Fire & Purge
1981
1981-08-05 President Ronald Regan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers who were on strike demanding better pay, and shorter workweek, and improved working conditions.
https://millercenter.org/reagan-vs-air-traffic-controllers
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-5/reagan-fires-11359-air-traffic-controllers
2017
2017-05-01 Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Comey led the investigation on the Russian interference case during the 2016 election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey
2025 February
2025-02-10 Trump fired the head of the independent Office of Government Ethics David Huitema.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-office-of-government-ethics-director/
2025-02-14 New York US Attorney Danielle Sassoon resigned after refusing to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams per order of Pam Bondi who wanted Sassoon to quash the federal indictment as a favor to Trump.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz4lm4q1mo
2025-02-21 General Charles Q. Brown was dismissed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of the Trump DEI initiative.
2025 March
2025-03-27 Trump withdrew Elise Stefanik’s UN ambassador nomination. Trump posted in Truth Social that it was “essential that we maintain EVERY Republican Seat in Congress”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114235745233828789
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rnge7ql7wo
2025 April
2025-04-01 Kathleen Sgamma withdrew her nomination as lead of the Bureau of Land Management after a watchdog group published a 2021 memo in which she criticized Trump’s actions related to the January 6 Capitol riot.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/10/sgamma-withdraws-bureau-of-land-management-nomination/
2025-04-17 Trump posted on social media calling Jerome Powell “too late” on lowering interest rates and that his “termination cannot come fast enough”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114352766082542122
https://econclubchi.org/event/hon-jerome-h-powell/
2025 May
2025-05-08 Trump fired acting administrator Cameron Hamilton from FEMA one day after testifying to Congress that he did not support efforts to dismantle the agency.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/08/fired-fema-chief-relationship-trump-officials-00548907
2025-05-08 Trump had Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden fired on the 9th of her 10-year term as part of his DEI initiative. Carla Hayden received her termination by email from a low-level employee.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393737/carla-hayden-fired-library-of-congress-trump
2025-05-10 Trump terminated Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models. Trump replaced her with his personal lawyer Todd Blanche.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395879/trump-todd-blanche-librarian-congress
2025-05-31 Trump withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be the NASA administrator for a “misalignment” with the administration’s “America First” agenda.
2025 June
2025-06-02 Iraqi war vet Hagan Scotten resigned rather than follow an order from Bondi to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fb-14401037/Read-Resignation-Letter-Hagan-Scotten.html
2025-06-02 A news article wrote that Curtis Yarvin argued for a policy he called RAGE (Retire All Government Employees) to seize and consolidate power. JD Vance was interviewed in 2021 on Jack Murphy Live, and stated, “There’s this guy Curtis Yarvin who’s written about some of these things…I think that what Trump should do, like, if I was giving him one piece of advice, fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people. And when the courts – because you will get taken to court – and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say ‘The chief justice has made his ruling, now let him enforce it’”.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24266512/jd-vance-curtis-yarvin-influence-rage-project-2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2025-06-09 RFK fired all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine panel and backfilled the advisory committee with ant-vaxxers.
https://abcnews.com/Health/rfk-jr-removing-17-members-cdcs-vaccine-advisory/story?id=122670046
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/rfk-jr-fires-every-member-of-cdc-vaccine-expert-panel-acip/
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/rfk-scraps-vaccine-advisory-committee
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/16/nx-s1-5749530/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-changes
2025-06-13 Trump repeatedly bullied director of the National Portrait Gallery Kim Sajet until she finally resigned.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/kim-sajet-resigns-national-portrait-gallery-director
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-portrait-gallery-director-fired-trump-1234743964/
2025 July
2025-07-01 Trump fired the entire Commission of Fine Arts in 2025 and sworn in his hand-picked appointees who align with his endeavors to deconstruct historical monuments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Scharf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/trump-ballroom-fine-arts-commission.html
2025-07-11 Pam Bondi fired the Justice Department’s top ethics advisor Joseph Tirrell. For context, Joseph Tirrell wanted to investigate Kash Patel for accepting luxury gift items from Connor McGregor because accepting those luxury items violated the FBI ethics codes.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-justice-department-purge-top-ethics-adviser/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/attorney-general-pam-bondi-fires-top-justice-department/story?id=123746598
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/03/pam-bondi-doj-joseph-tirell-fired
https://abcnews.com/US/attorney-general-pam-bondi-fires-top-justice-department/story?id=123746598
2025 August
2025-08-01 Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer because he didn’t like the job market report. He replaced her with William Wiatrowski, then nominated Heritage Foundation economist EJ Antoni.
https://www.epi.org/policywatch/firing-bls-commissioner-erika-mcentarfer/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/economy/former-bls-commissioner-mcentarfer-speaks
2025-08-07 Brian Driscoll, Stephen Jensen and Spencer Evans were fired from the FBI by Kash Patel for no known reason.
2025-08-27 Robert Primus was fired from the Surface Transportation Board during a Union Pacific merger with no cause except that he “didn’t align” with the “America First” agenda.
2025-08-27 Trump attempted to fire Lisa Cook, who sits on the rate-setting committee. Trump accused Cook of mortgage fraud, but Reuters posted an analysis of documents some analysts claim refute the claims.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Cook
2025-08-27 RFK fired Susan Monarez from the CDC after she refused to “rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives”.
https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/20250828_cdc-firing_release/
https://x.com/HHSGov/status/1960818490614415869
2025-08-28 RFK appointed biotechnology investor Jim O’Neill to head the CDC. According to AI overview, O’Neill is a long-time advocate of deregulation and support for unproven therapies.
2025 September
2025-09-04 During a confirmation hearing, Senator Elizabeth Warren grilled RFK about his rationale for firing Susan Monarez from the CDC. RFK stated Susan Monarez was not “trustworthy”.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1308517864182421
2025-09-08 Cameron Hamilton was fired from FEMA just one day after he told lawmakers the agency should not be dismantled.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/08/fired-fema-chief-relationship-trump-officials-00548907
2025-09-09 Former FBI leaders Brian Driscoll, Stephen Jensen and Spencer Evans alleged that their firings were both illegal and politically motivated.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/fired-fbi-officials-sue-kash-patel
2025-09-15 Federal Prosecutor Maurene Comey sued the Trump administration for her sudden termination in July while she worked on the Epstein case. She stated her firing was for political reasons.
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-maurene-comey-trump-23fb32ac0e4402873862d3ca6d31d18e
2025-09-17 Susan Monarez testified that RFK told her to commit to decisions in advance.
2025-09-19 Erik Seibert resigned after Trump pressured him to bring criminal charges against Letitia James. Trump planned to replace Seibert with Lindsey Halligan from his personal legal team. Lindsey Halligan is also in charge of removing “improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums. A news outlet reported that Halligan’s arrival to the position was rushed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/trump-lindsey-halligan-james-comey.html
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115234681538876098
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115239306164275142
2025-09-26 Former FBI director James Comey was indicted on two charges after Trump publicly pressured Bondi into prosecuting him and two other adversaries.
2025 October
2025-10-03 Hegseth fired Navy Chief of Staff Jon Harrison.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/top-navy-official-fired-00593997
2025 November
2025-11-03 News outlets reported that Kash Patel lashed out after they uncovered his use of a government jet to visit his 26-year-old girlfriend. Right after the story was uncovered, Patel fired 27-year veteran for the FBI critical incident response group Steven Palmer. For context, one of the tasks of the critical incident response group is to oversee the fleet of jets.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/fbi-fires-top-official-kash-patel-jet-use
2025-11-17 A federal judge dismissed the case against former FBI director James Comey and new York Attorney General Leticia James after finding that the prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was illegally appointed.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/lindsey-halligan-indictment-james-comey-00654224
2025-11-19 David Maltinsky, a 16-year FBI veteran, filed a lawsuit for being fired in October 2025. He was fired for displaying a Pride flag.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-lawsuit-employee-fired-pride-flag/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/politics/veteran-fbi-employee-sues-fired-pride-flag
2026 February
2026-02-13 Corey Lewandowski and Kristi Noem fired a Coast Guard pilot after she left her blanket on the plane and the pilot forgot to return it to her.
https://people.com/coast-guard-pilot-fired-after-kristi-noem-blanket-left-behind-report-11906222
2026 April
2026-04-02 Hegseth ousted Army Chief of Staff General Randy George. The department did not give a reason. Republicans like Joni Ernst, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Rounds and Roger Wicker expressed disagreement over the firing and/or lack of trust in Hegseth’s judgment.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/hegseth-ousts-top-army-general-00856755
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5848160-senate-republicans-doubt-hegseth-leadership/
https://san.com/media-miss/hegseth-losing-republican-senators-support-due-to-leadership-concerns/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJyVJK3aa8U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBAlkIrzUh4
2026-04-02 Along with several other top-ranking officials fired, Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Chaplains Major General William Green.
https://baptistnews.com/article/for-first-time-ever-army-chief-of-chaplains-fired-by-hegseth/
https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-statement-firing-armys-chief-chaplains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fFnZlG8Zs&list=WL&index=3
2026-04-22 Hegseth fired Secretary of the Navy John Phelan.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-navy-secretary-john-phelan
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5843990-navy-secretary-phelan-departure/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-navy-secretary-phelan-fired-by-pentagon-source-says-2026-04-22/
2026-04-22 Trump’s struggling media company Truth Social fired CEO Devin Nunes after stock dropped 67%. After firing Devin Nunes, Trump Media & Technology Group (parent company of Truth Social) pivoted to crypto and prediction markets.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/politics/devin-nunes-trump-media-truth-social
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/truth-social-ceo-out-after-1-1-billion-in-losses/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-truth-social-let-users-113215693.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-truth-social-partners-211030247.html
SUB WALL https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/trump-social-media-crypto-bitcoin-00370168
UNVERIFIED SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgBGP7r_a8k
2026-04-28 Former FBI Director and longtime enemy of Trump James Comey was indicted again, this time over a 2025 social media post where the Trump administration claims there was intent to incite violence. Remember, this is a Trump retribution campaign, and Comey is on a long list of political enemies, particularly those who have prosecuted Trump on his multiple civil and federal cases. Trump had Comey indicted in 2025 for allegedly “making false statements”. A judge threw out the frivolous case in 2025, so the Trump administration is back at it.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/james-comey-indicted-again-as-doj-probe-deepens-into-ex-fbi-chief
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5803167/james-comey-indictment
PAY WALL https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgz4rvlem5o
2026-04-28 Prosecutor Maurene Comey was fired by the Trump administration in July 2025. She was the lead prosecutor in the Epstein Case securing conviction against Gislaine Maxwell. Her lawsuit claiming she was wrongfully fired proceeded in April 2026.
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-maurene-comey-trump-60eacbf96e251a22627cc9a4e1fb4ee5
https://www.ms.now/news/maurene-comey-doj-lawsuit-trump-judge
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5852868-trump-fired-maurene-comey/
2026-04-30 Trump pulled Casey Means’ nomination for Surgeon General and replaced her with a Fox news contributor.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-surgeon-general-means-saphier-cebadfb452fb577b6cd5254e2e55d86b
SUB WALL https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/30/casey-means-murkowski-surgeon-general-rfk-maha-00902206
PAY WALL https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5p4pp1407o
2026 May
2026-05-01 MAHA leaders opposed Trump’s Surgeon General nominee switch from Casey Means to Nicole Saphier.
SUB WALL https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/04/surgeon-general-casey-means-nicole-saphier/687021/
SUB WALL https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/02/casey-means-maha-surgeon-general-nicole-saphier-00903761
2026-05-01 Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed legislation to prevent criminal court clerk Calvin Duncan from taking office. Duncan was released from prison after being exonerated in 2021 for a crime he did not commit but still had to serve a 28-year sentence. He went on to achieve his law degree at age 60. The GOP governor signed legislation to abolish his position before he could take office. Governor Landry also cancelled upcoming primary elections.
2026-05-12 FDA Marty Makary resigned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY20ijch-Vc&list=WL&index=3
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-fda-head-marty-makary-resigning-after-uneven-tenure
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/dr-marty-makary-fda-commissioner-rcna344765
2026-05-16 Bill Cassidy (who voted to convict Trump for J6) lost the primary in Louisiana.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/16/nx-s1-5824533/bill-cassidy-lost-louisiana-primary-letlow-trump
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/17/politics/takeaways-louisiana-senate-primary-bill-cassidy-donald-trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5876242-cassidy-fails-louisiana-gop-primary-letlow-fleming/
2026-05-16 Thomas Massie (who voted to release the Epstein files) was projected to lose in the Kentucky primaries.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5880962-massie-trump-kentucky-primary/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/thomas-massie-kentucky-primary-trump-00925410
2026-05-19 Trump said Massie was the “worst congressman in the history of our country”. After Massie – who fought to get the Epstein files released – lost in Kentucky to Trump’s pick Ed Gallrein, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote on social media, “Do not ever doubt President Trump and his political power. Fuck around, find out”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/trump-thomas-massie-primary
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/trump-thomas-massie-primary
https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/2056886701591613762
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-comms-chief-triggers-071454849.html