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I’m a federal worker and recipient of these emails. I don’t trust any of it.

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Please don’t resign. Your fortitude and bravery by not doing so is recognized by millions and millions of us.

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No worries there. They’ll have to RIF me to get rid of me. 💪

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That’s how Annalise!! Stand your ground!!

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At what point do federal workers start using the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) to sue the individuals, Elon, Amanda, et al for negligence? I haven't seen any articles about this but it seems like an avenue for federal workers to seek some redress for the PII exposure, agency heads stamping this offer as legal without any regard to the actual laws. Genuinely curious.

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Never trust a Trump -- or a Musk.

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We will hold the line.

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The unions will likely get involved.

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To add info on that

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), both federated unions under the AFL-CIO, represent more than 2 million government employees combined; AFGE alone represents nearly 800,000 federal civilian employees.(40%)

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Anything from musk is not a ringing endorsement.

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You’re smart not to. These f-tards say anything that wanders into their pea sized brains.

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Stand strong …..time to fight …..fuck the right

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Notice that that second email didn't mention retaining pensions.

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Smart👍

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Elon Musk is a sick and deranged psychopath. He’s an inhumane WEIRDO, not to mention, um, a Nazi.

I wouldn’t believe a single word, not even a single LETTER, that this vile man writes.

Please DO NOT RESIGN. ❤️🙏

We, the people, support you. We, the people, need you! And most of all, we the people, the millions and millions of us who did not vote for this lunacy, would never want this for our country. The fact is, not even the dumb MAGA people who did vote for Trump 🤢 did NOT vote for Elon Musk either.

Please stand your ground. The world is watching. Thank you for your HIGH PRODUCTIVITY work. We actually do know how important it is. ❤️

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Not only did we NOT vote for Elmo, he's an unwanted immigrant who's bought his way into a position he has no right to be in.

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And what the HELL is going on over at Treasury with the payment system?? Just read the WaPo article. He has no business getting access to that. Another lawsuit to file to block him. This is wholesale nuts.

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Yes

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There are thousands of federal employees in states where their jobs are highly coveted because other industries are in short supply. What senator has not made a promise to bring some amount of federal employment to their state to boost the economy? For example, WV is home to a massive FBI division responsible for fingerprint analysis. The state also houses the IRS computing center, the Treasury bureau of public debt, the world-class mine health and safety academy where all mine disasters are analyzed, and two federal prisons among other agencies that need highly skilled employees. The federal government was the second largest employer in WV when I last lived there. I can't imagine the impact on the state's economy if these jobs are lost. The audacity to suggest federal employees are uneducated or unproductive is outrageous.

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Thank you for keeping this deception front and center. They are, and always will be, liars. Just for fun let’s freeze all federal “outer space” contracts. You know, so they can stay home and rest.

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I am a retired military officer, and my daughter is a federal employee. She shared the follow-up e-mail with me, enraged at the "low-productivity" comment ... as it is, she is working nights and weekends in order to do the work her understaffed and overtasked office, meeting deadlines MANDATED BY LAW. This is an outrageous affront to the federal workforce, and Musk belongs either in jail or back in South Africa.

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I vote for back in s. Africa w/o his security team.

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Guantanamo is nice this time of year.

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This bullshit is exactly why there are unions! The NTEU had better get to work, rally the Federal Workers and show musk the weasel just who the hell he’s messing with!! People don’t get just how essential these workers are! Just my opinion!

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😡 They assume federal workers are too stupid/lazy (hence, the “low productivity”) to see they are being scammed. One of donny’s fave moves is to promise to pay people and then stiff them. Annelise isn’t falling for it. Neither should any other federal worker.

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Seemingly that’s one of Mr Fork’s favorite moves, too.

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Yeah - it Is a fictional narrative they’ve been pushing for decades

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AG, thank you for sticking to this.

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The FAQ feels like an episode of Severance.

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Are there any members of Congress helping our federal employees?

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AOC is vocal about this

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My husband is a federal worker. I have called and written my senators. Please do the same. I created a case with one of them about the breach of security and personal data at OPM. We have to elevate this to create as big a backlash as the federal freezing of funds.

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Our military also has a duty to uphold the constitution-time for a coup d'etat while it's still possible.

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I am absolutely 100% for that...it's time te people have a REVOLUTION! No one and I mean NO ONE is standing up FOR the people! It's time the people stood up for themselves!

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Actually they are.

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I'm trying to wrap my head around all of it at the higher levels, because it feels they are all slowly rolling over. Today was a steady stream of organizational messages of support for the civilian workforce via emails, but nothing pushed back. I want to take personal legal action, but I know I just need to be patient and HOLD THE LINE!

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All official government notices to employees have the following:

1) Official letterhead

2) a standard letter header

3) a signature or “signed by” at the end

Nothing from @OPM has had these basic marks of an official electronic notice.

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Musk is tone deaf, and Trump is tone deafer. If they did any polling to justify this move they deserve their money back -- but it's probably our tax dollars anyway.

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Also

Sociopathy from Wikis

Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality,[1] is a personality construct[2][3] characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, in combination with traits of boldness, disinhibition, and egocentrism. These traits are often masked by superficial charm and immunity to stress,[4] which create an outward appearance of apparent normalcy.[5][6][7][8][9]

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If Musk can infiltrate the database of federal workers with such agility, it is plausible that he infiltrated election databases, specifically those of swing states. Just putting this out there.

Federal workers: Do not fall for this trap! Do not resign! Resist!

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Yes

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No one ever should trust anything the Convicted Felon #47 says...he's a con man and con men LIE, STEAL and CHEAT will entice you with all sorts of things that are all false, fake and a bold face lie! I know, because I was conned by a con man and lost everything and he left me $50K in debt that I had to dig myself out. Oh yeah he promised me the moon and all I got was shafted...so trust me when I say this I know well the intentions of a con man...it's to get whatever HE wants & it's usually your money! the CF #47 is a shyster, a thief, a criminal and a master manipulator. Don't agree to jack sh*it because it's all a con.

Maybe you should first ask the MAGAs that bought his gaudy golden tennis shoes and all that other crap he was panhandling how many actually received the shoes or other crap they paid for.

So do not sign a thing...stand your ground and stay in your job. He's nothing but a vile despicable slime ball.

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