People Who Work
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Department of People Who Work for a Living. Providing accountability for Elon and the anti-worker DOGE.
https://deptofpeoplewhowork.org
https://deptofpeoplewhowork.org
DOGE caused so much pain for so many families and it was never about actually saving money.
They fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers and gaslit people by saying they were helping us when they were just making their billionaire friends even richer.
They fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers and gaslit people by saying they were helping us when they were just making their billionaire friends even richer.
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
DOGE caused so much pain for so many families and it was never about actually saving money.
They fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers and gaslit people by saying they were helping us when they were just making their billionaire friends even richer.
They fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers and gaslit people by saying they were helping us when they were just making their billionaire friends even richer.
The Trump admin wants us on the Fyre Festival diet. MAHA!
January 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The Trump admin wants us on the Fyre Festival diet. MAHA!
Thanks to working people across the country making their voices heard, the Trump administration finally came to its senses and reversed its dangerous cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health!
This is the power of our solidarity with federal workers!
This is the power of our solidarity with federal workers!
We’re glad to see this administration has come to their senses to reverse its dangerous cuts to NIOSH. The dedicated safety experts at NIOSH should have never been cut in the first place. Protect workers. Put them back on the job immediately.
US HHS Reverses Deep Cuts to CDC Safety Research Agency Niosh
The Trump Administration is reversing its deep staffing cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, reinstating hundreds of employees.
www.bloomberg.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Thanks to working people across the country making their voices heard, the Trump administration finally came to its senses and reversed its dangerous cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health!
This is the power of our solidarity with federal workers!
This is the power of our solidarity with federal workers!
The Trump administration has made everything cost more, ripped health care away from millions of people and militarized immigration enforcement.
No wonder young people are no longer supporting them.
No wonder young people are no longer supporting them.
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The Trump administration has made everything cost more, ripped health care away from millions of people and militarized immigration enforcement.
No wonder young people are no longer supporting them.
No wonder young people are no longer supporting them.
No federal workers should have been fired in the first place, but spending 10 BILLION to make them not work shows how much the Trump administration doesn’t care about efficiency or helping working people. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/doge-taxpayer-costs-federal-workers
Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers’ paid leave, analysis finds
Analysis estimates Trump administration ‘wasted’ billions to compensate over 154,000 federal employees on leave
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
No federal workers should have been fired in the first place, but spending 10 BILLION to make them not work shows how much the Trump administration doesn’t care about efficiency or helping working people. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/doge-taxpayer-costs-federal-workers
Trump and his DOGE/Project 2025 cronies are planning even MORE attacks on federal workers.
Federal workers keep our communities safe and our essential services running. The Trump admin should fix the agencies they broke, not go and break more.
Federal workers keep our communities safe and our essential services running. The Trump admin should fix the agencies they broke, not go and break more.
Without DOGE’s Chainsaw, Federal Worker Cuts Lean on New Tactics
President Donald Trump kicked more than 300,000 federal workers to the curb during his first year in office. Doing that again will not be easy.
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Trump and his DOGE/Project 2025 cronies are planning even MORE attacks on federal workers.
Federal workers keep our communities safe and our essential services running. The Trump admin should fix the agencies they broke, not go and break more.
Federal workers keep our communities safe and our essential services running. The Trump admin should fix the agencies they broke, not go and break more.
More warning signs for the economy: people are stuck working in multiple part-time jobs more than at any point in the last 25 years.
The Trump administration’s economic policies are hurting working families across the country.
The Trump administration’s economic policies are hurting working families across the country.
More workers are stuck in part-time jobs in warning for the economy
More Americans are stuck in part-time positions or having to patch together multiple jobs to make ends meet, employment data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM
More warning signs for the economy: people are stuck working in multiple part-time jobs more than at any point in the last 25 years.
The Trump administration’s economic policies are hurting working families across the country.
The Trump administration’s economic policies are hurting working families across the country.
The National Weather Service is using AI to replace the federal workers DOGE fired at the agency.
So far, it’s just making stuff up.
So far, it’s just making stuff up.
‘Whata Bod’: An AI-generated NWS map invented fake towns in Idaho
Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, an AI-generated forecast graphic with errors was pulled from NWS sites.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The National Weather Service is using AI to replace the federal workers DOGE fired at the agency.
So far, it’s just making stuff up.
So far, it’s just making stuff up.
335,000 federal workers were fired or forced out by the Trump administration and their Project 2025/DOGE agenda.
Food safety inspectors, Social Security workers, VA workers — are gone and the working people that rely on them are suffering.
Food safety inspectors, Social Security workers, VA workers — are gone and the working people that rely on them are suffering.
Here are the agencies that were cut the most by Trump, new data shows
About 335,000 federal workers left government from January to November 2025, with a vast majority of those people quitting or retiring.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
335,000 federal workers were fired or forced out by the Trump administration and their Project 2025/DOGE agenda.
Food safety inspectors, Social Security workers, VA workers — are gone and the working people that rely on them are suffering.
Food safety inspectors, Social Security workers, VA workers — are gone and the working people that rely on them are suffering.
Fort Greely in Alaska is an Army base that would help shoot down nuclear missiles targeting the United States.
They had to scramble to keep soldiers fed after DOGE cuts forced out base staff.
Great work keeping America safe, DOGE!
They had to scramble to keep soldiers fed after DOGE cuts forced out base staff.
Great work keeping America safe, DOGE!
Exclusive: DOGE cuts prompt scramble to feed troops at remote US base
The remote Army base is responsible for shooting down nuclear missiles targeting the United States.
www.usatoday.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Fort Greely in Alaska is an Army base that would help shoot down nuclear missiles targeting the United States.
They had to scramble to keep soldiers fed after DOGE cuts forced out base staff.
Great work keeping America safe, DOGE!
They had to scramble to keep soldiers fed after DOGE cuts forced out base staff.
Great work keeping America safe, DOGE!
It’s crazy that people aren’t fans of *checks notes* making health care unaffordable for millions, causing prices to rise on everything else, making billionaires richer, and firing the people who make our essential services run.
Truly a mystery why people are mad.
Truly a mystery why people are mad.
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
It’s crazy that people aren’t fans of *checks notes* making health care unaffordable for millions, causing prices to rise on everything else, making billionaires richer, and firing the people who make our essential services run.
Truly a mystery why people are mad.
Truly a mystery why people are mad.
Working people are tired of the DOGE/Project 2025 agenda upending their lives.
Firing the federal workers who make our country run, gutting the Department of Education and deporting our coworkers does nothing to help working people — it hurts all of us.
Firing the federal workers who make our country run, gutting the Department of Education and deporting our coworkers does nothing to help working people — it hurts all of us.
Trump administration implemented nearly half of Project 2025 policies
About half of the policies in the ultra-conservative manifesto have been implemented by the Trump administration, writes Ariana Baio
www.the-independent.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Working people are tired of the DOGE/Project 2025 agenda upending their lives.
Firing the federal workers who make our country run, gutting the Department of Education and deporting our coworkers does nothing to help working people — it hurts all of us.
Firing the federal workers who make our country run, gutting the Department of Education and deporting our coworkers does nothing to help working people — it hurts all of us.
FEMA helps people prepare and respond to disasters and get back on their feet, but DOGE’s cuts to the agency have put millions in the path of destruction.
Down nearly 2,500 workers, these cuts could mean life or death for communities across the country.
Down nearly 2,500 workers, these cuts could mean life or death for communities across the country.
Regional FEMA offices slashed by DOGE face further cuts; disaster response may suffer | Cascadia Daily News
Federal aid already hampered by Trump administration cuts before NW WA flooding
www.cascadiadaily.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
FEMA helps people prepare and respond to disasters and get back on their feet, but DOGE’s cuts to the agency have put millions in the path of destruction.
Down nearly 2,500 workers, these cuts could mean life or death for communities across the country.
Down nearly 2,500 workers, these cuts could mean life or death for communities across the country.
Musk walked away from DOGE, but their allies in Congress didn’t – and they’re still using it to push cuts that hurt workers and hollow out public services.
Can An Old DOGE Learn New Tricks?
Elon Musk has abandoned DOGE, but Republicans are holding on.
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Musk walked away from DOGE, but their allies in Congress didn’t – and they’re still using it to push cuts that hurt workers and hollow out public services.
While billionaires feuded and reconciled behind closed doors, Musk’s DOGE agenda slashed jobs, hollowed out public services, and put working people last. This is what it looks like when politicians put billionaire CEOs over workers.
How Vance brokered a truce between Trump and Musk
As Trump’s first year in office comes to a close, both the president and his allies have learned hard lessons about Musk’s unusual influence.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
While billionaires feuded and reconciled behind closed doors, Musk’s DOGE agenda slashed jobs, hollowed out public services, and put working people last. This is what it looks like when politicians put billionaire CEOs over workers.
It’s been almost a year and DOGE accomplished nothing except tearing through agencies and wrecking the lives of federal workers.
We still don’t really know what Elon Musk’s Doge actually did
Calculating the actual savings and impact of the bulldozing US department that vowed to cut $1tn in waste is difficult
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It’s been almost a year and DOGE accomplished nothing except tearing through agencies and wrecking the lives of federal workers.
This is what happens when you put people in charge of Social Security whose goal is to break Social Security: fired workers, corners cut, and the people who depend on it pay the price.
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is what happens when you put people in charge of Social Security whose goal is to break Social Security: fired workers, corners cut, and the people who depend on it pay the price.
Nearly half of Americans say their financial security is getting worse. Turns out higher costs, job losses, and chaos don’t feel like an “economic comeback” when working people are the ones paying for it.
Nearly half of Americans believe their financial security is getting worse, poll finds
Exclusive poll: Americans are also increasingly blaming the White House for their financial woes
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Nearly half of Americans say their financial security is getting worse. Turns out higher costs, job losses, and chaos don’t feel like an “economic comeback” when working people are the ones paying for it.
A $250 annual pass for non-residents, $100 entry fees at major parks, proof of residency, and a 24 percent staffing cut. Nothing says “public lands” like making them harder to access and worse to run at the same time.
Senators call on Trump administration to pause hike in national park fees
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is calling on the Trump administration to pause its plan to raise national park entrance fees, calling the move “discriminatory.”
thehill.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A $250 annual pass for non-residents, $100 entry fees at major parks, proof of residency, and a 24 percent staffing cut. Nothing says “public lands” like making them harder to access and worse to run at the same time.
Nearly 300,000 federal employees were forced out in 2025 as DOGE and the White House gutted agencies, weakened civil rights protections, and disrupted services people rely on like Social Security and veterans care. That’s not “efficiency.” That’s sabotage. https://wapo.st/3YaJuAR
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Nearly 300,000 federal employees were forced out in 2025 as DOGE and the White House gutted agencies, weakened civil rights protections, and disrupted services people rely on like Social Security and veterans care. That’s not “efficiency.” That’s sabotage. https://wapo.st/3YaJuAR
Don’t be an Elon this holiday season.
This holiday season, scrooges beware - it’s not too late to change your ways and pay your workers fairly.
December 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Don’t be an Elon this holiday season.
DOGE fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers under the guise of reducing spending…then didn’t reduce spending.
Their work did nothing to help anyone, and now working people are suffering the consequences of their essential services being gutted. https://bit.ly/4jb24m4
Their work did nothing to help anyone, and now working people are suffering the consequences of their essential services being gutted. https://bit.ly/4jb24m4
December 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
DOGE fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers under the guise of reducing spending…then didn’t reduce spending.
Their work did nothing to help anyone, and now working people are suffering the consequences of their essential services being gutted. https://bit.ly/4jb24m4
Their work did nothing to help anyone, and now working people are suffering the consequences of their essential services being gutted. https://bit.ly/4jb24m4
The Trump administration’s health care “plan”
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Trump administration’s health care “plan”
2025 is on track to be one of the *worst* years for private sector job growth in decades.
Not the flex you think it is.
Not the flex you think it is.
VARNEY: The latest jobs report showed unemployment hitting 4 year high. You must be disappointed. Do you trust the numbers?
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: When I look at the numbers, I think we saw a solid report
V: Interesting diplomatic move, to say a 4 year high for unemployment is actually good news
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: When I look at the numbers, I think we saw a solid report
V: Interesting diplomatic move, to say a 4 year high for unemployment is actually good news
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
2025 is on track to be one of the *worst* years for private sector job growth in decades.
Not the flex you think it is.
Not the flex you think it is.
Federal workers make our country run. They keep our air and water clean, care for veterans, inspect our workplaces and so much more.
Firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers helps no one and hurts everyone. https://n.pr/4pH2xih
Firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers helps no one and hurts everyone. https://n.pr/4pH2xih
Under Trump, 317,000 workers are out of the government. Here are 3 of their stories
Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees will be out of the government by the end of December.
www.npr.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Federal workers make our country run. They keep our air and water clean, care for veterans, inspect our workplaces and so much more.
Firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers helps no one and hurts everyone. https://n.pr/4pH2xih
Firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers helps no one and hurts everyone. https://n.pr/4pH2xih