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In addition to nationwide protests in all 50 states across the U.S., our 50501 Washington DC Chapter is having a PEOPLE’S STATE OF THE UNION March 4th! If you can’t make it in person to your local protest, consider joining this digital demonstration. INFO: www.linktr.ee/50501DC @polrev.bsky.social

submitted 21 hours ago • 20 comments

Big scandal at Social Security agency... How did a low-level data analyst at the Social Security Administration... (Placed on leave for violating federal law by his supervisor.) Get promoted to Commissioner of the whole Social Security Administration? www.thehandbasket.co/p/leland-dud...

submitted 21 hours ago • 19 comments

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social PLEASE help get this idea out before Monday. Mr Conway you know this idea gets you excited. Mr. Miller would too if he would actually visit this platform. Thank you if you decide to help!

submitted 21 hours ago • 6 comments

That's our Martha 🧡 "They don’t know what the agencies do. They don’t know what these people do. ... They’re cutting innovation because they have this complete lack of curiosity."

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Friday SCOOP: @vox.com has learned that USFWS has frozen its vast portfolio of international conservation grants. This is far beyond the scope of USAID-funded work and will inevitably harm wildlife internationally and in the US. @benjij.bsky.social has the story: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

Watch Rob Shriver, Managing Director of Civil Service Strong & Good Government Initiatives at Democracy Forward speak with @wbaltv11.bsky.social. Our team is working to ensure federal employees have the resources they need to navigate this difficult time. Visit civilservicestrong.org to learn more.

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

Science and data. This is more bad news, especially for women in Texas.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

ICYMI youtu.be/ijvrvp8Z17M?...

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

🦬 We have it on good authority from our friends at the USFS that the agency is moving forward with MORE illegal layoffs for employees with < 2 years of service by COB today. They are sending notices to personal emails and phones. DO NOT 1) answer the phone 2) open emails from your employer.

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

Please share

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

submitted 9 days ago • 1034 comments

Trump’s Eric Adams Decision Sparks Stunning Chain of Resignations A top federal prosecutor has just resigned after being ordered to drop the charges against Eric Adams. And she’s not alone. newrepublic.com/post/191524/...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

submitted 11 days ago • 155 comments

Tonight’s newest EO lays out a plan to fire (RIF) roughly 75% of the federal workforce outright. Any non-essential personnel will be removed from their posts and all new hired must be approved by DOGE team leaders. THIS IS AN FULL ON ATTACK ON OUR GOVERNMENT.

submitted 11 days ago • 23 comments

REI, you are not the same company. You've lost my business for good. I grew up in the original store. My father's member number was five digits, and we belonged to the co-op because it was a community that stewarded public lands. You suck. bellevueseattle.com/community/re...

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

In the DOGE twilight zone... The DRP: Where asking a question is the same as submitting your resignation. OPM, lowering the bar for government efficiency since... well, forever. ____ Fed friends: No matter how badly you want to, do not reply "unsubscribe." #SNLskitContent #IRL #funnynotfunny

submitted 11 days ago • 14 comments

(1/2) Please read this article. Rest in Peace, Elisa. To anyone out there who feels like ending their life - please know that you are important and the world is a better place because you are in it. The Veterans Crisis Line can be reached by dialing 988 and pressing 1, or by texting 838255.

submitted 11 days ago • 12 comments

The only thing that would make this any more absurd would be for Lee Greenwood to set it to music. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

submitted 12 days ago • 61 comments

If you are a gov employee please do not use your gov devices to coordinate. Do not use standard messaging on your Android or Apple devices. Don’t use WhatsApp. These CEOs will likely give your messages if asked by the administration. Please use Signal and set your messages to autodelete.

submitted 22 days ago • 11 comments

Probationary (competitive and excepted service) Title 5 employees cannot be terminated without cause. Terminations must be based on limited, clearly defined conditions that do not include discriminatory or political reasons. See Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) for appeals. www.mspb.gov

submitted 15 days ago • 24 comments

Trump just terminated the Chair of the Kennedy Center and has installed himself as the new chair. He says he will now be dictating the institution’s “art and culture” and says it “must reflect” what he chooses.

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submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Democrats have spent virtually every minute of the last 30 hours holding the Senate floor to fight back against Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought. Russell Vought’s nomination is a threat to Social Security, Medicare, childcare, funding for school lunches, and so much more.

submitted 16 days ago • 344 comments

Dickheads of Gargantuan Ego (DOGE) have now gained access to the IT servers at the NOAA. They have taken down several department websites, including the website that stores global CO2 data from observations taken in Hawaii. That data is still accessible here. keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

submitted 17 days ago • 36 comments

🦬 This land is your land. This government is your government. Don't let them take it without a fight.

submitted 18 days ago • 63 comments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows.

submitted 17 days ago • 41 comments

While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.

submitted 17 days ago • 285 comments