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Branch 4 works with civil servants, grassroots movements, community organizations and advocates towards a democratic and equitable administrative branch of government that delivers just outcomes for all.

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LIVE: CDC rallies outside Atlanta HQ after director's ousting
YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: CDC rallies outside Atlanta HQ after director's ousting

The commitment and courage of public servants to protect the people on full display www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...

28.08.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CDC in crisis: who are the top officials resigning or being forced out? Four senior officials resign in protest at health secretary’s handling of vaccine policy and agency’s direction

This week, multiple leaders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ousted or resigned due to continued political interference and pressure to limit vaccine access – actions that defy the scientific evidence and endanger our health. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

28.08.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Opinion | As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent

DOGE had no idea who Paul was, but they pushed him out. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...

09.07.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jennifer Rubin | Substack Editor-in-Chief

"One cannot help admiring the intellectual consistency, fearlessness, &respect for rulesβ€”concepts foreign to MAGA - that MacDonough has displayed. She’s demonstrating how government is supposed to work: by the book, and without regard to which party is in power." substack.com/@jenrubincon...

27.06.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to β€œMunch” Veterans Affairs Contracts We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. β€œAI is absolutely the…

In case you missed it, here's our original investigation:

26.06.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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We Need Sound Policy Informed by Science. The Trump Administration Is Undermining it. With a name like "gold standard science," you might expect the Trump administration's guidelines on federal science to be awesome. They're not.

This week, Trump's WH issued guidance on implementing its so-called β€œGold Standard Science” EOβ€”framed by Science Advisor to the President Michael Kratsios as a fix for longstanding issues in the scientific community. But as UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social explains, it’s all a β€œgolden facade.”

26.06.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Mad Money: The public believes the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government will harm the U.S. economy and make the country less safe A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

New data from the Partnership for Public Service: Majority of the American public believes the Trump administration’s cuts to the government will harm the U.S. economy and make the country less safe.

Read more here. ⬇️ bit.ly/MadMoney2025

26.06.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We rallied nationwide yesterday! From Newsweek: "This is why federal workers are speaking out. They are reclaiming their role as caretakers of the public trust and know they must take back their workplaces." Here we are in NY, Chicago + Seattle. #federalworkersunited #KeepICEOut

26.06.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seven Things to Know About ProPublica’s Investigation of the FDA’s Secret Gamble on Generic Drugs ProPublica spent 14 months investigating the FDA’s oversight of foreign drugmakers that send medications to the U.S. These are the key takeaways.

The FDA allowed into the United States at least 150 drugs or their ingredients made at banned factories that were found to have mold, foul water, dirty labs or fraudulent testing protocols.

What you need to know πŸ‘‡

27.06.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 541    πŸ” 212    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 7

Megabill provisions targeting federal unions are DOA! Including making it easier to cut agencies, coercing new workers to be at-will employees, charging federal workers $350 to file complaints, & requiring the USPS to sell its electric vehicles www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

24.06.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 A child detained for 48 hours with only crackers & milk.
🚫 Congress blocked from oversight.
✊🏽 Federal workers are saying: Not in our name.

We took an oath to defend the Constitutionβ€”not to enforce cruelty or cover it up
#FUNetwork #StopTheRIFs #DefendDemocracy #NoMoreCages #ReimagineGovernment

22.06.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem's Goons Just Roughed Up A Sitting U.S. Senator And Called It A Slow Thursday - Above the Law Senator Padilla showed up at a DHS press conference and got thrown to the ground for doing his job.

"This is thug behavior and they should know it." abovethelaw.com/2025/06/kris...

13.06.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TRO blocked or not: Thank you Judge Bryer for protecting our constitution and being clear: the"Court pauses to state that there can be no debate that most protesters demonstrated peacefully." And that the definition of rebellion cannot be changed by a lawless autocrat under our constitution!

13.06.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rep. Jimmy Gomez Statement on ICE Detaining Families in Basement of LA Federal Building

Immigrant families with children are being held overnight in basements of federal buildings without food, water, basic lighting, or access to counsel and their loved ones after showing up for routine check ins. Trump is weaponizing our federal property for abuse. gomez.house.gov/news/documen...

08.06.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Protest continues everywhere around the country. 100 people rallied at Spokane’s VA Medical Center to protest proposed cuts and layoffs at the VAβ€”federal workers and veterans stood together to defend public care. #DefendThe4thBranch #ProtectVA #HandsOffvetsCare www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

07.06.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump administration must bargain with TSA officers' union, for now, says US judge A federal judge on Monday said the administration of President Donald Trump likely broke the law by stripping 50,000 transportation security officers of the ability to unionize and bargain over their working conditions.

Trump blocked from ending bargaining rights for TSA officersβ€”roughlyβ€―50,000 workers retain union voice for now. #Defendfederalworkers #UnionRightsMatter
www.reuters.com/business/wor...

07.06.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge says administration can dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has denied a request to halt the Trump administration’s further dismantling of an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the country.

While #toxicimmaturity rages between Trump & Musk, a court allows the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services, jeopardizing $266 million in grants for libraries and museums nationwide.
#Defendthe4thbranch #PublicServiceMatters #SaveOurLibraries
apnews.com/article/inst...

07.06.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"If you haven't been poor don't legislate for the poor." Democracy means shared power, not control by a billionaire class. www.instagram.com/reel/DJ7pENs...

29.05.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Roberts Court has completely de-legitimized the Supreme Court. They are defenders of oligarchy and authoritarianism--not the constitution, our basic rights or freedom.

23.05.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

Judge blocks Trump from trying to shutter our Department of Education stating there was "no evidence that the [reduction-in-force] has actually made the Department more efficient. Rather, the record is replete with evidence of the opposite" www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

22.05.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Restoring Excellence FINAL ONLINE VERTICAL
YouTube video by Branch4 Restoring Excellence FINAL ONLINE VERTICAL

Trump is destroying our public institutions replacing skilled civil servants with incompetent lackeys. This is what he means by no more DEI. We have dozens of foxes in hen houses right now. www.youtube.com/shorts/KgIBd...

22.05.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us, @ucs.org, @enviroprotnet.bsky.social and Branch 4 for a Federal Science Workers Happy Hour on May 27 at 6 p.m. ET Info + RSVP: act.ucsusa.org/435Y3ZI

22.05.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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United cuts 35 daily flights at Newark, citing shortage of air traffic controllers Passengers with flights to or from Newark Liberty International Airport are encountering long delays and cancellations due to an air traffic controller shortage and equipment failures

The air traffic controllers keep us safe during flight. They are now past the breaking point. Other civil servants who keep us safe from pollution, food borne illness, public health risks and more are also under attack. #protectpublicservice we all need it! abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...

12.05.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lets get these corrupt appointees out of our government! Its not just Canada that is not for sale. Let them know our country is not either! (and good on you Canada!)

08.05.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Democracy does not work without strong public service. The attacks on federal workers are attacks on our multiracial democracy and the public. Fight back this week by showing love to the people that serve their country and send Russel Vought the message that we will defend our civil servants.

08.05.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since the 1980's air traffic controllers have been calling for improved conditions. Instead, MAGA is now tearing through government destroying the capacity of our public workforce. Air traffic controllers are civil servants; their working conditions are our safety conditions! #supportcivilservants

08.05.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver's supreme take down of RFK Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...

06.05.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Department of Government Ineptitude Elon Musk's DOGE team is violating every basic principle of good management.

contrarian.substack.com/p/the-depart... Thank you Max of @ourpublicservice.bsky.social for the apt renaming of the muskrats.

06.05.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to ProPublica. Your coverage is always brave, honest and very much in the public service. #publicservicematters

06.05.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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