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The year Trump broke the federal government (Washington Post, gift link)
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy. 
 

Incredibly wide-ranging and important, showing the human cost of the firing of hundreds of thousands of federal workers and all the federal agency missions undermined and abandoned as a result.

I...could not read all of this.  Teared up, still too soon.  For anyone who doesn't know, I was part of the Reduction in Force earlier this year, terminated from my federal job at a science agency you've definitely heard of.  I lived through this, and I can confirm that this article very much shows the full picture.

I know it's been awhile since the bulk of the Reductions in Force.  Please don't forget us.  The vast majority of fired federal workers were NOT called back.  Many have NOT "moved on".  Many are still struggling and still searching for jobs in a very tight job market,.  For many, their niche federal experience is not so valuable anymore because the federal government still, by and large, is not hiring.  Many are questioning themselves, heartsore and worried as much as every other patriot.

This didn't have to happen.  it's 317 days until midterm elections.  It's 1052 days until the next presidential election.  If you're struggling, I see you, hang in there.  And when it's time, please vote.