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🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “No one can confirm we’ve actually been taking out drug traffickers… the admiral in charge resigned… all these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime… the government’s story is not adding up.”

Hatch Act complaints over partisan federal website messages are stalled during shutdown The Office of Special Counsel’s Hatch Act unit, which handles such complaints, has been furloughed. And the entire Merit Systems Protection Board – where OSC takes cases involving federal employees it...

Good morning from week 4 of the #ShutdownShitshow. It’s Shrodinger’s Hatch Act, neither alive nor dead, but furloughed. Guess it’s a good time to get your grift on!

“Republicans are clearly making the calculation that Democrats, who have refused to give up their demand for the extension of the premium tax credit to stop dramatic hikes in the cost of healthcare premiums, will cave when America falls into a hunger crisis. What are we doing here, folks?”

Washington lawyer on furlough lives out dream of running a hot dog cart Isaac Stein makes his living as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, working mostly on his own, writing retirement plan regulations in a Washington office building.

A furloughed IRS lawyer get his dream. A hot dog cart as performance art. We love it.

What other stories have you seen of people finding joy and connection during these ridiculous times?

Trump claims Canada’s Ronald Reagan ad attacking tariffs is “fake.” The ad used an edited 1987 speech by Ronald Reagan, in which he said, among other things: “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars.”

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

See the difference? 👀

#NoKings

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Ok folks. Even though some of us are furloughed, there are still folks taking calls and processing returns. They are not being paid. So, be nice to the IRS when you call.

Remember 3rd Q 941s are due Oct 31.

All income returns with a filed extension are due Oct. 15

This is the CDC we should be listening to. Just the facts!!!

Remember #altgov and #altfam are here to tell younthe truth.

@altcdc.altgov.info

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

Hoping these federal agents are held accountable, breaking the law should have real consequences. A federal judge has ruled that federal immigration agents illegally arrested more than two dozen people.

The Illusion of Order: Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

"Many of the CEOs I spoke with didn’t care about democracy per se. For them, democracy wasn’t a moral good. It was a source of volatility. What they wanted was stability... "

But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."

We’ve been warning about the propaganda. For more proof of how aggressively the Trump administration is pushing its propaganda machine, just look at the government websites.

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I can't imagine what they were thinking.

Truly proud of our top military leaders for holding steady and keeping an apolitical face, even when the pressure couldn’t be greater.

‘Bait-and-switch:’ IRS seeks seasonal hires with fewer job protections after pulling down full-time offers More than 8,600 taxpayer services employees have left the IRS under the Trump administration so far — about 20% of all staff working in that capacity.

Pushing out skilled civil servants to replace them with temporary employees is inefficient and a disservice to the Americans that depend on free tax advice and quality customer service.

federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-reten...

The economy is CLEARLY getting even worse under Donald J. Trump.

An NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey shows how the political gender gap persists alongside different social beliefs between Gen Z men and women.

Respondents were asked to select their top three choices that define success for them from a list of 13 phrases:
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Holy shit…You can’t make this up: a plane is circling Soldier Field before the Bears home opener with a banner that reads—

“HEY ICE, MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS.”

Also the trolling is incredible for those that told us to stop wearing masks during the pandemic.

The media was asked to hide the crowd’s boos of Trump at the U.S. Open men’s final. But despite that request, plenty of broadcasters still let the reactions through some louder than others. ;)

Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”

This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down.

The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.

NTEU’s partner United Benefits is holding a webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 26, exclusively for NTEU members on preparing to leave federal service. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3VgcDJb