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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/federal-job-seekers-will-be-quizzed-on-trump-s-executive-orders?embedded-checkout=true

 

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The Trump administration is adding four essay questions to applications for civil service jobs, asking applicants about their favorite executive orders and their commitment to government efficiency.

The essay requirements apply even to relatively lower-level jobs starting at the GS-5 pay scale or above — positions that can begin at base salaries as low as $32,357. Those jobs include nursing assistants, park rangers and firefighters.

 

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The new questions, outlined in a memo from the Office of Personnel Management on Thursday, include ones that could give insight into the applicant’s political philosophy for civil service jobs that are supposed to be nonpartisan. 

Among them: “How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.”

 

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Another question, about how a job seeker would advance the president’s executive orders or policy initiatives — is similar to a question asked of applicants for top political jobs as a loyalty test. It asks applicants to “Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.”

 

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Two other questions ask how applicants would improve government efficiency and about their personal work ethic.

Responses must be 200 words or fewer and the memo seeks to prevent any cheating. “Applicants will be required to certify that they are using their own words, and did not use a consultant or AI,” the memo says, referring to artificial intelligence. 

The 30-page memo, from White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley and OPM acting director Charles Ezell, implements President Donald Trump’s executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion in federal hiring.

The order also required that the government prioritize hiring people “committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.”

But Trump is also reshaping the US government’s workforce in other ways, overhauling the civil service system by giving him power to directly hire and fire as many as 50,000 jobs previously reserved for career federal employees.

 

“What we’ve seen is an overwhelming effort to cow the workforce and frankly ensure that there’s a loyalty to the president of the day more than anything else,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan group focused on improving the federal workforce. 

Asking the new questions is “deeply problematic,” he said.

“Bluntly, it’s an almost partisan and ideological overlay without understanding the responsibilities they’re hiring for.” For example, there’s no reason why a dental hygienist at the Department of Veterans Affairs should have an understanding of Trump’s executive orders, Stier said.

Beyond the content of the questions, Stier said adding four essay questions to an already burdensome federal hiring process can only make it more difficult for the government to hire the best workers, calling it “a recipe for dysfunction.”

But OPM says the questions aren’t much different from those any employer would ask to make sure that a prospective employee fits with company culture.

“It is a best practice in hiring to ask all applicants the same questions,” said OPM spokeswoman McLaurine Pinover. “The answers can then be evaluated by the hiring manager and agency leadership to evaluate whether the candidate would be a good fit for the role.”

The federal personnel agency said the plan’s overall goal is to reduce the length of the hiring process to less than 80 days and create “a federal workforce that reflects the highest standards of merit and service.” 

The memo also implements new skill-based assessments, consisting of at least two tests of technical skills for many jobs, and eliminates unnecessary college degree requirements for many positions.

 

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1 minute ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

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Two other questions ask how applicants would improve government efficiency and about their personal work ethic.

Responses must be 200 words or fewer and the memo seeks to prevent any cheating. “Applicants will be required to certify that they are using their own words, and did not use a consultant or AI,” the memo says, referring to artificial intelligence. 

The 30-page memo, from White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley and OPM acting director Charles Ezell, implements President Donald Trump’s executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion in federal hiring.

The order also required that the government prioritize hiring people “committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.”

But Trump is also reshaping the US government’s workforce in other ways, overhauling the civil service system by giving him power to directly hire and fire as many as 50,000 jobs previously reserved for career federal employees.

 

“What we’ve seen is an overwhelming effort to cow the workforce and frankly ensure that there’s a loyalty to the president of the day more than anything else,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan group focused on improving the federal workforce. 

Asking the new questions is “deeply problematic,” he said.

“Bluntly, it’s an almost partisan and ideological overlay without understanding the responsibilities they’re hiring for.” For example, there’s no reason why a dental hygienist at the Department of Veterans Affairs should have an understanding of Trump’s executive orders, Stier said.

Beyond the content of the questions, Stier said adding four essay questions to an already burdensome federal hiring process can only make it more difficult for the government to hire the best workers, calling it “a recipe for dysfunction.”

But OPM says the questions aren’t much different from those any employer would ask to make sure that a prospective employee fits with company culture.

“It is a best practice in hiring to ask all applicants the same questions,” said OPM spokeswoman McLaurine Pinover. “The answers can then be evaluated by the hiring manager and agency leadership to evaluate whether the candidate would be a good fit for the role.”

The federal personnel agency said the plan’s overall goal is to reduce the length of the hiring process to less than 80 days and create “a federal workforce that reflects the highest standards of merit and service.” 

The memo also implements new skill-based assessments, consisting of at least two tests of technical skills for many jobs, and eliminates unnecessary college degree requirements for many positions.

 

Nobody lies on a large loan application.

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2 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/federal-job-seekers-will-be-quizzed-on-trump-s-executive-orders?embedded-checkout=true

 

 

 

 

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Two other questions ask how applicants would improve government efficiency and about their personal work ethic.

Responses must be 200 words or fewer and the memo seeks to prevent any cheating. “Applicants will be required to certify that they are using their own words, and did not use a consultant or AI,” the memo says, referring to artificial intelligence. 

The 30-page memo, from White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley and OPM acting director Charles Ezell, implements President Donald Trump’s executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion in federal hiring.

The order also required that the government prioritize hiring people “committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.”

But Trump is also reshaping the US government’s workforce in other ways, overhauling the civil service system by giving him power to directly hire and fire as many as 50,000 jobs previously reserved for career federal employees.

 

“What we’ve seen is an overwhelming effort to cow the workforce and frankly ensure that there’s a loyalty to the president of the day more than anything else,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan group focused on improving the federal workforce. 

Asking the new questions is “deeply problematic,” he said.

“Bluntly, it’s an almost partisan and ideological overlay without understanding the responsibilities they’re hiring for.” For example, there’s no reason why a dental hygienist at the Department of Veterans Affairs should have an understanding of Trump’s executive orders, Stier said.

Beyond the content of the questions, Stier said adding four essay questions to an already burdensome federal hiring process can only make it more difficult for the government to hire the best workers, calling it “a recipe for dysfunction.”

But OPM says the questions aren’t much different from those any employer would ask to make sure that a prospective employee fits with company culture.

“It is a best practice in hiring to ask all applicants the same questions,” said OPM spokeswoman McLaurine Pinover. “The answers can then be evaluated by the hiring manager and agency leadership to evaluate whether the candidate would be a good fit for the role.”

The federal personnel agency said the plan’s overall goal is to reduce the length of the hiring process to less than 80 days and create “a federal workforce that reflects the highest standards of merit and service.” 

The memo also implements new skill-based assessments, consisting of at least two tests of technical skills for many jobs, and eliminates unnecessary college degree requirements for many positions.

 

New hire class photo.

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Serious question: does Trump Always Chicken Out as much as Craig James Killed 5 Hookers at SMU?

 

 

Or is it just that Trump Always Chickens Out?

 

 

Trump

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TACO

 

 

 

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Trump Always Chickens Out (like a little baby bitch)
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2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Guys I really don’t want to associate that sack of shit with tacos. Can’t we make a thing for like AGGY or something?

 

TACO, THO

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1 hour ago, Bullneck said:

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I’ve been saying this since the first go round. I wanted to go to a dotard rally with the “what in gods holy name are you blathering about?” from Lebowski on a big poster. 

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59 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Guys I really don’t want to associate that sack of shit with tacos. Can’t we make a thing for like AGGY or something?

I would gladly give up tacos for the rest of my life if it meant Trump and MAGA went away forever.

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8 minutes ago, royiv said:

I would gladly give up tacos for the rest of my life if it meant Trump and MAGA went away forever.

Two things…

Take it easy with that.

You need to get better tacos

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16 minutes ago, royiv said:

I would gladly give up tacos for the rest of my life if it meant Trump and MAGA went away forever.

Season 9 No GIF by The Office

 

I can always move to Mexico to escape MAGA and have tacos still. 

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11 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Two things…

Take it easy with that.

You need to get better tacos

 

2 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Season 9 No GIF by The Office

 

I can always move to Mexico to escape MAGA and have tacos still. 

Pussies. Plenty of delicious foods out there. If you’re not willing to make a sacrifice for your country, you suck.

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Just now, royiv said:

 

 

Pussies. Plenty of delicious foods out there. If you’re not willing to make a sacrifice for your country, you suck.

Why should we sacrifice tacos for a country that doesn’t even appreciate them? 
And yea you def need to eat some better tacos.

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Harvard should declare sovereignty and start issuing its own visas. Its endowment would put it pretty high on the list for sovereign wealth funds. When DOJ Barbie writes demands they should respond with 80 pages of copy and pasted sovereign citizen stuff from the internet. I would thoroughly enjoy that haha!

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13 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Why should we sacrifice tacos for a country that doesn’t even appreciate them? 
And yea you def need to eat some better tacos.

I had your wife’s taco last night and it was rancid, so yeah, I guess you’re right.

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27 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Harvard should declare sovereignty and start issuing its own visas. Its endowment would put it pretty high on the list for sovereign wealth funds.

Scott Galloway probably stole this joke, but he calls Harvard a hedge fund that happens to own a university.  

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2 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

Two things…

Take it easy with that.

You need to get better tacos

At this deportation rate there won't be any good tacos available.

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22 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

At this deportation rate there won't be any good tacos available.

I’ll take up arms for Al pastor or a good pambazo torta

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Pope Leo has a video presentation and a public mass planned for June 14. In Chicago, at Rate Field. The pope won’t be there in person. He’s gonna Skype it.

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Pope Leo will offer a “special video message to the young people of the world,” at the event, which is scheduled for June 14 at 333 W. 35th St., home of the White Sox, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced. 

The “once-in-a-lifetime celebration” will include music, film, in-person testimonials and prayer, the archdiocese said. A Catholic Mass will be celebrated after the program.

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Gates will open for the event at 12:30 p.m., with the celebration taking place at 2:30 p.m. and the Mass beginning at 4 p.m., the archdiocese said. More information on the event will come later. 

 

https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/05/28/pope-leo-xiv-video-message-mass-rate-field
 

“.Once in a lifetime event” scheduled more or less concurrently with the Mushroom Parade? It is getting easier to like the new pope.

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Dotard is going to tell us how much Biden is taco tomorrow. The most taco 
 

It will make zero sense and I’m looking forward to laughing a lot 

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1 hour ago, Willfully Horn said:

Pope Leo has a video presentation and a public mass planned for June 14. In Chicago, at Rate Field. The pope won’t be there in person. He’s gonna Skype it.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/05/28/pope-leo-xiv-video-message-mass-rate-field
 

“.Once in a lifetime event” scheduled more or less concurrently with the Mushroom Parade? It is getting easier to like the new pope.

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Posted
5 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Any surly law dogs want to weigh in on this?

It's oddly written, and implies she thinks they're mean. 

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Didn’t a vet actually give him their Purple Heart his first time in office?

Yup, two have. 2016 and 2024.
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13 hours ago, royiv said:

I had your wife’s taco last night and it was rancid, so yeah, I guess you’re right.

It was quite ze feast, ya- you see I had Sunny side up, and I had Sunny side down, unt I had Sunny side all ze way around

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12 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

The craziness gets crazier. I guess you could say it's entertaining if it wasn't about running the country. 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/katie-miller-posts-doge-is-like-buddhism-as-she-follows-elon-musk-amid-strange-throuple-rumor/articleshow/121498545.cms

 

I am personally willing to pay for her birth control. Movie monsters have had more fortunate parentage.

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9 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Any surly law dogs want to weigh in on this?

The ABA is one of a very few national law dog organizations for "general purpose" law.  Most others are either "practice-related" (e.g. American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyer's Association) or more or less advocacy groups.

Therefore, it made sense that it would weigh in on nominees.

I think their ratings were pretty fair and they'll still be able to do them on the basis of publicly available information.  That a judge nominee doesn't make herself available to the ABA on a voluntary basis should be a black mark against them (it won't).

Most information about judicial nominees, including the questionnaire they fill out for the Senate Judiciary Committee, is publicly available, as is almost their entire judicial record, if any.  So, this is, as usual, pretty performative.

They very well may be able to sue over this as it is clearly viewpoint discrimination.

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