A Rockville woman with developmental disabilities was laid off from NIH after 30 years. What’s next for her is uncertain. Andrea Geller loved her job in the mailroom at NIH. But after she was laid off, she's struggling to find a job accommodating her disabilites.

There were more than 500,000 #disabled workers working for the #FederalGovernment across the country prior to the #DOGE cuts. #DOGECoup #ableism #TrumpAdministration #NowWhat

#Oligarchy #GOPCoup #DOGECoup

FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say Steep cuts to the agency's workforce had disrupted drug and food safety inspections.

The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off #FederalEmployees appearing, to contradict what the workers were told: they were being let go because their work was "unnecessary." #CorporateMove #DOGECoup #TrumpAdministration #FDA #layoffs buff.ly/xZDH7fi

‘Unchecked drug resistant gonorrhoea’, is a perfect description for Trump and Musk. #DOGEscam #DOGEcoup #StopMusk

tRump seriously believes that if he says there's no inflation, then there is no inflation. #Delusional #Narcissist #StockMarketCrash #DOGECoup #TrumpAdministration

A reminder of a couple of things: #DOGE is an integral part of a coup, happening in real time and @wired.com is doing some of the most important work in journalism. #StopMusk #DOGECoup #AmericanFascism #NetworkState

#Americans applied for #British citizenship in record numbers last year, according to Britain’s Home Office, with a big spike in applications logged during the #FinalQuarter (after the election). #BrainDrain #WouldIfICould #TrumpAdministration #DOGECoup

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The #TrumpAdministration attacks on #ScientificResearch appear to follow a three-pronged objective: forcibly align science with state ideology; undermine academic independence and suppress dissent; and maintain geopolitical and economic goals. #BrainDrain #DOGECoup #NaziPlaybook

A judge ruled DOGE has NO authority to gut USAID. So what did they do? Embedded their own officials in leadership anyway. This isn’t just overreach—it’s a full-blown constitutional crisis. Congress must step in NOW. #DOGECoup #RuleOfLaw

Minnesota Republicans' bill to define "Trump derangement syndrome" as mental illness provokes backlash A bill that was introduced by Minnesota Senate Republicans to define so-called "Trump derangement syndrome" as a mental illness has provoked a backlash, with some saying the bill trivializes mental…

If it is meant as a joke, it is a waste of resources that trivializes serious #MentalIllness. If it's serious, it is a #dangerous affront to free speech. Might not pass this time, but it could the next, which would then give them an excuse... #Minnesota #Legislation #DOGECoup buff.ly/GeyDAm0

FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment.

#FDA employees confronted broken desks, missing chairs and locked offices for which they didn’t have keys. That was after security lines up to an hour long and no parking availability. #Chainsaw #TheyWantItThatWay #DOGECoup #FederalEmployees #WorkConditions #HostileWorkplace buff.ly/88yKIc9

#doge #dogecoup #usinstituteforpeace #acab #dcpdWTF #stopthecoup #fucktrump #fuckmusk

#FireMusk
#DOGECoup
#TyrantTrump

Missing context: the statements were made in a speech GIVEN IN #JOHANNESBURG. Are we now trying to police #speech outside the USA too? #FreeSpeech #DOGECoup #hypocrisy

Trump signs order to gut Voice of America, other agencies The order also targets agencies providing funding for museums, libraries and tackling homelessness.

Biased? The #VoiceOfAmerica and #RadioFreeEurope? Why don't you go on over to VOANews dot com slash usa and take a look for yourself. And read some actual military history while you're at it! #DOGECoup

'You lose all hope': Federal workers gripped by mental health distress amid Trump cuts In interviews with NBC News, many federal workers shared stories of overwhelming stress, personal crises, rapid weight loss, panic attacks and more.

Russell Vought said he wanted to put #federal civil servants “in trauma.” It's working. And it's heartbreaking. #StandWithFederalEmployees #DOGECoup buff.ly/Bvvk5Ut

Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.

What stings most is the contention that former #Federal employees were lazy and worthless, collecting big paychecks for meaningless work. #StandWithFederalEmployees #DOGECoup

Trump Vowed To End Surprise Medical Bills. The Office Working on That Just Got Slashed. - KFF Health News The Trump administration’s first round of sweeping staff cuts to federal agencies eliminated dozens of positions at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, which is tasked with…

The retrenchment is threatening work at an agency already laboring to run an #overstretched system for resolving sometimes very large #SurpriseBills from out-of-network medical providers. #NoSurprisesAct #DOGECoup #SawThisComing buff.ly/VCdEl9V

Tuesday's reverse-of-layoff notices offer no protections against future reductions in force to government agencies, ordered by President Trump last month. #ToxicWorkplace #CDC #DOGECoup buff.ly/2s6WNKC

A former undercover #CIA officer said failure to conduct final briefings for U.S. officials holding #TopSecret clearances was a "terrible #counterintelligence risk." #Espionage #SayWhat #DOGECoup #Treason

Remote US #FederalEmployees get ultimatum to move to Washington #OPM #relocation #ShortNotice #DOGECoup

Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their #intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US #FederalEmployees working in #NationalSecurity. #DOGECoup #layoffs #concerning

Some FDA Inspectors, Other Workers Reinstated With Far Less Ballyhoo - KFF Health News The Trump administration is bringing back employees let go in mass firings. Those workers reviewed medical and infection-control devices, among others. Meanwhile, USAID and other agencies experience…

The #TrumpAdministration has started quietly rehiring some of the #FDA employees it fired last week, after letting them go in a process that insiders described as abrupt and haphazard. (Quotes a firewalled article.) #DOGECoup #DOGEReversal

White House restores 9/11 health program funding after uproar The White House restored funding for the 9/11 first responder survivors’ health program after an uproar from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ensued following the Department of Government…

In addition to the Democrats, eight #GOP representatives also objected to the budget cut. https://buff.ly/41wnlzv #DOGECoup #DOGEReversal

Meet four Minnesota federal workers mourning the loss of their dream jobs Many Minnesotans are among those facing unemployment, as the Trump administration slashes jobs across agencies. The state is home to more than 18,000 federal workers, with nearly 60 percent working for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Fired federal workers in Minnesota mourn the loss of their dream jobs | MPR News
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/22/fired-f...

#Minnesota #resisttrump #dogecoup

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NYC sues Trump Regime for missing $80M migrant housing grant
City comptroller Brad Lander said in a statement his office had to pressure Adams to allow the suit.
"After my office discovered that Elon Musk and his DOGE goon squad stole $80 million out of the City's coffers, we successfully […]

Blast radius of purges We memorialize the impact of your service on our safety, health, and democracy

#DOGECoup
#MAGABurningDowntheUSA

The Federal infrastructure is being dismantled and politicized at an astonishingly rapid pace. Chaotic cutting is not efficient or effective.

Though the authors of scientific papers have been given the opportunity to #revise their work in line with #TrumpAdministration requirements, all of them have #declined. #Resist #ThisIsHow #DOGECoup https://buff.ly/419HSsf

Former CMS head warns DOGE acting too quickly Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said she is concerned about the speed at which Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is…

In other news, water is wet. But it's worth it to keep sounding this alarm. #CMS #DOGECoup https://buff.ly/3QwqJ6Q