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Donald Trump is trying every trick he and his Project 2025 cronies can think of to fill the civil service with political hacks. This is a farce. Don't be fooled by this offer. He will burn you like he's burned everyone who has ever worked for him."
Democratic Representative Gerry Connolly from Virginia via X on Tuesday
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If they don't want to work in the office and contribute to making America great again, then they are free to choose a different line of work, and the Trump administration will provide a very generous payout of eight months."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in a statement shared with NBC, said
Trump is offering a fake 'buyout' to federal workers with no guarantee he won't screw them the minute they accept—and then replace them with unqualified, inexperienced loyalists the second they leave."
Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat, via X on Tuesday
Don't be fooled by a fake offer,
Kaine addedThis reaction I’m seeing has gone from a ‘I might have to leave my stable job that I love because it’s chaotic and targeted’ to a sense of ‘fuck you, I’m not leaving’. This email has started solidifying the resolve of the federal workforce,
the employee said
The Trump administration’s recent efforts to encourage the bulk of the federal workforce to resign are perplexing, of questionable legality and dangerous,
said Max Stier, president and CEO at the Partnership for Public Service, which advocates on behalf of civil servantsThey don’t have the authority to offer this to people. They don’t have the funding, they are not to be trusted. They just want us out,
a third federal worker saidIt’s obvious that this is a scam built on a Musk template,
a federal employee told the Guardian on condition of anonymityIf you tender your resignation by next Friday, we will guarantee you payment through the end of September whether or not you show up for work...The President has no authority to make that offer. There's no budget line item to pay people who are not showing up for work."
Senator Tim Kaine, Tuesday on the Senate floorEmployees who accept deferred resignation should promptly have their duties re-assigned or eliminated and be placed on paid administrative leave until the end of the deferred resignation period."
The memorandum from OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell readsThis is a suggestion to federal workers that they have to return to work. If they don't, then they have the option to resign, and this administration is very generously offering to pay them for eight months."
She saidIt took me 10 years of applying and 20 years experience in my field to get here. I will not be pushed out by two billionaire trust funds babies. I'M NOT LEAVING!"
another user shared
I am 28 years in and I am not going anywhere,
one user commentedThey may take our telework but they'll never take our freedom!!!"
One user shared a meme that readIt's wild how quickly things have pivoted from despair to burning motivation,
another user addedI'm almost 29 years in and I'm not leaving unless they're dragging me out kicking and screaming or I keel over dead,
another addedIt is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called 'transition' of a child from one sex to another,
the order says
They looked like they were having a big party,
said Colleen Talty, a marine biologistI know I’m coming back to a place that looks like hell with destruction all around,
said 25-year-old Raed Said Sobeh, who had been displaced five times during the war
Just because they have Alzheimer’s and dementia, I think people forget they are sentient human beings. They still feel,
Andrew said