WanderingFloridian
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New here, porting over from other social media. Also find me at: https://substack.com/@wanderingfloridian
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Elon Musk is pushing to end phone services at Social Security, which 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned government benefits.
March 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Elon Musk is pushing to end phone services at Social Security, which 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned government benefits.
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NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
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“Trump’s shift towards a more industry-friendly stance has been underlined by his choice of a lumber exec lead the Forest Service, which just fired 2,000 workers amid a purge led by Musk, also recently seen wielding a chainsaw.”
“Schultz replaces Randy Moore, the 1st black person to lead the USFS.”
“Schultz replaces Randy Moore, the 1st black person to lead the USFS.”
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Trump’s shift towards a more industry-friendly stance has been underlined by his choice of a lumber exec lead the Forest Service, which just fired 2,000 workers amid a purge led by Musk, also recently seen wielding a chainsaw.”
“Schultz replaces Randy Moore, the 1st black person to lead the USFS.”
“Schultz replaces Randy Moore, the 1st black person to lead the USFS.”
Great show. Great quote. (We haven't lost yet.) [Credit to #WildGreenMemes on FB, but the share link didn't show the image.
March 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Great show. Great quote. (We haven't lost yet.) [Credit to #WildGreenMemes on FB, but the share link didn't show the image.
When your house has a couple broken windows, you fix the windows. When you use a wrecking ball, you shouldn't be surprised when load-bearing walls get smashed and go "oops, lemme look for those blueprints in this rubble...oh wait, I burned those last week, 'cause who needed them anyway?"
March 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
When your house has a couple broken windows, you fix the windows. When you use a wrecking ball, you shouldn't be surprised when load-bearing walls get smashed and go "oops, lemme look for those blueprints in this rubble...oh wait, I burned those last week, 'cause who needed them anyway?"
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#AltFam #AltGov
From the lawyers and policy experts at @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/what-fe... #Legal #DOGE #FederalWorkforce #RIF #KowYourRights @altnps.bsky.social @altusfs.bsky.social
From the lawyers and policy experts at @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/what-fe... #Legal #DOGE #FederalWorkforce #RIF #KowYourRights @altnps.bsky.social @altusfs.bsky.social
What federal workers can do to protect themselves - Protect Democracy
A list of resources for civil servants navigating attacks on the federal workforce, including actions to take ASAP, knowing your rights, and where to find legal or other support.
protectdemocracy.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
#AltFam #AltGov
From the lawyers and policy experts at @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/what-fe... #Legal #DOGE #FederalWorkforce #RIF #KowYourRights @altnps.bsky.social @altusfs.bsky.social
From the lawyers and policy experts at @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/what-fe... #Legal #DOGE #FederalWorkforce #RIF #KowYourRights @altnps.bsky.social @altusfs.bsky.social
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Feds, take care of yourself. If you have any feelings of harming yourself, please call or text 988. Or call 1 800 273 8255!
This Fed loves you guys and wants you to be here.
Be kind to yourself, #altgov
This Fed loves you guys and wants you to be here.
Be kind to yourself, #altgov
February 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Feds, take care of yourself. If you have any feelings of harming yourself, please call or text 988. Or call 1 800 273 8255!
This Fed loves you guys and wants you to be here.
Be kind to yourself, #altgov
This Fed loves you guys and wants you to be here.
Be kind to yourself, #altgov
America's true "trickle-down economics" comes through the civil service, & the federal grant & contracting pipelines. The return on investment is huge. We're all about get an incredibly hard economic lesson on how much "useless," "wasteful" agencies and their "lazy" workers provide.
February 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
America's true "trickle-down economics" comes through the civil service, & the federal grant & contracting pipelines. The return on investment is huge. We're all about get an incredibly hard economic lesson on how much "useless," "wasteful" agencies and their "lazy" workers provide.
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Mood, supplied by one of my all time favorite musical groups. "Oxygen Red," by Enigma, Fall of a Rebel Angel. (Play it loud! ;) ). open.spotify.com/track/0boM0h...
Oxygen Red
Enigma, Anggun · The Fall Of A Rebel Angel · Song · 2016
open.spotify.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Mood, supplied by one of my all time favorite musical groups. "Oxygen Red," by Enigma, Fall of a Rebel Angel. (Play it loud! ;) ). open.spotify.com/track/0boM0h...