Every year, without fail, because I work in customer service, multiple people tell me to have a great holiday, and I know they mean well, but honestly, it’s like a gut punch every single time. Please remember 30% of the Federal employees are vets. And for a lot of us, this weekend is not fun. 💔💔💔

Keep calling your reps! This Awfully Ugly Wannabe-Bill is losing momentum the more its brought to light. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jok...

If you are new to Bluesky, may I recommend the #AltGov starter pack? This group is the alt accounts that have been vetted to ensure they have ties to the group they represent. And to show some ❤️, don’t forget @altfda.altgov.info who isn’t on the image anymore. go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d

Trump pardoned the Jan. 6 rioters who injured more than 140 police officers in one of the biggest mass attacks on law enforcement in American history

#AltGov has better security than.... :: checks notes :: ... SecDef and the Director of National Intelligence.

Public Comment Toolkit for Schedule F!! The link to the Federal Register is in the toolkit, and the public comment period is open until May 23rd. Tell OPM to shove Schedule F up their ass by using this toolkit to leave a meaningful comment! You can do it anonymously docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We gotta get loud about this 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

🧵 #WeSeeYou and we (some of us) ARE you.

#MayDay Here at #AltGov we honor to contributions of the working class. We believe in livable wages, safe working conditions, that one job should be enough to live comfortably, and the right for all workers to unionize. #WeSeeYou and we (some of us) ARE you. ✊🏼🫶🏼

This whole 🧵 is pure gold. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

If a tree falls in an empty forest, our #AltGov friends at @altusfs.bsky.social know what happens! Give them a follow and say hello. Smokey needs your help.

Everyone needs to see this. Do not look away.

In a change today of my usual thread, I have a very special tool that I would like to gift you. 🧵 so no Spam in the Gears to day but this tool will help.

Everyone deserves to live & love freely. I'm proud to help introduce the Equality Act & codify into law that LGBTQI+ rights are civil rights. This isn't about politics; it's about ensuring that every person, no matter who they are or who they love, can walk through this world with equal protection.

This is something we can get behind.

🚨Today’s assignment🚨 #SpamInTheGears #GoodTrouble

This whole 🧵 is 🔥 🖤🤎🧡❤️

Folks, when you have some time, head over to the #WhyWeStay thread to hear the resons the #AltGov and #AltGovFam hold the line and continue to serve the people. Read all the good things they are still trying to do while they hold the line

BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals win election upended by Trump, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects.

Elbows Up! Good job, Canada 🇨🇦🍁

#AltGov was asked #WhyWeStay on as gov workers. I want to contribute to something important. I believe in fairness, transparency, equity, the rule of law, excellence, integrity and service before self. These are values central to civil service & my agency. It’s my legacy and my calling. 💕

#WeSeeYou Thank you to my fellow feds and to those who support us. Thank you for your commitment not to power or profit, but to people. You lift us up even if we don’t seem like we need it (we do!). History will remember your integrity, even when others don’t.

#AltGov was asked #WhyWeStay in our jobs as feds. Can't lie, it's tough in such a toxic environment. We are terrorized daily by incompetent leaders. Many of us aren't allowed to do our jobs. Standing up to DOGE gets us marched out of the building. Yet around 75-80% of us remain, and here's why.

(1/4) Adding my voice to that of my fellow #AltGov folks in sharing #WhyWeStay. The Coast Guard has a diverse set of missions - I joined because I wanted to keep people safe, and my work allows me to do so every day. There may be times of stress and confusion, but I know my work matters.

Why I stay. Because I work in the department that is making the rich folks/businesses pay their fair share. And I go after tax evaders that owe over 1 million in taxes. I have broad support for my job. #whywestay.

#WhyWeStay 🧵 The yearly surge of RSV infections meant a full ER, full floor, and make-shift rooms in storage cupboards. Dozens of babies coming in daily with the same thing: stuffed up nose, coughing, trouble breathing. At night I would check each of the 40 babies on the floor looking for higher

#Altgov have been asked to post today about #WhyWeStay. I stay because I chose to serve the American people and even more so the most vulnerable among us. I stay to stay true to myself. I stay because I am good at my job and you deserve a government for the people, by smart good people who care.

This article that calls for the razing of HUD's bldg and talks in awful ways about HUD employees. TIL that HUD was in the Murrah Building (1995 OKC bombing). They lost many people that day. This is not normal. This is traumatizing and awful. @madhouser.altgov.info #weseeyou archive.is/aIR8U

Today, #Altgov members are sharing #WhyWeStay. I have no great words of inspiration. I love my job. I believe strongly in what we do. I know the public needs us. I stay because I'm not ready to give up on that mission yet. We help a lot of people and I'm not ready to give in to those who don't care.

Today the #AltGov accounts are being asked to tell #WhyWeStay. I am still an employee of USFWS because I am committed to our conservation mission, I care about the people I work with, and I get to be hands on living my dream. I take risk to have this account, but it is part of my love of the job.

I almost didn’t post today. It was a rough day, after a rough week, after a rough nearly 100 days. But the #AltGov and #AltFam started a #WhyWeStay thread. Worth reading because IT IS WHY. Why have I served and why keep the faith? Last summer, my kids wanted to go to NY Pride in NYC. And we … 1/n

If anyone needs this, someone posted this yesterday. Canada set up a Trans Lifeline number for US: US Trans Lifeline is: 1-877-565-8860 translifeline.org/hotline/

I’m not able to write a #WhyWeStay post. However, I am able to offer my friendship, support, and eternal gratitude to the government employees and contractors who are writing those posts over the next few days. 🤍 #WeSeeYou 🧵🧵🧵

#AltGov was asked: #WhyWeStay on as gov workers. I can't go into detail about my work but I'll say this: There is a woman hidden on the West Coast who is married with a family. This was made possible by what we did to rescue her from traffickers when she was a child.

If you're wondering why the federal employees have stayed in their jobs despite what they are facing and being put through, be sure to follow the #WhyWeStay hashtag because #Altgov is here to tell you why.

Wonder #WhyWeStay? Feds love the mission, we know how much it matters, and we love working for the people, of the people, and by the people. One of our newest #altgov reps explains it so well. Give a follow and a big rebel yell for @rebelfema.bsky.social #WeSeeYou #resist

I’m so grateful for the care VA gave my dad in his last months and days. I’m so grateful for every person in every role from care providers to those mopping the floors and keeping the cogs moving in other roles. Every one important. #weseeyou

Some Fuckery happened Friday and now we have a new Spam in the Gears to beat the fuck down. These assholes now think it’s cool to snitch on kids!! You all know what to do! enddei.ed.gov

Our basement flooded after a hurricane. Water seeped through the floor and walls, and two sump pumps together failed to keep up. Homeowners insurance said “nope, that’s seepage, not flood, GFY”. FEMA stepped up with a very low cost loan to repair the damage. THANK YOU, FEMA! #WeSeeYou #AltGov

#whywestay #fedstrong We stay because air safety relies on people, not just technology. We keep the skies safe so people can work, vacation, visit family new and old. Happy Monday, air travellers.

Over the next few days, our #AltGov family is going to tell you #WhyWeStay. Even as agencies are gutted and public servants are pushed out, thousands are still showing up. Still fighting for a government that serves people, not billionaires. They dismantle. We build. This is #WhyWeStay.

Yo resisters, Fed family, veterans, and all the fabulous LGBTQ peeps— #WeSeeYou The crisis fatigue is real. Taking care of your well-being is not avoidance-it’s necessary. Seek out your posse, do good work, ask for help when you need it. #Resist, rinse, repeat. Get it trending: #WeSeeYou

Happening right now!! 🔥🏛️ Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries are staging a sit-in on the Capitol steps ✊ to protest Trump’s proposed budget cuts — including attacks on Medicaid — and defend democracy! 📢 Livestreaming here: www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...

🧵 (1/2) #AltGov Roster Updates #AltGov New to the Crew is diverse, all exceptionally interesting. Patience, please, takes a few days for Bluesky handle (altgov.info) updates Official #AltGov starter pack: bsky.app/starter-pack... Verified #AltGov labeler (subscribe): bsky.app/profile/altg...

🎶 You can hear that whistle blow about a million miles 🎶 (from @parkdisservice on IG)

Federal Fuckery Friday is a go! Come play in this thread! 👇🏼 👊🇺🇸🔥💋

NEW From #AltGov and #AltFam!! How Kegseth can SLAY in the makeup studio like the absolute warfighter he wants to be! Pro tips brought to you by AltGov, AltFam, and our amazing community! The floor/thread is now open to public comment! Please post gifs, memes, & your best makeup tips & tricks!

Yes. 💯 Internalize this: 💥 THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL. 💥 #resist

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