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Opens mouth. Closes mouth. WTF?????

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Sure Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the CNO....but they fired the top JAG's in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Why would you fire the top lawyers in the armed services at night on a Friday? That's the part you should be freaking out about.

submitted 1 day ago • 317 comments

They could try "I don't have the authority to mass fire these workers without cause and neither do you"

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

submitted 4 days ago • 839 comments

Sometimes, "Move fast, break things," just results in a lot of broken things.

submitted 4 days ago • 62 comments

Look, I love Executive Orders. And I [huge eyeroll] helped write a couple. But EOs are not laws. They are polite requests to executive branch agencies who if they want to, can say, “we are working to achieve the objectives outlined in the Executive Order, and will update you in the future. [laughs]”

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Criminals are running amok inside our government and nothing will be done about it because—oh, that’s right!—America voted for a convicted criminal to be in charge of all federal law enforcement See how that works

submitted 4 days ago • 346 comments

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

submitted 6 days ago • 186 comments

For probationary federal employees who have been terminated:

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 8 days ago • 78 comments

This website is compiling resources and information that can help #FederalEmployees navigate the hellstorm unleahed on them. (I can vouch for the website - you don’t need to create an account or enter any personal data. It’s just a clearinghouse of info.) civicactionhubmd.com/home/for-fed...

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

submitted 9 days ago • 791 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

Four FEMA officials were fired for not following illegal orders to withhold spending. The White House is saying of judicial decisions: "These unlawful injunctions are a continuation of the weaponization of justice against President Trump." These are not warning signs. This is happening now.

submitted 11 days ago • 58 comments

The federal government is also the largest employer in the the entire state of Alaska!

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

The NIH Notice about the new indirect cost rate "plan"

submitted 14 days ago • 8 comments

They are who we think they are

submitted 15 days ago • 607 comments

Musk & Trump have no qualms about firing tens of thousands of dedicated civil servants, but a DOGE staffer who RECENTLY tweeted tons of racist stuff including, literally, “I was racist before it was cool”? He's a retention priority. www.aol.com/bring-him-ba...

submitted 15 days ago • 16 comments

That everyone is just sitting back watching private citizens openly hacking into government systems shows what dangerous times we live in. That their made-up “agency” is named after a canine internet meme shows what stupid times we live in.

submitted 15 days ago • 225 comments

submitted 16 days ago • 12 comments

"By confirming Russell Vought—an architect of Project 2025—they have empowered someone whose sole mission is to impose a radical right-wing agenda on the American people." Ranking Member @congressmanboyle.bsky.social on Senate Republicans voting to confirm Vought as OMB Director. ⤵️

submitted 16 days ago • 12 comments

Federal workers ordered back to offices (breaking their contractual agreements) at the same time GSA is ordered to end leases for giving those federal workers a place to work (breaking their contractual agreements). I’m not missing something, am I? (Don’t get me started on the illegal impoundment.)

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Oh shit, we're only in the 3rd week and already doing ethnic cleansing?

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

Coming for NSBE and SWE??

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

It’s hard to tell if America is now an oligarchy, a dictatorship, a plutocracy, an autocracy, a pathocracy, a kleptocracy, a theocracy, a kakistocracy, or an idiocracy.

submitted 18 days ago • 84 comments

@schumer.senate.gov - Put an indefinite hold on Vought for OMB. Musk involvement in government must be repudiated. These guys are terrorists. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

If you don’t think this is a hostile takeover of our government, have I got some crypto to sell you.

submitted 22 days ago • 70 comments

No one elected Elon Musk. As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences. We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.

submitted 20 days ago • 3503 comments

Career Federal Civil Workers are heroes. Thank you for your public service.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

submitted 21 days ago • 166 comments

🚨 CDC folks 🚨 This is what Elon did at Tesla. Please take care to read this thread and warn your coworkers.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

📣 Federal workers 📣 Make sure you log into the eOPF system to download copies of your official employment records and store them in a safe location. Important records include: SF-50, SF-52, offer letters, past performance evaluations, financial disclosure forms, etc.

submitted 21 days ago • 17 comments

For all federal employees: Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs. If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.

submitted 21 days ago • 329 comments

What I should have done in the beginning - here's a starter pack of 20-odd experts who journalists or others might want to read/talk to to understand the gutting of the administrative state (as opposed to broad decline of democracy etc). I've focused on academics go.bsky.app/MaC7vnv

submitted 22 days ago • 166 comments