400 Fish and Wildlife firings could lead to extinctions in Joshua Tree The loss of hundreds of Fish and Wildlife employees could have immediate and long-term impacts on wild places, including Joshua Tree National Park.

'Irreversible damage': 400 Fish and Wildlife firings could lead to extinctions in Joshua Tree

Not just as Joshua Tree, but a good story about impacts.

Have terminated employees at FWS actually been reinstated due to alsups court order? I am hearing about several DOI employees that have yet to hear anything… people should know the department is not doing what they say they are doing…

Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.

Brown University Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

Might save a life.

EPA Press Office Fact Checks the Washington Post’s Coverage of Waste & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars | US EPA EPA News Release: EPA Press Office Fact Checks the Washington Post’s Coverage of Waste & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars

From my DMs, check out this official press release from EPA.

It reads like it was written by an angry teenager. The pettiness of the Administration is filtering down. I am embarrassed about where we are.

To all the career EPA civil servants, you deserve better.

Anyone who tells you you're overreacting is underreacting.

From my DMs, generalized to protect the employee:

More cuts to the National Wildlife Refuge System, as demanded by the recent EO and follow up OPM/OMB memo, will be the death of many refuges and destroy the whole system.

Maintenance of water control structures cannot be paid for… get ready for some infrastructure failures…

From a DM. Are you familiar with National Wildlife Refuges?

There are almost 600 refuges nationwide. Their employees include biologists, firefighters, maintenance workers, and park rangers. Refuges are spread out and have day-to-day needs. Here is how the purchase limits are impacting them:

Live Updates: Elon Musk Steps Up Efforts to Cull Federal Work Force

"Cull." They're not deer, #BrokenTimes. They are public servants. They are people.

Lfg tina. My girl. I called you earlier. More of this babe 😘

Also this is not part of a reduction in force. Get it straight.

The national park service did not fire many of its park rangers. It illegally terminated many of its park rangers on behalf of the current administration. Y’all’s reporting really sucks. Do better.

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.

Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

While I wait for the email that tells me whether I’ve been fired or spared, here’s a thread of things I’ve had the privilege of working on, experiencing, and accomplishing in my 10 months as a federal employee at the Storm Prediction Center.

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Why are they giving this mf a platform?

Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.

Trump has given Elon Musk your Social Security number.