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Inside the federal government as Trump and DOGE pushed it past its breaking point in 2025, as told by some of the more than 1,200 federal workers @hannahnatanson.bsky.social and @merylkornfield.bsky.social have spoken to this year
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
September 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/b...
New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
Emails and testimonials from workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau document the administration’s efforts to lay off 90 percent of the employees.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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A judge has granted a preliminary injunction allowing federal employees’ collective bargaining rights to remain intact in a dozen agencies. This is a small victory for federal employees, their union rights and the American people they serve: www.nteu.org/top-news-upd...
April 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Boom - Round 1 with more to go
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🗣️ BREAKING: During this morning's emergency hearing on the yesterday's illegal RIFs of 90% of CFPB workers Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to the government: “advise your client there will be an order this afternoon that the RIF will not take place”
April 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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link to today's full order in the CFPB case: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
www.guptawessler.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
✊ Judge Jackson suspends Russ Vought's illegal RIFs pending April 28 hearing!

Read all about that (AND Russ Vought turning red) in the CFPB Union’s latest newsletter: buff.ly/VpKO4sc #RedRussy
April 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
DOGE logic
April 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Motion for order to show cause: "Earlier today, the defendants sent out reduction-in-force notices to the vast majority of
CFPB employees. Public reporting puts the total number of people terminated at approximately 1,400-1,500."

www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
April 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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See you tomorrow, DC! ✊🍕📣
March 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is a do-or-die moment for the American labor movement. Invite everyone you know. On April 5th, we fight back.
March 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The administration is attempting to eliminate the union rights of federal employees across the government. We will vigorously challenge yesterday’s illegal order and fight on behalf of union members across the nation.
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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‼️ BREAKING ‼️

Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a preliminary injunction in the NTEU's case against Russell Vought 🎉

This blocks the continued efforts by new CFPB bosses to dismantle the agency and keep us all from doing our jobs.

More in 🧵
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson has *blocked* the dismantling of CFPB. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
March 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson has *blocked* the dismantling of CFPB. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
March 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
March 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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"Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency."

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...
Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life
Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The Senate is considering the House-passed continuing resolution, which significantly cuts funding to NTEU-represented agencies. Urge your senators to oppose these funding cuts: bit.ly/3DOiLDr
March 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The CFPB was created by Congress to protect American consumers against predatory financial practices.

All Americans should be concerned about the Administration’s attempt to shut down this agency.

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 fin...
apnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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The White House ratcheted up its campaign to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, blasting the powerful federal watchdog — formed to protect Americans from scams and corporate abuse — as a “woke” agency whose “weaponization ends right now.”
White House targets CFPB as union sues over work stoppage
The financial watchdog agency was formed after a 2008 crisis. The Trump administration has told staffers not to take any actions — or even come into the office.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Read National President Doreen Greenwald’s op-ed supporting federal employees: www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
February 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM