🦬 If you only realize the evil regime is evil after joining them, you are not going to receive any sympathy from us.

🦬 Another senior leader has taken their leave due to DOGE cuts. IMO the blame is squarely with Doug Burgum, who has abdicated his secretarial duties to Tyler Hassan, an oil executive with no public lands experience.

Highly recommend Pramila’s RL101. Sat through the live June 1 session. Was NOT super campaign-y. Good data and steps to help stave off the authoritarianism. www.pramilaforcongress.com/the-resistan...

Within the next two weeks, I'll have 30 postcards going out to Iowa voters to encourage them to call Congressman Nunn about tarrifs.

3) send an email to someone you trust @ work that documents what’s going on (without interpreting). Create a record. 4) share your stories (FWS-DM me!). 5) ask for support-emotional and with tasks. We often don’t do this because we perceive others are busy.It’s ok to ask. #Resist #Recover #Repeat

🦬 As we head into a summer of protest, I hope we all reflect upon these hard truths: Protest itself isn’t a form of change. Protest itself doesn’t build power. WE are responsible for taking direct action and enacting change. I greatly enjoyed this episode and hope y’all give it a listen.

It’s a new week. We have a clean slate and a multitude of new chances to show up with courage, kindness, and purpose. 🌱 We don’t have to fix everything. We just need to keep tending to what’s in front of us. Small acts matter. They build movements, touch hearts, and change outcomes. #altcitizen

🦬 It’s Monday…again. This week I remain committed to: 1. Showing up for the public servants who are still here, despite this administration’s attempts to push them out. 2. Honoring my colleagues who have left, and thanking them for their years of service and the knowledge they have left behind.

🦬 Thanks for putting this feeling into words, @altfws.altgov.info. I feel the same way today. But it’s important to remember that while we may FEEL hopeless, I don’t think what we’re DOING is hopeless. “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Keep pulling.

🦬 Same, @altusaid.altgov.info. There have been crickets in my inbox regarding Pride Month at DOI this year. This administration may not recognize the importance of Pride, but the #AltGov family does. ❤️‍🩹

🦬 This is an incredible resource for tracking the damage DOGE has caused — and tracking the people responsible. They must be held responsible. If the courts won't do it, then we will. #DOIResists

VOUGHT = PROJECT 2025 PRIMARY ARCHITECT Do. Not. Forget. This.

Happy #Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Love is love. Choose kindness. Celebrate diversity. LGBTQIA rights are human rights. A quick haiku: Boundless human heart, Knows no scarcity of love, Beats the drum of hope

Happy #Pride! We'll be lifting up trailblazing LGBTQI+ #AltCitizens with labor connections this month. First up is Joni Christian: As an autoworker at a GM plant in the 1970s, Joni faced hostility at work after having reassignment surgery.

🦬 #DOI #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 | Legendary public lands photographer, Bob Wick, recognized how hard it was to be out during the beginning of his career with the BLM, 35 years ago. He retired in 2021, thankful that many LGBTQIA+ folks have since joined the agency and can be proud of who they are. 1/2

🦬 This #Pride Month 2025 we want to uplift and support the LGBTQIA+ DOI employees who are as diverse as the landscapes they manage. You not only belong, you're an integral part of the tapestry we're weaving together. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💓

🦬 I sincerely believe it is our duty to track DOGE employees and raise hell with any company they try to work for. You do not get to gleefully ruin peoples’ lives and gut the government without consequence.

Internet, do your thing!

🦬 One of the earliest DOGE “hires” (hacks), Amanda Scales, is right back at Elon Musk’s beck and call at xAI. She spent three months as “Chief of Staff” at OPM (immediately after being hired) and spent that time…firing probationary employees, only for a court to rule it unlawful and bring them back.

If you read this #tyrannnytuesday thread (bsky.app/profile/rebe...), here’s another example:a 30-year BLM veteran,was removed after resisting a directive that gutted the agency’s capacity. This is how institutions are hollowed out. One order,one removal at a time. Defend institutions. #OnTyranny

DOGE is acting "in a purely advisory role" but if you don't take their advice, you're fired.

🦬 Another federal career employee — gone. All because they stood up to the cruelty and incompetence of DOGE.

🦬 It appears that Nedd’s forced removal from DOI is related to the Politico article. It’s also worth noting that he’s the highest ranking Black man in the BLM; this is part of a larger pattern of the Trump administration firing people of color from leadership positions.

🦬 I have now heard from several colleagues that Michael Nedd, the Deputy Director for Administration at the BLM, was escorted out of the Interior building earlier today. Unclear if it’s related to this article or not.

I second this 👇 The verification process does take a leap of faith. There is a high-level of scrutiny. We are here to provide information to the public and support to our colleagues. #AltGov #AltCitizen

So many former government employees are still doing their work even now that they're not in government. They're still researching, helping connect people to services, and trying to serve the public somehow. This is how much they care. These people, your people, are the embodiment of #altCitizen

More damage from Russ Vought's Project 2025 to #science, #research, and our #environment. #StandUpForScience @altdoi.altgov.info @altfws.altgov.info @cdelawalla.bsky.social @ucs.org

🦬 “If BLM were run like a private company ‘you wouldn’t have five layers between headquarters and the front lines’ Burgum said.” Umm, that’s because the BLM ISN’T a private company, Sec. Cookie Monster. Those “five layers” are generations of expertise necessary for the management of public lands.

Goodnight friends. 💚 We hope you can rest and recharge this weekend with family and friends. Do not let them take your joy.

🦬 Actually, June 14th is #NoKingsDay. Forget Trump’s pathetic birthday parade. We will be taking to the streets to show the world that there are no kings in America. Not now, not ever. ❌👑

If the regime thinks we'll take this as a positive step, they're insane. The damage has been done, muskrat still has billions of dollars, and fascism is still taking hold here. And he still should be barred from government contracts and deported from this nation.

"In sum, no law gives OPM, OMB, or DOGE the authority to direct other federal agencies to engage in large-scale terminations, restructuring, or elimination of that agency itself."

🦬 A preliminary injunction to further pause the unlawful RIFs being carried out across the federal government has been GRANTED! This injunction applies to many departments, including Interior.

🦬 I hate that I have to call “Republicans remove something terrible from their bill” a silver lining, but that’s where we’re at… Thank you to everyone who called their Representative and made it clear that public lands are ❌NOT❌ for sale!

🦬 He’s right in that this bill is “incredible” — incredibly damning for millions. Stealing from the poor for the benefit of the ultra wealthy. Slashing healthcare for those who need it most. Doug Burgum is a scourge on the Dept. of the Interior’s legacy, and we will remember him as nothing but.

The current administration's plan to get rid of the Ecosystems Mission Area at the Department of the Interior is a terrible idea. Good, short piece explaining why, here: www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues... @altdoi.altgov.info

Here is a story where #SecCookieMonster defends $5 billion in cuts to the Department of Interior. The political masochism is overwhelming. He seems to take pleasure in fighting to harm his own workforce. How can he continue to visit parks, refuges, and DOI offices while tearing us apart?

🦬 Nope. Nope. You’ve made your bed, now lie in it. You will never know peace. Your businesses will fail. You will end up lonely and miserable (lonelier than you already are). You can fuck off forever, and it still won’t be enough.

🦬 The DOI was required to release their “Agency RIF and Reorganization Plan” as part of an ongoing federal lawsuit. This is what was released (spoiler, it’s entirely redacted): edit.doi.gov/sites/defaul... 🤡🤡🤡

One time, Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV tried to convince me that I should kiss his ring and kneel before him despite my family atomics being on standby and my absolute control over the Fremen and spice production on Arrakis. I sent him to live out his life on his prison planet Salusa Secundus.

🦬 One time, a conservation organization I had been working *for years* with tried to give me a sticker pack at the conclusion of our project. I had to decline.

🦬 …Strange bedfellows and all that? Zinke aside, if you have a Republican Representative, now is the time to call them and demand NO to selling public lands for tax cuts to billionaires! ❌🙅 5calls.org 5calls.org 5calls.org

🦬 Remember when I said some land sales (“disposal”) can be used for good? 🚨🚨🚨 WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW IS NOT IT! 🚨🚨🚨 House Republicans moved to allow the sale of public lands for TAX CUTS in the budget reconciliation bill.

🦬 Huge win for federal employees! We have yet to see how this will affect DOI employees impacted by the “consolidation” attempt. Many of them have already received SF 50s for their transfer — despite there being a hold on all personnel actions.

🦬 It’s a good day to remind you that Elon Musk and SpaceX pollute our lands and water. #StopSpaceX #SmashStarlink #TeslaTakedown

🦬 I’m back from my stay-cation, and the fuckery remains afoot?! DOI has now: -Frozen personnel actions (everything from ladder promotions to *changing your name*) in anticipation of department-wide RIFs (likely unlawful) -Set a RTO date of June 15th -“Consolidated” critical services… 1/2

🦬 Truly hoping someone will sneak in a line on their resume about how good they are at baking cookies. #SecretaryCookieMonster 🍪🍪🍪

🦬 Just popping in to say I'm still here; I haven't Forked off (though I hear DRP 3.0 is coming our way!) or been RIFed (yet!). Taking some personal time to process the loss of a significant number of my colleagues and our programs. ❤️‍🩹

🦬 A loss of tremendous talent, passion, and expertise is upon us. This move will absolutely devastate the Department — and unfortunately, there is no going back. Dark days, months, and years are ahead of us. 💔

🦬 New information on DOI's (specifically BLM's) RIFs, which we are supposed to refer to as "modernization" (narrator voice: we will not be referring to them as modernization). 1. A second DRP will be offered soon, people can switch from VERA/VSIP to DRP (sure, Jan). 1/