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Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work
Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
www.npr.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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We are hearing from CDC sources that the communication pause has been indefinitely extended.

Communication is KEY to public health. In addition to not being able to share information with the public, there is no communication with state and local officials, who are vital public health partners.
February 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something
February 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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FIGHT BACK. If you are an employee at CDC your AFGE union is 2883 local. Join here: www.afge2883ga.org
Being a union member is not the same as being in a bargaining unit, but it is the first step to getting there and gives you legal representation by the union.

www.jurist.org/news/2025/01...
US federal employee union sues over Trump administration plan to fire, reclassify government employees
Two unions representing US government workers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging President Trump's efforts to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers, making it easier to fire them. The American Fe...
www.jurist.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Good morning!
Workers in DC are fighting to block Musk's minions.

"About 100 Federal employees and supporters...blocked the doors to...‘data miners’....The small group of young men eventually left without entering after the protesters would not let them near the front doors." dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/02/f...
Federal Workers Block Doors of Admin Building Over Elon Musk Data Breach - DCMediaGroup
Nearly 100 Federal employees took part in a protest now into its second day of a takeover by Elon Musk surrogates of the high administration arm of the Federal government. Photo: DCMediaGroup Washingt...
dcmediagroup.us
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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If Air Traffic Controllers (including women, people of color, and LGBTQ individuals) are not kept in their positions, it will become incredibly unsafe to fly in this country.
Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’ pay.
apnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM