This is a really important piece by Max Stier from the Partnership for Public Service. It should have been published in the @washingtonpost.com: “I am asking you — pleading with you: stay. Your decision isn’t just about your career, or a single president.” www.politico.com/news/magazin... - ThreadSky

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juliezebrak.bsky.social • 62 days ago

This is a really important piece by Max Stier from the Partnership for Public Service. It should have been published in the @washingtonpost.com: “I am asking you — pleading with you: stay. Your decision isn’t just about your career, or a single president.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/22/dear-federal-workers-dont-quit-00195750

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yallstopyelling.bsky.social•61 days ago

Dear federal workers. Please deal with the ramifications of our immensely immature electorate. It's just that I genuinely love watching the Trump chaos unfold like a Kardashians episode! Please contain the damage to your families.

toxteth1.bsky.social•62 days ago

I happen to know that one of the songs to be part of Hexagon's program for 2025 is all about federal workers who will not be intimidated by Trump's threats or DOGE. And between DOGE being an unconstitutional entity and control of the House not being firm, not much change is likely to occur.

boocat47.bsky.social•61 days ago

From your lips to God’s ears.

sterlingwright.bsky.social•58 days ago

They’ll have to navigate: Rule 5 of Countering Tyranny:

“Remember professional ethics. When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law state without lawyers, or to hold show trials without judges. …

sterlingwright.bsky.social•58 days ago

… Authoritarians need obedient civil servants, and concentration camp directors seek businessmen interested in cheap labor.“
https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/twenty-lessons-fighting-tyranny/

sterlingwright.bsky.social•62 days ago

@federalnewsnetwork.com The above-cited Politico article may be a great one for your readers, if you have not already seen it.

papabrad.bsky.social•61 days ago

Absolutely, I'm disappointed in the ones that quit in his first administration 😔

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