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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16h

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed.

💯 you do NOT deserve this.

Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice:
❌ Do not send a read receipt
❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response
✅ Forward notice to your personal email

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h

RIFed:

OSSAM - Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management

Let this sink in. They are getting rid of federal employees tasked w/ protecting sensitive public health data - that we would NOT want foreign entities to get access to.

(Foreign entities - China, etc. But can we add Vought🤮💩 too?)

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 10h

You make us safer every day and many, many other countries value what you all do 🙏❤️

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

Seems like the IRS is trying to dirty delete the email saying all employees would receive backpay once the shutdown was over.

You want a fight? You've found it.

We're not backing down, and we know the attempts to deny furloughed feds backpay is illegal.

federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

IRS backtracks on back pay guarantee for furloughed employees

An IRS employee told Federal News Network that earlier guidance emailed to employees on Wednesday was automatically deleted from their inboxes by Thursday.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 2d

A look at the impact of USAID's to individual Americans, partners abroad, and to U.S. influence in the world.

The fallout from the dismantling of USAID continues

U.S. foreign aid cuts cripple health programs, cost jobs, and erode decades of global trust and influence.

www.newsweek.com

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Neil Hillhouse (The Haunting Of) @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Just like shutting down USAID, mindlessly cancelling grants en masse has some pretty fucking real consequences

NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 3d

Bullies and liars.

On Tuesday, the Trump admin said furloughed feds were not guaranteed back pay. On Wednesday, it sent notices saying they were

Just one day after taking a different argument, the Trump administration notes federal law guarantees back pay for employees sent home during a shutdown.

www.govexec.com

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Devex @devex.com · 3d

Former USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore highlights the strategic value of U.S. foreign assistance, asserting that it is essential soft power, not just charity.

Watch the full conversation⬇️
www.devex.com/news/early-pr...

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Anna Hickey @annahickey.bsky.social · 3d

I recorded a @lawfaremedia.org podcast with @nickkristof.bsky.social about what the end of USAID means for the people who had relied on it and it's heartbreaking. The wholesale destruction of the agency by this administration will have consequences for decades to come. youtu.be/HfxfXuHBz6c?...

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 3d

"Asked who is to blame for the loss of his [two-year old] son, Taher is direct: the United States.

“In the camps, we survive only on rations,” he says. “Without rations, we have nothing — no food, no medicine, no chance to live.”

#USAIDsaveslives

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 3d

"We are seeing ]the destruction of our democracy] in real time with a president who is asking us to do things that are illegal and harmful to the American public," [said Jenna Norton, with the National Institutes of Health, speaking in her personal capacity].

@altnih4science.bsky.social #altgov

Why some federal workers aren't scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

www.npr.org

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 4d

Let me be clear: backpay for these workers is required under a federal law I wrote with former Senator Cardin — which Trump signed — during the last Trump shutdown.

This is just more fear mongering from a president who wants a blank check for lawlessness. It won't work.

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI @megkelly.bsky.social discusses her team's reporting on the Trump administration's USAID funding pause, which resulted in the deaths of children from curable diseases around the world.

www.wnyc.org/story/the-ch...

The Children Who've Died Waiting for USAID Medications | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

The Washington Post's Meg Kelly discusses her team's reporting on the Trump administration's USAID funding pause, which resulted in the deaths of children from curable diseases.

www.wnyc.org

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 4d

😂 😆 🇺🇸

A Google Maps satellite view of suburban America where someone renamed a street “USAID Forever Circle” near a right-wing official’s house. Proof that public service lives rent-free in their neighborhood and now, apparently, on their block.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 5d

Le Monde reports that Belgium can legally seize USAID contraceptive stock that Trump ordered destroyed. The stock worth millions sits unused in Geel kept by Kuehne and Nagel as US agencies stay silent. Taxpayers pay storage while urgent aid is denied.

USAID contraceptives in Belgium: 'This stock in perfect condition must be seized to meet urgent needs'

OP-ED. Four legal experts argue that Belgium has the legal basis and political legitimacy to seize the stockpile of contraceptives that the Trump administration is threatening to destroy.

www.lemonde.fr

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 5d

Alex Natsios speaks with Colombian-American Andrea Uribe, about "her personal journey from growing up in Medellin during a tumultuous time to her work with USAID projects across various countries."

From Medellín’s Warzone to Washington DC | A Conversation with Andrea Uribe

YouTube video by Unsung Americans

www.youtube.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 9d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 6d

Event at Center for Global Development--streaming and in-person.

#annualmeetings | Center for Global Development

This is a critical moment for global health financing. Aid is declining, fiscal budgets are tightening and multilateral institutions are facing repeated calls for reform. A constructive dialogue on su...

www.linkedin.com

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump administration has been shutting down the government & slashing public services for months. 12% of the federal workforce has already been cut. This is not about numbers. It’s about power. But together, we will win. Read: prospect.org/politics/202... #SaveOurServices #SupportFederalWorkers

The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months

Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not.

prospect.org

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 7d

The truth is, the government has been shutting down since January. Mass illegal firings, withholding funds, censorship, corruption. Making this fight about medicaid subsidies is fine. But no democrat should be voting to fund a dictatorship.

Call your dems and tell them to hold the line

5calls.org

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 6d

Another episode of Unsung Americans with Alex Natsios, talking to Melissa Hunter about her path into service, and experiences with international development assistance.

A Life Shaped by Community and Compassion | A Deeper Conversation with Melissa Hunter

YouTube video by Unsung Americans

www.youtube.com

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 9d

It’s a very “Christian” thing to deny emergency care to those in need.

Wait- OMG, it isn’t???

Pro-life isn’t actually what they care about?

I should listen to the Pope?

www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

www.npr.org

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8d

Your words, asshole. 🍊💩
"If there was a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one who has to get people together."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbmN...

Trump in 2013 on avoiding a shutdown—“You have to get everyone in a room"

YouTube video by Senator Chuck Schumer

www.youtube.com

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