Russell Vought was the single most important official who delayed the transition after the 2020 election. There wasn't nearly enough focus on that at the time.
Republican electeds are soon going to go thru TSA lines on the way back to DC, some of many federal workers who keep them safe on their next flight. Republicans are letting federal workers be treated like crap. They should be booed everywhere they go.
THESE PEOPLE FUCKING INFURIATE ME! I used to hate the word fuck. Now I use it all the time because I am so angry at the stupidity, the seriousness the horrid manipulation the level of audacity and the fact that no one is helping us.
Feel you! Be smashing 😡 button a bunch.
We should and need to be angry! And respond accordingly. But please try to not let all of this overwhelm you.
Anger comes from unmet expectations.
Expect them to piss us off so we can act quicker.
Sending you peace and good vibes 🌷
Stop referring to them as people. These are psychopath monsters wearing people skin. You keep referring to them as people you will still treat them with human intent while they literally want to see you suffer and die.
I think the Democrats should strike first. Rather than let the criminals shut down the things they don't like and keep only what they do like, just shut it all down. They started a revolution. We have to make them bleed too.
Totally different, but I'm a non-federal govt employee and a lot of people are being SUPER reactive even though we're relatively ok. I think they haven't experienced coping with constant anxiety and can't differentiate what is scaring them from what they need to act on. Not a good time.
Same - at first I was feeling anxious but in the recent weeks I’m calm. It’s just all so absurdly dumb and evil my body has decided not to stress over it (well
not too much) - neutral good here 😊
When someone reveals the reaction they want to get...they are pretty much guaranteed not to get it from me. Openly declaring your intent to scare people isn't scary to me.
In the immortal words of Drexl Spivy...
"They done gave up all their shit".
ex wife is also part of heritage foundation, 2 daughters; one with Cystic Fibrosis that benefited from a drug reliant on research that was cut.
I think they live in Arlington Va.
Of course, they are not targeting bureaucrats with demonstrated wrong doing. They are taking a machete to the boots-on-the-ground plebians who create the infrastructure these mandated agencies rely on to perform their missions.
I feel like it may be both working as a strategy and simultaneously back firing.
I'm not a patriot anymore, but has he met Americans? They really are not a group that gets cowed easily. More likely to get shirty and start fucking you up. This is a cultural bug but it's also a feature.
Going to be interesting, there is also a strong streak of conformity and compliance, Linda did her masters at Iowa State and could not believe how cramped, closed and unadventurous her classmates were
But in a really techno-dystopian style: they’ll start feeding everyone’s 5 bullet points (soon to be required weekly) into AI software somewhere, and then claim mid-level managers are no longer necessary
The SEC fined and sanctioned him for securities fraud. He hates the NTHSA and DMV for calling him out for self-driving fraud, too. Then there is the EPA levying fines and holding up SpaceX launches in the name of environmental protection. The list goes on.
He wants to beat them into submission so they won’t fight back. Technique used in the military to make sure orders will be followed. See also, slavery controls.
But people aren’t seeing villains, they’re seeing friends & neighbors, their own family members, losing jobs, suffering trauma. Red states & blue. Not playing out as Vought envisioned.
These people are so small, they view federal workers as a pre-schooler regards a sibling, and they can only stretch their limited theory of mind to project 2D caricatures, who are lazy, greedy, and equally limited. They cannot conceive that they might be faithfully carrying out complex, vital work.
He believes government workers are "increasingly viewed as the villains" by ... the public?
It's "we'll be viewed as liberators" all over again. The people who would cheer the crumbling of the government are waaay overrepresented in the MAGA ranks, and that distortion will trip them up.
This is beyond any toxic workplace. This is gratuitous sadism.
This calls for extreme work action, essentially an impromptu union. Shut it all down so the Muskovites can't do KKKetamine Man's or KKKraznov's evil deeds.
It's not that simple, especially if asked to do something unlawful or unethical. This isn't a movie. It's not easy to rebel or push back, and there can be severe consequences if people are complicit (no one should be, obvs).
Vought wants to make everyone’s life a living hell while he loves lavishly on our dime and pretends he is our overlord. Perhaps we should make his life miserable. Make it difficult for him to do his job or enjoy his life.
Well, you let your contacts know. We know who the villains are, the the feds aren't it. Tell them, atleast for those like me, I will defend them and their good works to the gas chamber if need be. All the while screaming who the villains are, Chump and fElon w/ Heritage, The new American Nazis.
People like to bitch about bureaucrats, but that's in the abstract. IRL each one of these workers he's victimizing has a complete set of friends and family who won't be happy about what he's doing.
Russell Vought must be IMPEACHED for traitorous behavior: His stated intent and his actions to oppose the work of the Civil Service impedes the fulfillment of our Constitution by obstructing implementation.
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Understood. So now that we understand the assignment let’s make plans of our own and don’t let these pieces of shit win. Their whole plan is causing pain and suffering and breaking people. Progressives can no longer play by the rules. These are monsters. Treat them as such.
But no one is viewing the ppl getting fired as villains, their whole program is backfiring and it'll only get worse, they're creating more enemies every day, 10,000 new Luigi's will emerge
This is a full-on psychological attack on federal employees. Today's email "5 bullet statements be sent by EOD Monday to OPM" contradicts how information flows within the agencies. Civil servants report to their managers & those managers report up & it keeps rolling up. Executive's report out.
I mean…pissing off good people might not have the outcome maga want. We stay calm and mature throughout their tantrums. Doesn’t mean we aren’t livid. 🤷♀️
We see them. ⬇️
That’s funny. Everyone I talk to sees them as the villains. Including all the republicans who they’re messing with. An unwise plan from an unwise person
Judging by the recent town halls his plan may backfire and the federal workers become the heros, not the villains. Keep the pressure, keep the narrative.
There is a line and they WILL cross it and the people will NOT be fooled.
What kind of sick and evil administration goes to war against their own people, Biden’s biggest mistake was not treating these terrorists like the threat that they are. They should have all been arrested for conspiracy to destroy the country, instead he did absolutely nothing.
Well I think the perception is going to the opposite direction for the majority of the country. The 33 percent MAGA cult won't move unless enough of them get fired too
Wouldn't it be better to encourage federal employees to serve the needs of the American public? Take their funds away and they will sit around with nothing to do.
What is the reason for the trauma, though? Just revenge, or to scare people into compliance? Honest question, I looked this up and couldn't find a WHY behind it, so maybe there isn't one.
Bah! This would make me want to go to work in a more fierce way than ever. In fact something like this was perpetrated against me, and I fought, documented, up and down chain of command. Every word, utterance. Smiled. They were more traumatized than I was. It was a large bureaucracy. Rules.
They’re doing it too fast, though, this is something they should be gradually doing over a couple of years, instead everybody sees what’s happening and will know who to blame.
His flaws is that the workers won't be seen as the villains. Only a twisted, resentful asshole believes that. They are fundamentally unable to conceive joy and love, and that's their biggest blind spot. We will unify and be stronger together.
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Outside of extreme MAGA, the smear did not take.
I’d be a vote for acquittal if I were on that DC jury.
We should and need to be angry! And respond accordingly. But please try to not let all of this overwhelm you.
Anger comes from unmet expectations.
Expect them to piss us off so we can act quicker.
Sending you peace and good vibes 🌷
not too much) - neutral good here 😊
In the immortal words of Drexl Spivy...
"They done gave up all their shit".
The Heritage Foundation is a domestic terrorist organization.
Guess how I know that?
I think they live in Arlington Va.
Stockholm Syndrome
I can't begin to imagine how you feel but it is making me anxious watching from afar.
I'm not a patriot anymore, but has he met Americans? They really are not a group that gets cowed easily. More likely to get shirty and start fucking you up. This is a cultural bug but it's also a feature.
Federal employees are getting a whole lot more sympathy than he realizes. This statement will eventually bite him in the ass.
Trauma? Seriously?
Russell Vought is a sadistic freak loser.
It's "we'll be viewed as liberators" all over again. The people who would cheer the crumbling of the government are waaay overrepresented in the MAGA ranks, and that distortion will trip them up.
This calls for extreme work action, essentially an impromptu union. Shut it all down so the Muskovites can't do KKKetamine Man's or KKKraznov's evil deeds.
If the masters go right, the workers go left.
Restore ballance.
Currently it's just anxiety.
But I'm not going anywhere. I am filled with...DETERMINATION.
Not for others.
It’s very disheartening to watch
1. Seize local power—demand radical federalist policies at the state level.
2. Escalate strategically—rallies, sit-ins, blockades, strikes.
3. Stay organized—encrypted communication, decentralized actions, and persistence
#doge
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He is certainly qualified
We see them. ⬇️
Next air crash or error in some other branch should be squarely on the two of them.
Hope they get sued for damages into billions - they can afford it
There is a line and they WILL cross it and the people will NOT be fooled.