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riversedge

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Sun Dec 8, 2024, 03:07 PM Dec 8

GOP wants 'mandatory training' of government workers to follow Trump's agenda: report [View all]

Source: raw story



Tom Boggioni December 8, 2024 9:43AM ET


In a deep dive by the Washington Post on the drastic measures government workers are undergoing to protect their jobs, or the possibility of legal harassment from president-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, Republicans are also making plans to make them fall in line with the president-elect's agenda.

According to the report, panicked staffers are looking for jobs in the private sector, seeking to move to different departments that may not be impacted as muc with the Post report adding, "...some civil servants are taking out liability insurance to cover lawyers if they’re demoted or fired."

Speaking with the Post, Jesus Soriano, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3403, admitted, "There is shock and there is actual fear, and there is self censure in the sense that people are scared about retaliation."


The report adds that Trump's allies in Congress also want to get in on clamping down on civil servants............................



Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/gop-2670381701/



These are US citizens that Trump is going after--just because they happen to work for the Federal government. damn!!





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How lucky I am! Retired from federal employment 20? years ago. elleng Dec 8 #1
2007 for me ballardgirl Dec 8 #13
PLEASE don''t MENTION pensions!!! elleng Dec 8 #14
August 2020 for me slightlv Dec 8 #18
Will this be perceived more like potty training, or a re-education camp? bucolic_frolic Dec 8 #2
I'd bet the chaplains get involved in the training. slightlv Dec 8 #19
" re-education camp" JoseBalow Dec 9 #24
My thoughts exactly. scarletlib Dec 9 #30
There's a whiff of fascism in the air. nt City Lights Dec 8 #3
A WHIFF??? HUAJIAO Dec 8 #6
will they be taught the proper way to do a stiff-arm salute? DBoon Dec 8 #4
YES !! HUAJIAO Dec 8 #8
Off to re-education camps surfered Dec 8 #5
This is no joke. HUAJIAO Dec 8 #7
Wasn't meant as one. It was meant as condemnation of the incoming regime. surfered Dec 8 #9
Oh, I know it wasn't a joke. Absolutely. HUAJIAO Dec 8 #10
Great! surfered Dec 8 #11
A loyal oath to Trump will be required for successful completion dalton99a Dec 8 #12
And an NDA. Midnight Writer Dec 8 #15
FML Puppyjive Dec 8 #16
Taught to keep their eyes downcast. pfitz59 Dec 8 #17
Just say YES, that is all the training you will need. republianmushroom Dec 8 #20
How the fuck even the most idiotic among us can pretend that this shit isn't fascism is beyond me when THIS is the kind Karasu Dec 8 #21
The unredacted version reveals that they have to kneel and ask to kiss his perineum. Orrex Dec 8 #22
The Department of Re-Education... coming soon to Disneyland on the Potomac Montauk6 Dec 8 #23
Trumpf may as well demand mandatory German language classes be taught in the US. C0RI0LANUS Dec 9 #25
I wonder which profiteer will be paid to run moniss Dec 9 #26
Look who the incoming AG lobbied for underpants Dec 9 #27
Quite likely and maybe Moosk will moniss Dec 9 #29
Any MAGA who whined about mandatory DEI training are really gonna love travelingthrulife Dec 9 #28
Way to root out the best and the brightest employees. milestogo Dec 9 #31
This is blatantly unconstitutional Wiz Imp Dec 9 #32
Code of Federal Regulations; Title 51; Part 1; Project 2025. Marcuse Dec 9 #33
So How Many Hours of Federal Employee Time modrepub Dec 9 #34
Only the Ass Kissers will survive. Emile Dec 9 #35
Mandatory training Deminpenn Dec 9 #36
Unless it goes anything like this DSandra Dec 9 #38
Probably be pretty easy to dupe Donald "Jim Crow" Trump's agents RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 9 #37
The Ministry of Love will take you to Room 101 if you don't hail Trump as a great man. LudwigPastorius Dec 9 #39
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