I'm wondering if the rest of the country outside of our echo chambers is feeling the level of anger yet that they should be. 77 million people voted for this crap. How are they feeling today? The press is not covering their angst if it's there, of course, because the press has turned MAGA itself, just about. They're using terms like "data audits" instead of "data breach," for example, in talking about the Social Security Administration data breach. On and on it goes, and nobody outside our echo chambers seems to be complaining.
I think they simply are unaware-as they always have been ignorant of the Truth of Trump. Until the pain touches them personally, they will likely remain so. Today in line at the Post Office, two older gentlemen were discussing the great reductions in Government. I said, (as we live in western Fire Country) did they realize part of the layoffs and the hiring freezes were affecting Wildland firefighters. They said well, only LA burns this time of year. I said-don't you realize, now is when they onboard crews to fight summer fires. They got quiet. A minute later they were laughing about wanting to tag along to see the gold (If its there) in Fort Knox. I said, did you knoe Trump is talking of replacing the gold standard with Crypto currency? Oh, that would be bad they said. They aren't angry because they are ignorant.
Sadly, instead of fighting for the beleagered employees who work there, they grumble at the long lines, a lost package, and take out their rage on the faces behind the counter. I have seen it too many times. They will likely jump at the idea of privatization too, until they experience why it was called the postal SERVICE-and they discover, too late-especially in small and rural towns...what they have lost. What happened to empathy and the ability for people to see beyond themselves and the immediate moment.
That's really the heart of the problem. These people are also in an echo chamber, and it's a lot bigger than ours. It consists of Fox News, Twitter, the list goes on. Even mainstream media is sanitizing this insanity. We're becoming Putin's Russia.
Allison, this is heart wrenching 💔 and it is HORRIBLE that nobody is able to physically stop these traitors - immediately! (Birdie and LeGrande @@blue22inutah.bsky.social)
Thank you for all the work you are doing to save democracy 💙 🌊 🙏🏼
you’re right really feels and seems like there’s nothing we can do. we’ve been protesting, calling reps, posting in social media and …nothing happens they continue to destroy the country.
It became personal for me when one of my late, retired Marine best friends' son got the email that he's terminated. He had 20+ years as a contractor for NIH, and took the GS job about 18 months ago. <poof>
There is no excuse, explanation or reasoning you can give me to try to justify the behavior and actions being taken. And now I'll STFU before I say what I really thin,
we need to figure out a way to get the media's attention. But I have no idea how. It would be nice if a rich, progressive benefactor came along to purchase a media company, but it seems even when do, they become absorbed into the oligarchy and turn on us. Democracy Dies in Darkness becomes, "FU, America."
Charles, the media is well aware of what is happening. The people who work in media have family, friends and insider sources who have been terminated during these dark days.
That being the case, you have to ask yourself why the non-Fox news networks aren't 24/7 in 'BREAKING NEWS! DEMOCRACY IS DYING IN THE U.S!' mode, instead of bending over backward to portray the slaughter of freedom as akin to normal politics.
Before the first reign of TraitorTot the press pointed and laughed at him because he was an unserious candidate. He won, but through a lack of planning and incompetent action, he failed to implement the Christian Nationalist agenda the Fundies paid him to do.
This time, those Fundies created a plan, recruited the soldiers to implement that plan, then ensured that King TraitorTot 2 would be in place to enable their coup.
The press watched this happen, while by and large ignoring the inevitable result, because 'ratings'.
We are all waiting to see if our SS checks will keep coming and if our Medicare will continue to pay our medical expenses. All the employees that make sure this happens are probably going to experience the same thing. Just plain evil and vindictive. I am so sorry for this person and all the others. This letter should be on the front page of every newspaper in the nation!!!!
Exactly! And stories front and center about the victims of these firings -- but of course the media are complicit. I think the WaPo pulled a front page ACLU or Common Cause ad (? not sure which) saying that Musk should be fired. I think they ran the ad inside the paper.?
I got my SS check today. I wasn’t sure it would be there. I’ll be on the front line protesting if anyone doesn’t receive their check. What is happening should be on the cable and local news every day. People will eventually know what the government is doing when it personally touches them or someone they love. No more sanewashing the unlawful takeover of our government. To all those folks who have been affected, my thoughts are with you.
Call and email your congressman and senator to let them know you will not stand for them supporting touching Medicare or Medicaid or social security. That they will not have your vote when they run again!!! Even if like me my senators are a different party they must still know I oppose this!!! We have friends who vote too. Final reminder I put is I know you took this job to work for the people so please do!!!!
My heart breaks for all Federal employees. There are policies and procedures to separate poor performers. This isn't it. And because each agency has performance improvement criteria, the low performers are few. I agree with the author. This is dismantling the executive branch with no concern about the criticality of positions being eliminated. Things are about to get very, very bad.
I have family and friends that are Federal employees and avoid just waiting for the axe to fall on them. From HUD to FHWA to the VA, the American people will all suffer! Except of course that 1% who is helping this happen!
Call and email your Congress and senate members. Let them know!!!!
They work for the people and you expect them to protect workers and programs !!!! If they want to save money send all the American Ambassadors back to the USA. They get paid, free housing, free healthcare and extra perks and make way more then a federal worker…..
I am so sorry that anyone has to experience this .. my heart goes out to each and every person dumped in this hell! Every time I do anything to resist this monstrosity I will think of your story and all the others and try to be braver to honor you and your co workers!
I UNDERSTAND! I HAVE BEEN ABUSED FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT I RUINED HER LIFE BY BEING BORN. I WILL NOT GO INTO FURTHER DETAILS HERE, BUT I HAVE BEEN DENIED A JOB THAT I HAD DONE AS A TEMP AND DONE WELL, BECAUSE I WAS A WOMAN. I HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE GARBAGE AND I UNDERSTAND HOW IT FEELS. I WISH THAT THERE WAS A WAY I COULD GIVE YOU A BIG HUG RIGHT NOW.
with all due respect, how many of these folks voted for this ? I sincerely would like to understand how those that voted for this feel. they must be stopped for sure - they are being allowed to plow through the government and leave all of us vulnerable.
I'm wondering if the rest of the country outside of our echo chambers is feeling the level of anger yet that they should be. 77 million people voted for this crap. How are they feeling today? The press is not covering their angst if it's there, of course, because the press has turned MAGA itself, just about. They're using terms like "data audits" instead of "data breach," for example, in talking about the Social Security Administration data breach. On and on it goes, and nobody outside our echo chambers seems to be complaining.
Wondering the same. I'm reminded that what Fox and others (but especially them) doesn't report is more damaging than what they do report.
Good point, for sure.
I think they simply are unaware-as they always have been ignorant of the Truth of Trump. Until the pain touches them personally, they will likely remain so. Today in line at the Post Office, two older gentlemen were discussing the great reductions in Government. I said, (as we live in western Fire Country) did they realize part of the layoffs and the hiring freezes were affecting Wildland firefighters. They said well, only LA burns this time of year. I said-don't you realize, now is when they onboard crews to fight summer fires. They got quiet. A minute later they were laughing about wanting to tag along to see the gold (If its there) in Fort Knox. I said, did you knoe Trump is talking of replacing the gold standard with Crypto currency? Oh, that would be bad they said. They aren't angry because they are ignorant.
Your friends in line should live it up at the USPS while they still can, too
Sadly, instead of fighting for the beleagered employees who work there, they grumble at the long lines, a lost package, and take out their rage on the faces behind the counter. I have seen it too many times. They will likely jump at the idea of privatization too, until they experience why it was called the postal SERVICE-and they discover, too late-especially in small and rural towns...what they have lost. What happened to empathy and the ability for people to see beyond themselves and the immediate moment.
That's really the heart of the problem. These people are also in an echo chamber, and it's a lot bigger than ours. It consists of Fox News, Twitter, the list goes on. Even mainstream media is sanitizing this insanity. We're becoming Putin's Russia.
You are absolutely right.
Allison, this is heart wrenching 💔 and it is HORRIBLE that nobody is able to physically stop these traitors - immediately! (Birdie and LeGrande @@blue22inutah.bsky.social)
Thank you for all the work you are doing to save democracy 💙 🌊 🙏🏼
you’re right really feels and seems like there’s nothing we can do. we’ve been protesting, calling reps, posting in social media and …nothing happens they continue to destroy the country.
It became personal for me when one of my late, retired Marine best friends' son got the email that he's terminated. He had 20+ years as a contractor for NIH, and took the GS job about 18 months ago. <poof>
There is no excuse, explanation or reasoning you can give me to try to justify the behavior and actions being taken. And now I'll STFU before I say what I really thin,
Thank you for sharing. These stories are all heart wrenching. My partner was fired from their DEI civil service career, but we are fighting back with a lawsuit: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/can-you-help-fund-my-partners-lawsuit
This needs to be ALL OVER THE NEWS EVERYWHERE
we need to figure out a way to get the media's attention. But I have no idea how. It would be nice if a rich, progressive benefactor came along to purchase a media company, but it seems even when do, they become absorbed into the oligarchy and turn on us. Democracy Dies in Darkness becomes, "FU, America."
Charles, the media is well aware of what is happening. The people who work in media have family, friends and insider sources who have been terminated during these dark days.
That being the case, you have to ask yourself why the non-Fox news networks aren't 24/7 in 'BREAKING NEWS! DEMOCRACY IS DYING IN THE U.S!' mode, instead of bending over backward to portray the slaughter of freedom as akin to normal politics.
Before the first reign of TraitorTot the press pointed and laughed at him because he was an unserious candidate. He won, but through a lack of planning and incompetent action, he failed to implement the Christian Nationalist agenda the Fundies paid him to do.
This time, those Fundies created a plan, recruited the soldiers to implement that plan, then ensured that King TraitorTot 2 would be in place to enable their coup.
The press watched this happen, while by and large ignoring the inevitable result, because 'ratings'.
Wave bye bye to democracy.
We are all waiting to see if our SS checks will keep coming and if our Medicare will continue to pay our medical expenses. All the employees that make sure this happens are probably going to experience the same thing. Just plain evil and vindictive. I am so sorry for this person and all the others. This letter should be on the front page of every newspaper in the nation!!!!
Exactly! And stories front and center about the victims of these firings -- but of course the media are complicit. I think the WaPo pulled a front page ACLU or Common Cause ad (? not sure which) saying that Musk should be fired. I think they ran the ad inside the paper.?
Common Cause is what I read.
I got my SS check today. I wasn’t sure it would be there. I’ll be on the front line protesting if anyone doesn’t receive their check. What is happening should be on the cable and local news every day. People will eventually know what the government is doing when it personally touches them or someone they love. No more sanewashing the unlawful takeover of our government. To all those folks who have been affected, my thoughts are with you.
Call and email your congressman and senator to let them know you will not stand for them supporting touching Medicare or Medicaid or social security. That they will not have your vote when they run again!!! Even if like me my senators are a different party they must still know I oppose this!!! We have friends who vote too. Final reminder I put is I know you took this job to work for the people so please do!!!!
My heart breaks for all Federal employees. There are policies and procedures to separate poor performers. This isn't it. And because each agency has performance improvement criteria, the low performers are few. I agree with the author. This is dismantling the executive branch with no concern about the criticality of positions being eliminated. Things are about to get very, very bad.
The cruelty is the point. Never forget, never forgive!
RESIST😠
I have family and friends that are Federal employees and avoid just waiting for the axe to fall on them. From HUD to FHWA to the VA, the American people will all suffer! Except of course that 1% who is helping this happen!
Call and email your Congress and senate members. Let them know!!!!
They work for the people and you expect them to protect workers and programs !!!! If they want to save money send all the American Ambassadors back to the USA. They get paid, free housing, free healthcare and extra perks and make way more then a federal worker…..
I cried when I read this. It is only going to get worse. This letter needs to be shared EVERYWHERE.
Wow .. these goons must be stopped
Where is mainstream reporting on this? The news media are next on the FElon Musk elimination bandwagon.
They are owned by billionaires and they are in on Project 2025 and won’t go against Trump because it will hit them in their pockets..
I am so sorry that anyone has to experience this .. my heart goes out to each and every person dumped in this hell! Every time I do anything to resist this monstrosity I will think of your story and all the others and try to be braver to honor you and your co workers!
What Trump & Musk are doing to America is disgusting.
And they have the DOGE goons, T’s admin (henchmen) and our spineless Republican Reps and Senators all assisting🤬🤬🤬🤬. They all need to go 🤬🤬🤬🤬
I agree completely.
A sad and terrifying post.
I UNDERSTAND! I HAVE BEEN ABUSED FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT I RUINED HER LIFE BY BEING BORN. I WILL NOT GO INTO FURTHER DETAILS HERE, BUT I HAVE BEEN DENIED A JOB THAT I HAD DONE AS A TEMP AND DONE WELL, BECAUSE I WAS A WOMAN. I HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE GARBAGE AND I UNDERSTAND HOW IT FEELS. I WISH THAT THERE WAS A WAY I COULD GIVE YOU A BIG HUG RIGHT NOW.
with all due respect, how many of these folks voted for this ? I sincerely would like to understand how those that voted for this feel. they must be stopped for sure - they are being allowed to plow through the government and leave all of us vulnerable.