Federal employees should never be used as political pawns in shutdown negotiations.
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Federal employees should never be used as political pawns in shutdown negotiations.
They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for inserting partisan political statements into furloughed employees’ automatic out-of-office replies during the government shutdown without their consent.
democracyforward.org
October 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for inserting partisan political statements into furloughed employees’ automatic out-of-office replies during the government shutdown without their consent.
And using Federal Employees as pawns for political negotiations
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And using Federal Employees as pawns for political negotiations
8/ What could Trump demand as part of a quiet loyalty pledge?
Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
8/ What could Trump demand as part of a quiet loyalty pledge?
Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
Federal employees across the government are now receiving layoff notices, a devastating outcome of Trump’s political games. It’s outrageous that he would use people’s livelihoods as pawns to “score political points”.
October 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Federal employees across the government are now receiving layoff notices, a devastating outcome of Trump’s political games. It’s outrageous that he would use people’s livelihoods as pawns to “score political points”.
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump has explicitly stated that he is terminating federal employees based on political affiliation. Data is currently being collected, but layoff notices have already gone out to employees at the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy,
October 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump has explicitly stated that he is terminating federal employees based on political affiliation. Data is currently being collected, but layoff notices have already gone out to employees at the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy,
False. Other than (perhaps) political appointees, federal employees work for the people, not the president.
Duffy: "This whole movement is potentially gonna make people go, 'I'm gonna come to work earlier. I'm gonna stay later. I'm gonna look at what Donald Trump wants me to accomplish because he won the election, and I'm gonna fight and work to make sure I help him accomplish that ... I work for POTUS.'"
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
False. Other than (perhaps) political appointees, federal employees work for the people, not the president.
Trump has ordered criminal investigations into more than 50 federal employees so far, including former intelligence officials, political rivals, and even members of his own administration. He has declared some “guilty of treason,”
May 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Trump has ordered criminal investigations into more than 50 federal employees so far, including former intelligence officials, political rivals, and even members of his own administration. He has declared some “guilty of treason,”
Trump just signed order "reclassifying" ~8,000 civil servants so they are easier to fire for political reasons -- this has been in the works since his first term www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Trump signs order moving thousands of federal employees into Schedule F
Roughly 8,000 career federal employees were stripped of their civil service protections Wednesday, making them effectively at-will employees.
www.govexec.com
June 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Trump just signed order "reclassifying" ~8,000 civil servants so they are easier to fire for political reasons -- this has been in the works since his first term www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
September 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
Trump has signed an executive order reclassifying nearly 8,000 federal employees in policy-related positions, stripping away long-standing civil service protections that previously shielded them from political dismissal.
June 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Trump has signed an executive order reclassifying nearly 8,000 federal employees in policy-related positions, stripping away long-standing civil service protections that previously shielded them from political dismissal.
UCLA employees have been told "not to be political" when talking about what happened.
Once student at UCLA was on her knees with her hands up, obeying cops commands and they just kept shooting her over and over with rubber bullets.
May 4, 2024 at 4:44 AM
UCLA employees have been told "not to be political" when talking about what happened.
Federal employees have been losing their jobs after sting operations engineered by political provocateur James O'Keefe. Now some of them are fighting back in court.
Federal workers sue over sting operations by political provocateur James O'Keefe
Federal employees have been losing their jobs after sting operations engineered by political provocateur James O'Keefe. Now some of them are fighting back in court.
n.pr
March 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Federal employees have been losing their jobs after sting operations engineered by political provocateur James O'Keefe. Now some of them are fighting back in court.
It violates federal appropriations laws that prohibit government funds from being used on “propaganda,” as well as the Hatch Act, which bars government employees from engaging in political activities while on the job.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
September 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
It violates federal appropriations laws that prohibit government funds from being used on “propaganda,” as well as the Hatch Act, which bars government employees from engaging in political activities while on the job.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
The Trump administration’s rebranded Schedule F policy aims to reclassify federal employees in policy roles as at-will, removing civil service protections. This will politicize agencies by allowing dismissals based on political alignment.
January 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Trump administration’s rebranded Schedule F policy aims to reclassify federal employees in policy roles as at-will, removing civil service protections. This will politicize agencies by allowing dismissals based on political alignment.
So happy I can get political on here and express my true opinions like, Halloween needs to be federally mandated half day for all employees.
November 17, 2024 at 4:31 PM
So happy I can get political on here and express my true opinions like, Halloween needs to be federally mandated half day for all employees.
you can just look at the donations -- this is not the case! anthropic employees' political donations are 99% to Democrats, and disproportionately to politicians who want to regulate their employer. anthropic employees' support for a Alaska politician promising a moratorium was a microscandal!
like the stories don't mention that the Trump administration has lobotomized our cybersecurity, privacy, and public safety regulators, and most of these young tech guys either didn't vote, or supported that
that seems relevant to the conversation me thinks
that seems relevant to the conversation me thinks
September 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM
you can just look at the donations -- this is not the case! anthropic employees' political donations are 99% to Democrats, and disproportionately to politicians who want to regulate their employer. anthropic employees' support for a Alaska politician promising a moratorium was a microscandal!
Terrifying numbers in latest annual survey of federal workers from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social.
For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet.
Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force
For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet.
Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force
March 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Terrifying numbers in latest annual survey of federal workers from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social.
For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet.
Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force
For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet.
Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force
Today’s decision in Slaughter will destroy the independence of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which will have a cascading effect on all federal employees, who have been free from political interference for 150 years. The spoils system is back, baby!
June 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Today’s decision in Slaughter will destroy the independence of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which will have a cascading effect on all federal employees, who have been free from political interference for 150 years. The spoils system is back, baby!
🚨BREAKING: Federal officials acknowledged that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees coordinated with a political advocacy group on a “voter data agreement” aimed at analyzing voter rolls in an effort to challenge election outcomes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOGE worked with political group to probe voter rolls, Trump admin admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal officials acknowledged that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees coordinated with a political advocacy group on a “voter data agreement” aimed at analyzing voter rolls in an effort to challenge election outcomes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
@michaelbennet.bsky.social
Hatch Act (1939) ensures federal programs "are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation"
Hatch Act (1939) ensures federal programs "are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation"
October 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@michaelbennet.bsky.social
Hatch Act (1939) ensures federal programs "are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation"
Hatch Act (1939) ensures federal programs "are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation"
The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...