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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 29m

A clear majority of Americans agree: it’s time to fix the looming health care crisis and end this shutdown NOW.

Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 4h

By a +19-point margin, voters say that Democrats should only vote for a government funding bill that reverses Republican health care cuts.

www.dataforprogress.org/datasets/oct...

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Voters Agree That Democrats Should Only Vote for a Funding Bill if It Reverses Republican Health Care Cuts.
Description: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Republicans' health care cuts will kick millions off their plans and hike health care premiums by an average of 75% for those who can stay insured. Democrats in Congress should only vote for a government funding bill that reverses Republican health care cuts, even if that means the government shutdown continues.
All likely voters — Agree: 54%, Disagree: 34%
Democrat — Agree: 79%, Disagree: 10%
Independent / Third party — Agree: 50%, Disagree: 34%
Republican — Agree: 30%, Disagree: 58%

October 3–6, 2025 survey of 1,232 U.S. likely voters.

People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 2h

Federal workers aren’t pawns in political games. They’re essential workers that make our communities and essential services run every day.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

Call Congress NOW: act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 23h

Threatening to not give federal workers back pay after the government shutdown ends is a cruel and illegal attack on the federal workers who make our country run.

Trump Plans to Stiff Federal Workers Furloughed During Shutdown

The Trump administration wants to withhold backpay from thousands of federal employees.

newrepublic.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 1d

If they were serious about “fixing health care,” they would be doing everything they could to extend the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits so working families don’t have to pay more than DOUBLE for their health insurance premiums.

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration claims they’re trying to help working people by *checks notes* making it harder for them to get Social Security checks??

After a lifetime of work, seniors should not have to choose between paying their rent or paying for groceries. archive.ph/ZDbA2

archive.ph

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump admin has made it clear they don’t mind that working families’ insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE if they don’t extend the ACA tax credits.

Tell Congress to act NOW:
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

CALL: Stop the Shutdown and the Cuts to Working Families

The federal government is shutting down because the Trump administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing. Countless jobs, the essential government services we all rely on and the econ...

act.aflcio.org

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 4d

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer can’t say that the economy is doing great even on the friendliest of news stations because it’s not doing great for America’s workers.

Labor Secretary Confronted on Fox News Over Trump’s Terrible Economy

Lori Chavez-DeRemer had a tough time pushing her talking points on Fox.

newrepublic.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 5d

Project 2025 was always the goal. They’ve implemented half of it already & now they’re going for the rest. Working people are paying the price. apnews.com/article/trum...

Headline: Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals.

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 5d

We’re not surprised that the guy whose TV show slogan was “you’re fired,” likes to “have a little fun” when talking about laying off federal workers who have bills to pay and children to support.

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 5d

Communities like Tampa rely on NOAA to accurately predict hurricane paths. It keeps millions of families safe from natural disasters.

Over the last 20 years, forecasting has improved, but DOGE’s cuts to NOAA threaten all that progress.

Cutting NOAA will hurt hurricane preparedness in Florida | Column

Storm forecasting has improved in the last 20 years. Why go backward now?

www.tampabay.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 6d

No matter how much they denied it: It has always been about Project 2025.

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 6d

Do you like airport security?
Do you like food safety inspectors?
Do you want cancer researchers to continue their work?

The Trump admin is threatening to fire them and more workers during the government shutdown. Federal workers are not pawns in political games.

AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 7d

Federal workers are locked out of their jobs or working without pay because of the Trump shutdown.

Food inspectors.
Air traffic controllers.
VA hospital staff and more.

Federal workers aren’t pawns in political games—they’re essential. #FundTheGovernment

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 6d

Apparently making sure health insurance premiums don’t double for 22 million people isn’t urgent work, but Trump’s $200 million vanity ballroom must continue.

Glad they have their priorities straight.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 7d

The Trump administration has announced construction of the White House ballroom will continue during the government shutdown.

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 6d

The National Weather Service does critical weather tracking that keeps people safe from storms and natural disasters. But the Trump admin’s Project 2025/DOGE cuts to the agency are pushing staff to their breaking point. Cuts are putting lives at risk.

National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches

The National Weather Service is struggling to maintain its forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration.

www.washingtonpost.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 7d

On top of EJ Antoni liking Nazi warships, running a creepy anonymous Twitter account and being at the Capitol on January 6th, he was not remotely qualified to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

His nomination being pulled is a win for all working people.

White House withdraws E.J. Antoni's nomination to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trump fired the previous BLS chief after claiming, without evidence, that the jobs report was "rigged."

www.nbcnews.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 7d

Federal workers have been attacked over and over by the DOGE/Project 2025 agenda. Federal workers keep our services running every day—they’re not pawns in political games. Tell Congress: fund the government, fix the health care crisis and put workers first! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

Stop the Trump shutdown and fix the looming health care crisis | AFL-CIO

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 8d

Project 2025 architect turned OMB Director Russ Vought wasn’t mad that Elon Musk and DOGE were breaking the government—he was mad that they were being so public about it.

Trump Lackey Fumed at Musk in Secret MAGA Civil War Clash

Budget bigwig Russell Vought appears to have quietly railed against the perceived messiness of the DOGE chief’s slash-and-burn attacks on federal bureaucracy.

www.thedailybeast.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 9d

The Trump admin’s economic policies aren’t helping workers to make ends meet. An even bigger health care crisis would be catastrophic for everyone. Congress MUST permanently extend the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits. Millions of lives depend on it.

These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown

Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit

www.usatoday.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 9d

“I kept comparing [DOGE] to a natural disaster…but it wasn’t natural.”

DOGE was never about efficiency—they took a wrecking ball to our essential services so their billionaire friends could swoop in and make even more money they don’t need.

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 13d

Firing federal workers and gutting our essential services is making it harder for working people to make ends meet. DOGE is pushing the federal workers who are still in their jobs—like the people who send out Social Security checks—to their breaking point.

A Diminished Social Security Work Force, and Its Customers, Feel the Strain

www.nytimes.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 13d

Just how much money did the DOGE bros making working people spend on their makeshift office bedrooms, ping pong tables, muscle milk and security?

Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details

A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.

www.wired.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 14d

We’re happy that some federal workers have the opportunity to get their jobs back, but they never should have been fired in the first place.

Everybody but DOGE knew that firing federal workers wouldn’t make our essential government services more efficient.

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

www.cnn.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 14d

Nearly 1 million federal workers had their union rights ripped away by President Trump. But, we have a bipartisan bill to stop his disgusting union-busting.

Tell your senators: cosponsor the Protect America’s Workforce Act!

📲844-994-4554 act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

Tell the Senate: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act. Call your Senator: 844-994-4554 | AFL-CIO

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 15d

Cuts to Medicaid in the big, ugly bill are hurting working families and home care workers.

Seniors and people with care needs need their health care more than giant corporations and Elon Musk need another tax break.

Colorado families caring for disabled adults to see cut in Medicaid pay

For years, family caregivers received a higher reimbursement from Medicaid than “host homes” where a handful of people with disabilities live with one or more people in charge of their …

www.denverpost.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 15d

We won’t let VA Secretary Doug Collins gut workers’ union rights without a fight.

Veterans, VA workers and allies gathered at the Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington D.C. to tell Secretary Collins to stop privatization and restore VA workers’ collective bargaining rights NOW!

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