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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 2h

@fedworkersunited.bsky.social DMV Hub organizers & friends at the Senate today calling on senators to #holdtheline for a #FightingCR

Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 2d

Save #FEMA! Climate disasters are on the rise and Americans need a fully staffed and funded FEMA. Don't let Kristi Noem kill it like she killed her dog.

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 5d

Russell Vought tells Trump we need MORE COWBELL -- with cowbell meaning everything on the Project 2025 agenda! When Vought tells Trump to do something, he delivers. Who is really running the government?

Made with apologies to Saturday Night Live.

#dontfearthereaper

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 6d

If they try to pull this, we will gather at OMB. Stay tuned.

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 6d

If Vought tries to RIF federal workers, using the shutdown as an excuse, be ready to rally at OMB, his Fortress of Evil. We’ll announce it here. @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @safa-science.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 6d

"I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC."

youtu.be/mdxraAC-CTk?...

Federal Workers Reaffirm their Oath on eve of Government Shutdown Showdown

YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 6d

"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening."

youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...

Jenna Norton, PhD - (NIH, Bethesda Declaration organizer, mom) *speaking in her personal capacity

YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 6d

Federal workers are speaking out on how the Trump regime is harming Americans:

"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."

youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...

Mark Histed, NIH Scientist *speaking in personal capacity

YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 7d

“American science, the gold-standard and world-leading science and innovation enterprise, is being destroyed….Congress has a rare moment of leverage to check Trump’s executive overreach and it must stand up and do so.”

- @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This US government shutdown is different: what it means for science

President Trump’s budget office lays out guidelines for mass lay-offs across the federal government.

www.nature.com

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CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 8d

The DOGE vibe coders can’t even scale a clock to a screen www.whitehouse.gov/government-s...

The WHITE HOUSE website reads
Democrat Shutdown is Imminent
With a clock displaying 05:32:29 but the numbers look fuzzy because they are improperly scaled

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 8d

Sen. Van Hollen at yesterday's press conference with federal workers: "A lawless president does not get a blank check." #FightingCR

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 10d

Updated graphic -- please share and come out tomorrow to demand a #FightingCR. @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social @savehealthresearch.bsky.social @safa-science.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @freedcproject.bsky.social

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 11d

And follow the Hub on Instagram: instagram.com/fundmvhub

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 11d

Join the FUN DMV Hub for some pre-shutdown solidarity tomorrow.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 12d

The Trump administration is refusing to release our funds for apprenticeships and other job training programs serving women because DEI or something. This grant program was targeted by the women-haters in DOGE.

Thank you @juliesulabor.bsky.social & @rbreich.bsky.social for putting the pressure on.

Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 12d

#womenworkers #WheresWANTO #TradeswomenRising #InvestInWomen #shesnotwaitingshesleading

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 14d

As Texans dealt with deadly flooding, acting FEMA chief David Richardson didn't immediately end his vacation and return to his D.C. office.

He stayed in his truck.

Richardson claimed during his July 23 testimony that he was on the phone with officials the whole time. 🧵⬇️

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 16d

And they are offering a comprehensive Organize to Win training on Oct. 25, patterned on @labornotes.bsky.social’ signature training. Register and spread the word: bit.ly/FUNOTW

Organize to Win, Federal Worker Training Academy - Registration

The Organize to Win: Federal Worker Training Academy is a one-day, in-person training designed to give federal workers the skills, tools, and inspiration they need to build power and organize at their...

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 16d

The @fedworkersunited.bsky.social DMV Hub is now on Instagram! instagram.com/fundmvhub

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 20d

Social Security's former acting chief offered insight into DOGE's takeover: "A bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time.” Read more: www.propublica.org/article/insi...

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

www.propublica.org

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 19d

Federal workers like FUNner Micah Neimeier-Walsh protect workers every day at NIOSH. The agency's research & trainings are the most cost-effective way to test products + prevent harm. But that all changed when DOGE "blew it up." Read how in @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

How Trump Broke Corporate America’s Most Valuable Consultant

Businesses are begging the White House and RFK Jr. to rethink their massive cuts to Niosh, a workplace research agency that saves the US billions of dollars a year.

www.bloomberg.com

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 16d

5️⃣ Workers Fighting Back
HUD lawyers are blowing the whistle:
👉 “We took an oath to the Constitution.”
👉 “This is a deliberate plan to shut down fair housing.”

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 HUD whistleblowers and federal unionists reveal Trump’s appointees have gutted civil rights protections in housing.
Here’s what you need to know: 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

www.nytimes.com

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 16d

And this is why unions are so important. Remember: Even if they don’t recognize your union, you and your colleagues can still act like a union.

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

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🧵⚠️ To our Fellow Feds: Last week, CDC told employees with disabilities to return to the office or use personal leave -- even if unsafe. Union pushback paused this illegal directive. But the fact it was issued and how some supervisors reacted is a wake-up call.

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 18d

9/19/25🙏bravest human I have seen within our borders in ‘25🇺🇸 (unfortunately, this is the continual resistance we need, otherwise it will be normalized)

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 18d

📣📣📣 CALL TO ACTION - 🚨 🚨🚨

A thread on how you can join a growing chorus of federal workers and members of the public pressuring Congress to embrace its power and end the authoritarian takeover #FightingCR

Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 18d

Congress is about to decide whether to stand up to Trump’s lawless power or hand him another blank check. And Trump and Senate Republicans are betting that Democrats will fold, just like they did in March. We can’t let that happen.

Here's the deal:

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