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Chris Muravez

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Father, Army Veteran, Recovering Adjunct English Professor. All views expressed by me on this and all other social media platforms are as a private citizen.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 15

Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.

From the fednews community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the fednews community

www.reddit.com

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Apr 2

I wrote a short piece for The Chamberlain Network on the use of military facilities for migrant deportations.

A Shameful Policy — The Chamberlain Network

As a veteran, when I read that the Trump administration wants to use military facilities to detain migrants – including in my home state of California – I cannot help but be embarrassed, once again, b...

www.chamberlainnetwork.us

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Feb 24

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 24

These billionaires are singlehandedly destroying people's lives across the country and then have the gall to mock them for it.

'Cried about Trump, Elon': US President shares SpongeBob meme to mock federal workers after work email outcry

US President Donald Trump used a Spongebob meme to mock federal workers after they expressed frustration and anger over Elon Musk's email. This was in support of Musk aftef an email was sent out by th...

m.economictimes.com

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 22

when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”
- Carl Sagan

Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 22

when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority;

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 22

"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries;

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 22

Yeah but what if you're on leave, especially extended leave like parental?

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Alex Timmons @a1extimmons.bsky.social · Feb 21

Every fucking day it’s something.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 20

Do we now still pledge to each

other our lives, our fortunes,

our sacred honor.

There are no kings in America.

Only gilded men we can topple

again and again.

There are no kings in America

We are sanctuary for the hungry, the homeless, the huddled, held together by an idea our immigrant fathers believed in. What do we say to our immigrant fathers who held certain truths to be self-evide...

www.poetryfoundation.org

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 19

Unemployment is run by the states, so a federal employee pays into the state taxes, income and etc., in where they reside. So a laid off fed will file for unemployment in their home state.

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Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · Feb 19

I was electrocuted, beaten, stabbed in the leg and starved after being captured while defending my home and family in Mariupol.
We held back Putin’s invasion for several weeks while Russia slaughtered over 25,000 predominantly Russian speaking Ukrainians including women and children.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 18

"A CDC employee who was charged with preventing the introduction of zoonotic diseases (those that jump from animals to humans), had assumed they'd be safe from layoffs because their work involved national security and border control. They'd recently received a CDC award of excellence for their work"

Health agencies lose staff in key areas as Trump firings set in

As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut, and the impact of the roles that were lost.

www.npr.org

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 17

Everything I'll post should be interpreted as my own individual viewpoint and a matter of public concern. I will exercise my first amendment rights to the fullest extent allowed by my position.

Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 17

I took a job with the Federal government to support our growing family while maintaining my values of service. I will not go into details about my position or agency because I need to be careful about what I post on social media. That being said, I will also not be silent.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 17

Wow I did not expect my post about the federal layoffs to take off like it has. Thanks to everyone who reposted it. And hello to everyone who started following. Let me introduce myself. I'm a disabled veteran and father of three. I used to be an adjunct English Professor until we had more kids.

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · Feb 16

A government employee went mega-viral after she SPOKE OUT against Musk's firing on HIS OWN APP.

Now she's coming on my channel to share her story.

Interview premieres at 7:00pm on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQx...

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 17

Well yeah, that goes without saying.

Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 16

There's definitely an argument to be made for restructuring the government workforce but it shouldn't be so damaging. Comparing the civil service to public sector misses the fact that businesses have a profit motive, government does and should not.

Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 16

Just to clarify, I am.not affected by these layoffs. My thread contains quotes from the Reddit thread I shared.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 16

No, I have not been laid off as of today. This just came to my attention and needed to share what is happening to federal employees.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 16

Thanks for sharing it, and I'm shocked at how much this has taken off. Glad my wife knows people who know people.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · Feb 15

Well, shit.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 15

Well, over 77 million Americans voted for him, so I'm sure there are some.

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 15

"I really can’t do this anymore. This was my dream job [...] To be told by my supervisor that there’s likely nothing they can do and to look for other jobs felt like suffocating. I don’t know how to continue on, I really don’t. I don’t want another job. I want the job I had."

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Chris Muravez @chrismuravez.bsky.social · Feb 15

"FAA employee. Got the call during Valentine’s dinner with the wife. Was told to get back to computer and wait for two emails, then they are shutting down my access. Job duties related to airports and airspace. Expecting this email to say, “fuck you <3 Elon”

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