, she could afford to stay home with them. But then political jobs are very precarious so maybe it's better to have a backup income if one suddenly gets canned.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (uKqbA)

109 Over 26 years, this guy had 15 jobs that averaged about 1.5 years per job, and there was one lengthy unemployment in the mix. His dream job, from whence he was fired, lasted about his average tenure for his past record.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)

110 Here tangentially relevant and willowed.

Instapundit story from a bit back.
Video of South African train station decline in 10 years.
Damn. Decline is a choice.
https://x.gd/91fM1m

And tinyurl sucks now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Sco7b)

111 94 I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit.
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

Most of our major employers lived on government money since they got rid of customer service and wanting to rely on normal paying customers...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Gb7+b)

112 I think I read the Millers have four kids.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Zypo6)

113 " they find a conservative activist and ask him if he's happy with all of this and his response is 'these people are all anti-white, of course I'm glad they can't find jobs.'"

Little nit-pick. I read this last week when it came out and what he actually said was "Sounds like hiring managers are racist, that’s very disappointing." And frankly that's pretty hilarious, because they have to either print it or just outright lie about what he said.

Posted by: Rick C at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (1zWbY)

114 So Trump goes directly to the heart of the Young White Male employment problem by RIFing Dia Harris and the thanks he gets for it is the same people he helped voted to knee-cap him by hiring the very same people who gave Dia Harris and hundreds of thousands like him the opportunity to circular file their résumés.

I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs.
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I don't get it.
Are you saying that young, white men should have applied for those DEI vacancies?
Because firing DEI didn't open up a single job for any white man.

And the courts shut down Trump's too-little H1B reforms, the $100k fee.
That the courts did that, not Trump, is irrelevant to them, they never saw any H1Bs get fired.
The stories--and I know some personally--of white men putting out hundreds of applications and zero interviews, continues to pile up, even to today.

But sure, blame the voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Aug7T)

115 I would take that to mean that Natalie is now the new Press Secretary who is being tested before a public announcement. At least if she flames out she will not be embarrassed.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)

not necessarily; takes special skillz to be press secretary, did not see anything about Harp that suggests that she has them or served in that capacity in the past

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (AKptf)

116 I've got another tip for Dia Harris while he's waiting for his lawsuit money:

Keurig pods are a needless expense.

Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yea, this clown's food and other habits don't sound like he's got money troubles.

Something's off about the whole thing. It's an obvious op, as I point out above, but there's something more going on.

I suspect that if some looks into this, they'll find out his sob story is mostly made-up, and he's got no money worries at all.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)

117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)

118 109 Over 26 years, this guy had 15 jobs that averaged about 1.5 years per job, and there was one lengthy unemployment in the mix. His dream job, from whence he was fired, lasted about his average tenure for his past record.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)

Useless Eater?? He’ll have trouble, eventually, in the new USSA.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar8)

119 Multnomah County (5% black), which includes Portland, after this election will have a black majority on the county commission (3 of 5 seats).
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Weird how disparate impact only works in one direction. Weird~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (nEUC6)

120 How out of touch is this guy? He thinks 500 rejections is abnormal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)

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Now he knows how all the non-DEI guys felt during the Biden admin trying to get a job from people like him.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)

121
>>The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.

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Would have been funny if trump was terminating all DEI HIRES and the guy's heart sank.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (mmrXZ)

122 Yea, this clown's food and other habits don't sound like he's got money troubles.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM

His money all went toward his anal leakage problem.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (4NO2D)

123 For those interested, Dia Harris was being paid $183,500 in his dream job doing bullshit, or so claims the website "DEI Bureaucrat Watchlist"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (Y4nh3)

124 Newman meme: See? Nobody cares

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (fntvd)

125 DEI-lectic

1. Racism is bad
2. Only white people can be racist
3. Discriminating against white people is good.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (nEUC6)

126 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

That's fine. Better to be treated like shit from a commie than decently from a normie.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Ta4DE)

127 This was published late last week but I couldn't find an archived copy until now.

This is an unbelievably long article. They probably do that for everybody in the private sector, too.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (73EQ0)

128 Saw a new book at the library about DOGE that started out whining about the head of something called 'Institute of Peace' getting fired, and I just couldn't muster a hot wet fart of sympathy for the guy. Put the book back on the shelf.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

129 Since President Donald Trump returned to office, nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government.
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How can we possibly go on without you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (RIvkX)

130 Is my condition reversible surgically?

Call Dr. Pokey at the number on your screen

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:21 PM (fntvd)

131 holy crap, why do you have credit card debt when you made 183K per year? did you not think of savings, investments, budgets? Oh right, the govt job was forever.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)

132 My favorite termination line is "Your destiny lies with our competitors."

That wouldn't work in this case.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

133 >>And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.

I can only imagine the salary of the Portland CoP.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (/izzV)

134 I was fired once, back in HS when I was a lifeguard. For taking unauthorized leave when my parents told me I was going to my Grandparents 50th anniversary celebration. I told my boss I had to be off and he told me if I didn't come in I was fired. I told him I was still a minor and had to do what my parents ordered.

He was unpersuaded.

I liked that job.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)

135 117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)

Yeah, but it’s Portland.
Which means every police chief is going to be treated like shit because they have to enforce the law occasionally.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)

136 " I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit."

In which specific ways? DEI is popular - as opposed to just shrugged at and infamously accepted - at the companies? Or something other than DEI?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (U/Byj)

137 $272k to answer my imaginary query.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)

138 was fired once, back in HS when I was a lifeguard. For taking unauthorized leave when my parents told me I was going to my Grandparents 50th anniversary celebration. I told my boss I had to be off and he told me if I didn't come in I was fired. I told him I was still a minor and had to do what my parents ordered.

He was unpersuaded.

I liked that job.

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*sad trombone

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (AKptf)

139 I will gladly let the City of Portland treat me like shit for a few years at $272k per year, plus benefits.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)

140 The "Watchlist" that Harris claims has made him unemployable has a banner headline that says "See your name on this list and want to be removed? Click here."

Clicking there takes you to a web form for removal.

Harris could get himself off the list any time he wishes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (Y4nh3)

141 >Now he knows how all the non-DEI guys felt during the Biden admin trying to get a job from people like him.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)

10 years ago I took a severance package from a Fortune 20 company. A lot of 50 something white dudes were unceremoniously shown the door. It was a generous package, but I had to sign a non-litigation, non-compete, and non-solicitation letters in return. I was fortunate to find another gig fairly quickly. Many of my colleagues were not as fortunate and some were forced into a very early retirement.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (vr4To)

142 "'While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, they don't fully align ...,' Harris read now, and he deleted the latest rejection unfinished."

He's deleting rejection emails?

Very fishy, especially considering he's touting how many he received, and they might be helpful in his lawsuit.

I mean, who deletes evidence that they think helps them make out their sob story?

Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

143 Off topic - "Paging Hezbollah", the movie had moved on. Went to see "Jimmy" instead about Jimmy Stewart being a fighter pilot in WWII and his difficulties adjusting after coming back and his doing, "It's a Wonderful Life" with Frank Capra. Really a terrific film with clips of Jimmy himself in various appearances during the credits. Angel Studios does some great films

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (xz+xK)

144 weft-cut, nice

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (U/Byj)

145 117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

And Seattle treated it’s female black police chief like garbage too.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (d68ec)

146 Portland CoP salary is $272k.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (Ta4DE)

147 Did any of the Dems run on a platform of hiring these workers back?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)

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They usually don't announce their real intentions. No need to scare the horses, it's easier to rile them to vote left. Every Dem government in my lifetime lied about their true intentions.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (uKqbA)

148

Sure you did, thanks to your no ID requirement, same day registration and vouch up to 8 people systems........

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
·
21h
Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout.

When faced with threats and intimidation, we vote.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:26 PM (kX27y)

149
Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

Reminds me of an ex-girlfriend I had about 15-20 yrs ago. Never stayed at a job or in an apartment for more than 2 years, kind of a flake who'd worked in the movie industry (stunt work, bit parts and film crew) before getting into regular corporate jobs.

Part of me was leery of her flakiness, but she'd also been a Playboy model (lingerie) in the early 90s, so being a Real Man, I forgave the flakiness.

Of course, she dumped me, I suspect because she thought (correctly) that I was kinda boring.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (y9nCu)

150 Saw a funny meme about thick black smoke in LA from a car fire. The title was a new mayor of LA has been elected.

On the bright side I maybe won't have to see that weirdo Bass woman again.

Ace, your last sentence:
"Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it."

I might be the only honky cracka redneck woman to hope he foresaw cheating on Tuesday and has a plan.

It costs nothing to hope or pray.

Have a great weekend, Ace and everyone!

It will all be well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (hzuYO)

151 Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

152 Pretty soon, everybody will be gig workers.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

153 131 holy crap, why do you have credit card debt when you made 183K per year? did you not think of savings, investments, budgets? Oh right, the govt job was forever.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
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Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)

154 My daughter is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a dual major in math and economics.

She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.

Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)

155 >>Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp

God Damn

I'm dying over here.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (/izzV)

156 >>Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)

Good to see you here; was worried you might have caught the banhammer.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (NcvvS)

157 How did that go.... oh yes...

LEARN TO CODE!

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (mP0Kj)

158 heh

"Mary Margaret Olohan
@MaryMargOlohan
·
2h
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)

159
Jimmy stewart was never a fighter pilot
He was a bomber pilot
Stop smoking pot

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (UkMc0)

160
Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

Why so short a pole?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (y9nCu)

161 yeah Fen, stop smoking pot. lol

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)

162 152 Pretty soon, everybody will be gig workers.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

You’ll be chasing five-star ratings to get work for the rest of your life.

Live and die by your social credit score.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

163 154 My daughter is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a dual major in math and economics.

She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)

My suggestion - have her go back to her professors and see if they have leads for her (if her degrees are in nothing that friends and family can help secure employment with)...in AI land, personal contacts are about the only way to beat the system and get in and land a job...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (Gb7+b)

164 Wa-Po Sob Story, more like Waaaah-Po sob story amirite?

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6RyaQ)

165 Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
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You ever notice that the pitch of the chirp from a smoke detector is the same pitch they used to alert the teacher that it was time to change the slide being shown to the class?

Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (TN0g+)

166
Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)

Damned greedy smoke detector manufacturers, stuffing birds into their products. Those birds never hurt nobody.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (y9nCu)

167 Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
________

Yea. And as he was being pushed out of each job he ever had (see my comment above) his old employer never badmouthed him because they wanted him to get another job and be someone else's problem. I suspect they even let him tell prospective employers that he quit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (iFTx/)

168 Sliding into his car, he drove in the opposite direction from the nation's capital

Sadly, Grok is unable to identify what make and model of car he drives.

Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

169 Still buying expensive K-cups even though you’ve been laid off for a year? Not a smart use of dwindling funds, sparky.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (JUIuw)

170 Both the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union would intentionally promote incompetents into positions of power because people who owe their good life entirely to The System will fight to the death, betray their friends and family and turn violent if need be.

This is DEI. And this is why its beneficiaries will lie, cheat and even kill to keep it alive.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (0MjtC)

171 Yea. And as he was being pushed out of each job he ever had (see my comment above) his old employer never badmouthed him because they wanted him to get another job and be someone else's problem. I suspect they even let him tell prospective employers that he quit.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

No one is going to give anything but a neutral reference. You know this. 😉

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

172 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)

173 Still buying expensive K-cups even though you’ve been laid off for a year? Not a smart use of dwindling funds, sparky.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM

He needs to accept that suicide is a perfectly valid solution to his employment problem.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (4NO2D)

174 She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun

I truly am not trying to be an asshole but both Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics are trying to hire tens of thousands of brand new welders, electricians and pipefitters at all of their shipyards. They will train newbies and the pay is great. Not kidding. I didn't land a job in my field after college either but fell into a lucrative career nonetheless. One has to do what one has to do.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (L/8vZ)

175 Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

BMW, Audi, or Lexus.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

176 My town's police chief retired last year after 28 years on the force, at 50, and began receiving his pension of $150,000 per year (which rises with an inflation calculation in future years) right away. He went to work for a university, where he hopes to work until he qualifies under their rules (he began the job with credit for past years when he was a consultant) for a second pension.

Good gig.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (6V1cC)

177 Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

BMW, Audi, or Lexus.
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I'd guess a 3-series BMW.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (TN0g+)

178
How many qualified white men did Dia Harris and his colleagues prevent from being hired because of the color of their skin? They weren't faced with loss of a federal job like he was, they simply didn't get one in the first place.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (4Aqsh)

179 2h
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)

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I especially love consiglieres. ALL FOR THIS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (hzuYO)

180 I especially love consiglieres.

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Are they like calzones?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (ndZc7)

181 Dia Harris: Live by the DEI sword; die by it.

$183,500 per year with no value added. In fact, he probably subtracts value. No wonder he can't find a job in his "field."

Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (8WZD4)

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