I don't believe the alleged Musk-Trump rift is real. This is damage control and reality tv phony manufactured drama. I have seen nothing that indicates otherwise. Meanwhile, the BBB is about the worst bill ever and the federal government is still being dismantled.

Share this everywhere. I believe there should be immigration enforcement. I believe there shld be an immigration enforcement agency. But this one is simply lawless to the core. That fact is just inescapable.

The church rumor (reliable) is that we'll be seeing a 55% reduction in force (including existing VERA authority) adding VSIP tonight or tomorrow, and then RIFs come next week or the week after to CISA. #Feds

Curious: the security guards at my fed building are the same guards we've always loved and respected, but with the new FY fund, they are with a different company. They no longer work for the company Inter-Con that switched sides and helped DOGE enter USIP. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...

I know people who work in windowless SCIFs all day without their cells as members of their families are fighting cancer, & these 🤡🤡 are group txtg war plans & lying? What in the H-E-double-toothpicks?! Not 1 of them said, let's switch to a secure channel, FFS. Oh, but let's fire Feds w/o cause. 1/2

You've got to wonder how many signal chats are going on in the Trump administration that they didn't accidentally include the Editor in Chief of The Atlantic in.

The op heads and staff of every single independent entity or agency, legislative branch agency, and judiciary branch building need to paying attention to @joshtpm.bsky.social and this developing story about what happened at USIP. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...

I've got several neighbors in the armed forces (along with many other civilian Feds). I sort of broached one with the whole thing about the military turning on Americans and he comfortingly assured me and said "I won't follow illegal orders. I know no one who would." 🕊️

I will say that Chuck is correct that if the gov were to stay shut for more than 30 days, Trump and Musk would be able to RIF Feds indiscriminately under 5 CFR 351. All the GOP would have to do is hold out for another 30 days on making any movement. I don't love it but it is accurate. 🧵

@schumer.senate.gov don't you dare vote for cloture Chuck! Do not cave. We need more from you on this and a fake out is NOT IT. Sincerely, A Fed who saved up and prepared for a shutdown.

@kaine.senate.gov No on cloture, no on CR. Sincerely, a constituent and Fed.

My fear is that a shutdown will go a long time (longer than 30 days) and will trigger automatic RIFs. But let's please get a shutdown and negotiate a real bill. No on cloture no on GOP CR @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov don't play games with your constituents. We know better.

Some leg branch employees received the 5-bullets email to Executive Branch employees. They have been advised this occurred because they were on executive branch distribution lists and to notify management and to not respond.

Good morning ppl! It’s Friday and in the Gov world, that means extra fuckery is a foot. Don’t be shocked by the news dump and shit today. We do have an action plan for the day though. If you see a congressional rep dropping a post here, lite them up in to moments! They are getting no pushback here.

I'm scared for my job, my career, my health insurance, my colleagues, and my democracy.

You notice that Elon is taking the heat for Donald being an incompetent narcissist incapable of governing except by blugeon? It protects Donald. The computer troll takes the pressure off the Golfer in Chief. He's the Roy Cohn.

@beyer.house.gov you and your House colleagues could get a federal employee in your district to accompany you into their respective federal building(s) and sign you in as a guest. Why the political theater outside instead? Get someone who's about to retire. Just ask.

@connolly.house.gov I'm going to need more from you given what's going on at Treasury and OPM. Americans need to hear from leaders in opposition. #IsThisThingOn #Feds #Leadership

I deleted TikTok last night. Interestingly, the Apple Store has not restored the app into its store. What about Google's store? Apple is actually acting in accordance with the law. (TikTok is not).

This is TikTok's version of making a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to kiss Trump's ass. Just like the rest of them.

MLK Jr. Day has always been a day intended for public service. Instead of watching the horror show, I'm looking for family friendly service volunteer opportunities in my community. Being in Fairfax County VA though means that more opportunities are on the 25th rather than the 20th. Any ideas?

FOTUS. I like it. It works. Simple and to the point. The luckiest orange ass FOTUS there is. The orange privilege is real.

Mary, the Theotokos, consented and had agency. Luke 1:38. Anyone who says otherwise is mistaken. This time of year, especially, friends who don't believe in Jesus (who was woke, by the way) like to tell believers why we and our faith sucks. You're understandably mad at people who 🧵1/4

Aimee Mann's version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen really slaps. (One More Drifter in the Snow is a deeply underrated Christmas album). #MusicPost

If the election itself wasn't essentially a pardon of everything Trump has ever done (rape, bribery, illegal payoffs, FEC violations, extortion, ethical conflicts) I don't know what is. They can shut up about Hunter. They've already seen his penis in the Congressional Record and House floor. Weirdos

It bears repeating: Anyone who voted for a convicted sexual predator and is sitting silent as FOUR people accused of sexual violence or COVERING UP sexual violence have been nominated to cabinet positions BY THAT SEXUAL PREDATOR, in has ZERO interest in protecting women.

It’s really something to watch the Party whose supporters poop on the floor in the Capitol and wipe their feces on the wall tell us which bathrooms to use.

TFG wouldn't even know who Mehmet Oz was if it weren't for a Black woman. But fam, we have got to talk about the Drs. Phil and Oz. Why'd Oprah foist those guys on an unsuspecting populace? Were they ever remotely reasonable? What happened there?

Can someone responsible please take the remote control away from AGENT ORANGE/Co-conspirator 1? He seems to think tv is real life. Dr. Oz. as CMS Director? Really?!

‘We don’t want you to see the report that proves our nominee for Attorney General didn’t have sex with minors.’ - Republicans

Here’s the thing— if these unqualified noxious clowns don’t get the jobs they’ve been nominated for, step down, get withdrawn, it’s not like the replacement offering would be any better. 1/2

You know, the real department of efficiency is called the Government Accountability Office. Nonpartisan legislative branch agency. There's a high risk list, a duplication/fragmentation list and open recommendations. They could start there. www.gao.gov/congressiona...