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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Jul 12

Good Afternoon, Team.

DIPLOMACY IS REAL.

To the current, former, and WTF members of the State Department - Thank You!

Your SERVICE is appreciated.

❤️ 🤍 💙

#RIF #StateDepartment #USAID

State Dept lays off 1,350 employees as reorganization nears final phase share.google/N0UrAVreobo4...

State Dept lays off 1,350 employees as reorganization nears final phase

The State Department is trimming back the overall scope of its layoffs, compared to what it told Congress last month, with fewer cuts to the Foreign Service.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Jun 27

Good Evening, team

TELEWORK IS WORK.

About time @gregAbbott fixed this public service travesty.

#SaveCivilService
#DrainTheDOGE
#Texas

After trying to ban it, Abbott signs bill allowing telework | KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station share.google/sMm6DbtcmNjh...

Abbott signs bill allowing telework for all state agencies months after his executive order banning it

The bill garnered bipartisan support after a state study found remote work didn't decrease productivity. The law goes into effect Sept. 1.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Jun 14

Good Evening, Team,

Happy #NoKings day.

And happy THE CONSTITUTION IS REAL day as well.

Stay Strong and see you at the top 💪 💪 ❤️ 💙 💚

#SaveCivilService #BlueCrew #BlueDot #DOGE #MUSK #SCOTUS

Trump DOGE cuts to federal workers blocked by judge share.google/CkEvXjHWUA8C...

Judge blocks Trump DOGE plans for mass firing of federal workers

The Trump administration has already asked the Supreme Court to block an earlier version of the order on efforts to reorganize the federal bureaucracy.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 23

Good Evening, Team,

We NEED MORE reliability than this from our Government.

These #DOGE standards aren't reliable enough for the American public.

#SaveCivilService #X #XisMIA

www.tomsguide.com/computing/li...

X (Twitter) is down — live updates as issues with the social media platform stretch into second day

Second time in as many months

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 23

It
Isn't.

Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 21

Good Afternoon, Team,

TRANSPARENCY IS NON NEGOTIABLE.

What do they not want us to see?

#Scotus #DOGE #SaveCivilService #FOIA

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight over DOGE records

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Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight over DOGE records | CNN Politics

The case raises fundamental questions about the power and transparency of an entity that has slashed agency budgets and government employees with unusual speed and that has inspired a wave of federal ...

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 17

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 16

Good Evening, Team,

BEWILDERING to submit an emergency appeal to the SUPREME COURT instead of just handing over re-org and RIF plans.

Transparent much?

#AFGE #SCOTUS
#SaveCivilService #DrainTheDOGE

Trump brings emergency appeal over mass firings to Supreme Court

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Trump brings emergency appeal over mass firings to Supreme Court | CNN Politics

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a lower court order that has blocked mass firings and major reorganizations at federal agencies, a case that could have enormous c...

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 11

Good Evening, Team,

SANITY PREVAILS.

Wonderful and sane ruling.

#SaveCivilService #DrainTheDOGE
#BlueDot #BlueCrew

Judge halts drastic cuts to agencies being done under Trump executive order

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Judge halts drastic cuts to agencies being done under Trump executive order | CNN Politics

A federal judge is halting the Trump administration from carrying out, under a February executive order, mass firings or major reorganizations of multiple agencies going forward.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 8

Good Morning, Team,

LIKE TWO WEEKS after laying off dedicated #IRS employees, #DOGE and other big brains are now mandating overtime.

Is there a worse case study for organizational management?

#Taxes #SaveCivilService #BlueDot #BlueCrew

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

IRS workers forced into ‘mandatory overtime’ to deal with backlog after DOGE cuts

Processing center employees ordered to work weekends this month to tackle deluge of returns flagged as containing errors amid widespread staff cuts

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 6

Good Morning, Team,

THIS WEEK AND EVERY WEEK we appreciate civil servants.

Thanks to #AFGE for fighting what has become an uphill battle.

Appreciate you.

#SaveCivilService #DrainTheDOGE #BlueDot #BlueCrew

www.afge.org/article/afge...

AFGE Celebrates Government Workers during Public Service Recognition Week

May 5-11 is Public Service Recognition Week. As the largest union representing federal and D.C. government workers, AFGE is proud and honored to help lift the voices of government employees who touch ...

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CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · May 1

Happy #MayDay, DC! 🌹✊🏾

DC is proud to have strong unions and labor protections — and we know they are only as strong as our will to defend them.

Today, we honor the workers and movements that got us here and recommit to lifting up working families.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · May 1

Good Evening, Team.

KEEP UP the good work.

Stay strong and support the cause 💪

#MayDay #SaveCivilService
#LeaderSanders #BlueDot

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Thousands rally against Trump, Musk in nationwide May Day protests: Live updates

Over 1,000 demonstrations and rallies were scheduled in every state and abroad, most being held May 1 – historically known as May Day or International Workers' Day.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 28

I stand by my statement.

Musk is worse than Bezos.

You're entitled to your own opinion.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 28

We're going to have to agree to disagree.

Should Bezos donate $250M, form a DOGE para government group, and spend 12 hours a day on X mocking civil servants, then I would agree.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 28

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Bezos > Musk

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 28

Wrong.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 28

Good Afternoon, Team,

As a REMINDER, the #Tesla #boycott doesn't stop.

#Musk = #DOGE = #MAGA fuel.

If only there was a cheaper alternate EV alternative....

#Slate

www.caranddriver.com/news/a645648...

2027 Slate Truck EV Will Be Very Customizable, Priced Under $28,000

It's the Burger King of trucks: It's affordable, and the nascent brand lets customers 'have it their way' with a lengthy accessory list, including one that turns this pickup into an SUV.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 27

Good Evening, Team

TRAGIC BUT UNSURPRISING news that only 100 days in #maga #congress is already plotting to cut EARNED and promised federal pensions > to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
#DrainTheDOGE #DOGE

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House GOP Drafts Cuts to Federal Employee Pension System

(Bloomberg) -- Federal employee pension benefits are set to be pared back in Republicans’ giant tax and spending package working its way through the US House, another slap at a workforce roiled by Elo...

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 24

Good Morning, Team,

GOOD NEWS - #DOGE has found and halted MORE WASTE.

With #FDA milk quality testing now discontinued, we can all drink our milk knowing more FRAUD, WASTE and ABUSE has been eliminated. 🤡

#HHS #NIH #TESLA #MUSK
#DrainTheDOGE #Kingpin #DOI #CDC

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · Apr 24

With heavy hearts, we encourage you to read these parting thoughts from one of our colleagues. 💔

The loss of thousands like him is hard to fathom. The reality hasn't fully sunk in.

But this much is true: We will continue the fight together in whatever ways we can.

Egan Reich @eganreich.bsky.social · Apr 23

🧵 I’ve submitted my resignation, and my 14+-year career at the U.S. Department of Labor is over.

I’ll save my anger for later. I’m one of thousands, not special, but I want to say how grateful I am for the profound and precious place I’m leaving.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 23

No sane person has an issue with efficiency. We already have IGs and GAO.
#DOGE isn't that.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 23

Good Morning, Team,

As a REMINDER, the #tesla #boycott REMAINS IN PLACE.

People don't donate a quarter BILLION (and counting) dollars to a cause and walk away.

Tesla = #DOGE and #MAGA fuel. They are forever linked.

Stay calm and keep shorting $tsla.

#DrainTheDOGE
#SaveCivilService

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 21

Good Evening, Team,

SUPPORTING Civil Service is a multinational effort.

Generally "Bonkers Crazy pants" is not how you want your proposed reorg described.

#DOS #HHS #EPA #NIH #BlueDot #SaveCivilService #50501

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Trump Reportedly Has “Bonkers Crazypants” Plan to Wreck State Dept.

A leaked document exposes just how far Donald Trump will go to overhaul the State Department.

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