Community impact hearings offer outlet for grievances and gather evidence for ongoing lawsuits, totaling 10 so far

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A Minnesota veteran who found work at the Veterans Benefits Administration after suffering two traumatic brain injuries on overseas deployments stood in front of hundreds of people and five Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday night and recalled the moment she learned she lost her job.

“All I was given was a post-it note,” Joy Marver said, inspiring gasps and boos from a raucous crowd. “The post it note contained just the HR email address and my supervisor’s phone number. This came from an external source. Doge terminated me. No one in my chain of command knew I was being terminated. No one knew. It took two weeks to get my termination email sent to me.”