Well, well, well… looks like the IRS finally found something it couldn’t audit its way out of: pink slips.
Fourteen hundred employees—yes, 1,400—at the IRS just got the axe. Not “might be” or “could be.” It’s already happening. And the union? They were squawking about a possible 1,300 layoffs across the entire Treasury Department. Oops. Turns out they lowballed it, and the IRS alone is taking the hit.
Here’s what no one in legacy media wants to say out loud: this isn’t random. This is intentional. And it’s about time.
Why? Because Democrats pushed this shutdown game of chicken to the edge of a cliff, demanding even more taxpayer cash for non-citizens’ healthcare and other pet projects, and then acted surprised when the Trump administration called their bluff. Newsflash: you can’t hold the government hostage for left-wing priorities and expect no consequences.
So what did Trump do?
He flipped the script.
If the government’s going to be shut down, then let’s actually shut down what doesn’t serve the American people. Starting with a bloated, overreaching IRS that somehow found $35 million lying around for guns, ammo, and military-grade equipment over the last two decades. Oh yeah—don’t forget those job listings for agents “willing to use deadly force.” Just what every taxpayer dreams of: armed bureaucrats with itchy trigger fingers.
And the Trump team isn’t just trimming fat—they’re cutting right where it hurts the D.C. machine. Not in the frontline positions processing your tax returns. No, those people stay. The cuts hit the redundant staff, the political bloat, the unaccountable layers of bureaucracy that do little more than serve as rubber stamps for progressive overreach.
🚨 BREAKING: The IRS is now furloughing nearly HALF of its workforce due to the Democrats’ government shutdown.
“Most IRS operations are closed.”
So Chuck Schumer damages the Democrat brand nationwide AND the IRS comes to a screeching halt.
MAGA isn’t complaining about this… pic.twitter.com/A619moJPfC
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 8, 2025
But don’t let the outrage machine fool you.
Democrats are already racing to the podium, gasping and clenching pearls, shouting, “Trump’s attacking federal workers!” No. What’s actually happening is the grown-ups are finally saying: enough. Enough using federal agencies as weapons. Enough pretending there’s no difference between funding services and funding control.
And you know what really stings for the left? These layoffs could make it harder to fund the very big-government expansion they’re demanding. Because fewer IRS agents = less revenue collection = fewer dollars to burn on utopian social experiments. The irony is chef’s kiss.
Meanwhile, the shutdown drags into its tenth day, with Democrats refusing to agree to funding at existing levels unless their wish list gets signed. Not a penny for border security. Not a dime for cutting inflation. But billions more for “climate equity” and expanded welfare programs for people who crossed the border illegally. So yes, the GOP finally said: no more.
Republicans didn’t rush into these layoffs. According to Majority Leader John Thune, they held off for ten days—ten days of good faith waiting—hoping Democrats would come to their senses. They didn’t. So now, as Thune said, “this gets real.”
I have to say, I am kinda loving this government shutdown sht.
– Stock market setting records daily!
– 50% of the IRS getting furloughed.
– Government is shrinking fast.
– Democrat hypocrisy being exposed.
– Sombrero memes.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 8, 2025
And guess who’s mad?
Chuck Schumer, of course. The same guy who dropped an f-bomb last week over Obamacare funding. Now he’s crying that “nobody’s forcing Trump” to do this. Really, Chuck? Because it kinda seems like you forced his hand when you made government funding conditional on passing your fantasy budget.
So here we are.
Democrats played hardball. Trump brought a wrecking ball. And for the first time in a long time, the American people get to see what happens when D.C. finally trims the rot instead of growing the swamp.
But here’s the kicker—this might just be the beginning. If the Trump administration is serious about rooting out weaponized agencies, don’t be surprised when other departments feel the heat. Word is, layoffs are coming to Education, Homeland Security, Energy, and that bastion of overreach: the EPA.
No wonder the left is panicking. The gravy train is running out of track. And this time, no amount of bureaucratic tantrums is going to stop it.
