hi friends, please watch Everett Kelley's rousing address!

He's the president of AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), the largest union representing federal and DC government employees.

Everett Kelley starts speaking at ~1:20 (1 hr 20 min).

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-hands-off-protest-against-trump-and-musks-federal-cuts-in-washington-d-c

"... But they thought it was easy. They thought we were easy targets. But let me tell you something about union members and veterans: We will not be intimidated!"

"Today isn't the end of this movement, it's the beginning!"

'#HandsOff' rally in #PortsmouthNH: Thousands slam #Trump and his policies

by Ian Lenahan
Portsmouth Herald
Updated 3:19 p.m. ET April 5, 2025

PORTSMOUTH — "Large crowds of protesters gathered Saturday at "Hands Off" rallies in Seacoast New Hampshire and Maine and across the nation, speaking out against President Donald Trump and his administration's actions.

"Large crowds in downtown Portsmouth lined both sides of the length of Congress Street, spilling into side streets, exceeding expectations for city police.
Protesters have focused on issues like Trump's tariffs, Trump's actions to end protections for immigrants and transgender people, the dismantling of the Department of Education, cuts to the Veterans Administration, and layoffs of thousands of federal workers.

"Protesters in Portsmouth called for the Department of Government Efficiency to be dismantled, for the federal government to protect #teachers, public #school staff, #Abortionrights, #FederalWorkers, #WomensRights and #LGBTQ+ rights, labeled Trump “#orangeMussolini,” and called for preserving #Medicaid, #Medicare and #SocialSecurity.

“Hands off the Constitution,” one sign said. “Democracy is not for sale!”
Portsmouth crowd grows to thousands

Read more, view photos:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/04/05/hands-off-rally-portsmouth-nh-trump-protest/82762300007/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VtjVe
#NewHampshireResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #ResistFascism #USPol

Something’s not adding up

The report is: US employers added 228k jobs in March. About 2X the number added in Feb. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% from 4.1% in Feb, as 232k people joined or rejoined the workforce.

But the report also says: Feb–March, #ElonMusk’s #DOGE signaled cuts of >280k #FederalWorkers & contractors in 27 agencies, acc/to a count kept by the outsourcing firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

#USpol #Trump #economy #labor #recession
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5349661/jobs-economy-trump-tariffs

Nonprofits challenging the February mass-firing of #FederalWorkers urged #SCOTUS Thurs to leave in place a federal judge’s order that would require the #Trump admin to reinstate 16k fired employees from 6 #FederalAgencies.

#law #Musk #DOGE #AbuseOfPower
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/nonprofits-urge-justices-to-leave-judges-reinstatement-of-federal-employees-in-place/

https://www.europesays.com/1966843/ Planned US job cuts surge in March on DOGE hit, report says #challenger #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #doge #ElonMusk #FederalWorkers #Gray&Christmas #Musk #PresidentDonaldTrump

Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and DC

https://apnews.com/article/trump-mass-firings-probationary-workers-reinstated-cf335b05d3e89053fadb1500ab0c839a

A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the mass dismissals…

Federal job cuts put aid for low-income families’ energy bills at risk https://www.byteseu.com/888157/ #Energy #FederalGovernment #FederalWorkers

https://www.europesays.com/1964513/ Federal job cuts put aid for low-income families’ energy bills at risk #Energy #FederalGovernment #FederalWorkers

ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck. - Fracking brilliant, this is… #FederalWorkers #FederalGovernment #journalism #tip #TipLine #WhistleBlower #ProPublica

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/propublica-wanted-to-find-more-sources-in-the-federal-government-so-it-brought-a-truck/

Kyle Swenson: Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t. An oral history project to document the stories of federal workforce cuts is open to all feds and contractors — even #DOGE and #Musk.

#history #federalworkers
https://archive.ph/ShnLT

OMG, this is so sweet. Wife found out her federal job was being eliminated. Husband drove her out to the burbs to a puppy adoption event, only to find out that they got the time wrong and missed it. So he posted on the DC sub reddit, and if you need a glimpse of human kindness, take a look:

https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/1jmrk87/fed_in_need_of_hanging_out_with_a_puppy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-congress-to-stand-with-transportation-security-officers
The Federal officers of the TSA are the good guys, working long, hard hours keeping Americans safe. Now, the Trump Administration tossed out their union protections and benefits. Please click the link to send letters to Congress asking them to pass legislation to protect these patriots, many of whom are Veterans.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/union-rights-federal-workers-donald-trump-00257010 “President Trump’s latest executive order is a disgraceful and retaliatory attack on the rights of hundreds of thousands of patriotic American civil servants — nearly one-third of whom are veterans — simply because they are members of a union that stands up to his harmful policies,” American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley said in a statement. #resist #workersrights #unions #resistance #federalworkers #DemocracyUnderThreat

Whoa, yesterday, #Trump illegally stripped #CollectiveBargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of #FederalWorkers in 18 different departments across multiple #FederalAgencies.

The admin stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared *#war* on President Trump’s agenda.”

Is he going to use #wartime powers against #union members now?

#law #LaborLaw #labor #Musk #DOGE #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #propaganda #Trumpaganda #gaslighting #NaziState #MafiaState
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-exempts-agencies-with-national-security-missions-from-federal-collective-bargaining-requirements/

https://www.wusf.org/2025-03-28/trump-signs-order-ending-union-bargaining-rights-for-wide-swaths-of-federal-employees Why grind down and destroy dedicated civil servants who work hard keeping Americans safe, administering critical programs, and basically serving all Americans? #federalworkers #unions #resist #resistance #SaveDemocracy #doge

I've got #impeachment on my mind today

The question I have about #signalgate is,
Is impeachment the process necessary to shut down his cabinet and the VP's emoji responses to classified info on "private" but disappearing threads?

The question I have about #federalworkers being fired, don't they have to go through the impeachment process to be removed from their offices? If a clown walks into your work and says "you're fired!" Are you actually fired? Or is just a part of the clown's bit?