Calling ordinary Americans who are worried about their water bills and power grids secret communists is a cynical attempt to discredit a legitimate grassroots movement. The people showing up to these meetings aren’t agents of china. They’re your neighbors.

“If agencies are choosing to require the questions, contrary to OPM guidance, that’s not our decision.”

You shouldn’t have to pledge loyalty to the Trump administration or any political figure to get a federal job.

One individual reported being unable to apply for positions at the Justice Department, OSHA, and the Defense Health Agency without completing the loyalty questions.

OPM responded claiming agencies are changing the default setting to make the questions required on their own.

What ever happened to HIPPA??

Jackson’s lone dissent was a direct rejection of the whole framing she argued this is medical regulation, not speech regulation, and the majority’s logic threatens states’ ability to regulate healthcare at all.

or it’s government picking winners in a speech debate. That’s actually a double-edged sword for the right. Kagan’s concurrence implies that laws banning gender-affirming care affirmation therapy could also be challenged on the same grounds. She was essentially warning be careful what you wish for.

The USDA has already lost 27,000 employees (27% of its entire workforce) since January. And now they’re rolling out Palantir to monitor everyone who’s left. Federal workers, be aware. The tools being put in place around you are not there to help you. They are there to watch you.