🦬 Good! They should quit and find new jobs.

They should also know that as someone with hiring power, I will never hire them into any DOI agency.

Help us stand up for our most vulnerable employees! Let DOI and NPS hear your thoughts:

www.doi.gov/contact-us

www.nps.gov/aboutus/cont...
(Click on the link in the second bullet under the National Park Service heading for the form)

Text reads “the national Park service still owes about 100 seasonal employees their salary after the government shut down which is illegal. Bullies always pick on the most vulnerable people in the NPS that’s our seasonal employees.” under the text is a skull and crossbones wearing a Ranger hat.

Text reads “the law requires that all government employees get paid back after the shutdown ends. That’s up to $200,000 of wages being withheld from seasonal workers. Rangers at multiple national parks have not been paid. Not only is the NPS breaking the law, but they are abusing the people who help your run.” In the middle of the page is the NPS arrowhead.

A screenshot of a news article with the headline some Park Rangers are still owed pay after the shutdown and a picture of the shoulder of a uniformed ranger. Below the screenshot text reads “Trump and his administration have been taking every chance possible to take away the rights of rangers. Every day is a fight for what we deserve.”

Text reads “seasonal employees are the heartbeat of the NPS. Despite 24% of Rangers getting pushed out of the NPS we aren’t allowed to hire anyone… How are we expected to keep the parks open when we’re down 1/4 of our staff? We’ve been told to fill all of the vacancies with seasonal employees, but now our seasonal employees aren’t getting the respect (and legal protections) they deserve.” Below the text is a group of rangers with their hands in the middle of a circle.

First they push 24% of rangers out the door, and tell us we can’t hire anyone to backfill those positions. Then, they tell us to fill those positions with seasonal (temporary) rangers—the positions in the NPS with the least protections.

DOGE isn’t gone.
Ask any Fed who had a position affected by them.

They’re embedded, in positions where they cannot be fired.

@altssa.altgov.info
@altcdc.altgov.info
@altdoi.altgov.info
@altnih4science.bsky.social
@altfda.altgov.info

And anyone I forgot.
Feel free to chime in for Anna.

🦬 I am not kidding when I saw Dems need to start working on RIF language *now* so that new Agency heads can issue RIFs to all lingering DOGEies on day 1 of the next administration.

@naturalresources.bsky.social

DOGE investigations and prosecutions are already overdue

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

Vought is the 'shadow president', a far-right Christian fascist who co-ran Project 2025 and hates American values of freedom, equality, democracy.

🦬 Oil bro said he was leaving in August because RIFs were supposed to be implemented by then; since they’re actually wildly illegal, he’s been hanging on by his fingertips hoping to see them through.

Who knows how much longer we’re stuck with him??? 🤡🤡🤡

🦬 These people should never be able to hold another position as long as they live (which hopefully isn’t very long!).

🦬 Speaking of DOGE, I like to keep track of all the original wreckers:

One of whom is Amanda Scales, a Musk lackey who went back to xAI after failing out of DOGE after just six months.

She’s unemployed now. 🤡

🦬 “DOGE” no longer exists— its employees have just burrowed into the agencies they were assigned to.

Tyler Hassen. Stephanie Holmes.

⬆️ Just two of the people who need to be RIFed day one of the next administration (assuming they haven’t slunk away of their own accord before then).

🦬 Two things Elon’s little X experiment (showing users’ locations) has made clear are:

1) There are so many more of us than there are of them.

2) What a world we live in…that making rage bait is the only way some people in developing countries are able to survive.

Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*

The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.

@cartoonkahuna.bsky.social

Interior Launches Expansive 11th National Offshore Leasing Program to Advance U.S. Energy Dominance | U.S. Department of the Interior The Department of the Interior today announced a Secretary’s Order titled “Unleashing American Offshore Energy,” directing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to take the necessary steps, in accorda...

Can we put a stop to corporations and billionaires “winning” at the expense of conservation, wildlife, and climate resilience?

#ConservationOverCorporations

www.doi.gov/pressrelease...

🦬 I remain optimistic that they aren’t intelligent enough to pull that off (see also, the elections from earlier this month).

🦬 The alacrity with which this administration kneecapped federal renewables is infuriating, but also insightful, because it shows that the next Democratic administration can and should do it to oil and gas.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day when we honor the memory of those killed simply for being.
Violence comes from weapons & fists just as it can come from ink on paper.
Today, I remember Elisa Rae Shupe, a veteran lost to anti-trans policies.
"Love recognizes no barriers.” Maya Angelou

Recruitment ad for ICE done in the style of WWI military recruitment ad with Uncle Sam, that says join ice today $50,000 signing bonus

I couldn’t wait for #AltTacoTunesday to share this link to Jesse Welles performing his song “Join ICE” on Colbert especially after spotting this ICE add on LinkedIn yesterday.

Signing bonuses, & that big, huh? Just last week we couldn’t pay SNAP benefits. 🤔

youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...

Please comment on the proposed changes to promote big energy over endangered species.

www.regulations.gov/document/FWS...

📢🦬 Since “the most transparent” administration axed the 2025 FEVS, @ourpublicservice.bsky.social has stepped up to fill the void.

Fellow feds, please take the survey and share with your colleagues. Our opinions matter!

🦬 “Interior largely rolled out its consolidation effort on paper only and without overhauling operations in any practical way.”

…Pay us money so nothing changes. Can confirm this is true — when I lost my local IT Specialist I asked what the biggest change was and they replied, “My email address.”

"Public Lands in Public Lands Act" Receives Formal Endorsement From the House Public Lands Caucus The bill would prevent the Interior and Agriculture secretaries from selling or transferring federal public lands

The bill prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from transferring publicly accessible federal land—or land directly contiguous to it—to any non-federal entity.

#publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands

Look West: Parks crawl back online after shutdown
mailchi.mp/westernprior...

‘Our mission is to change the world through eco-cultural tourism’ #iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

‘Our mission is to change the world through eco-cultural tourism’

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

🦬 It’s still available: www.doi.gov/sites/defaul...

A government document that is completely redacted. Source: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-04/25-004683records.pdf

A government document that is completely redacted. Source: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-04/25-004683records.pdf

A government document that is completely redacted. Source: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-04/25-004683records.pdf

A government document that is completely redacted. Source: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-04/25-004683records.pdf

🦬 I’m glad the House and Senate passed the Epstein Files Transparanecy Act, but a general reminder that this administration is anything *but* transparent.

Remember when a court ordered DOI to submit its RIF plans, and they submitted 64 pages of redactions instead?

I remember.

Danny is a Marine veteran + a dedicated federal worker. Veterans make up about 30% of the federal workforce, & many public services provide healthcare + benefits for those who served our country. This Veterans Day, we recommit to serving those who’ve served us — with fairness, dignity, & respect.

🦬 This is what happens when your National Parks are not staffed.