Forking Off
LightNews LightNews
banner
forkingoff.com
Forking Off
@forkingoff.com
160 followers 640 following 40 posts
The podcast that gives a fork about former feds.

Website: https://forkingoff.com

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/forkingoff

Links: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/forking-off
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
forkingoff.com
Forking Off @forkingoff.com · Oct 10
Hi, Friends! Since our launch a few people have asked how they can help. All told, we've invested over $1,000 getting things running, but we'd like to be able to do more. If you like what you've heard and want to help us grow, please consider making a small contribution.

ko-fi.com/forkingoff/g...
Support Forking Off
Support Forking Off
ko-fi.com
forkingoff.com
Tomorrow is Veterans Day! We hope you'll check out our new episode with Navy veteran and former State Department employee, Mike Johnson (no, not that one)! Mike continues to serve veterans and his community by volunteering at food shelters and mentoring those in need.

forkingoff.com/mike-johnson
Mike Johnson is a Game Changer
Mike didn't think he was in a place where he'd have to worry about his future, but that's not how it turned out.
forkingoff.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
brianvan.bsky.social
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Reposted by Forking Off
hax4libre.com
🚨Scam Alert!🚨 I see plenty of bot accounts🤖 on Bluesky, but I don't see much talk about other types of scams and malicious activity.👨‍💻

Attached are a couple of screenshots of a scam attempt I received earlier ☣️masquerading as Bluesky trust & safety.☣️

URL resolves to ⚠️bsky[.]form94799[.]icu⚠️
Screenshot of a chat request from securebluesky012.bsky.social saying "Your Bluesky profile has been temporarily restricted. To prevent permanent suspension, please verify yo... Screenshot of message from securebluesky012.bsky.social that states: "Your Bluesky profile has been temporarily restricted. To prevent permanent suspension, please verify your account within 24 hours. [Suspicious short URL: is[dot]gd/bskysupported] If the link doesn't work, simply copy and paste it into your browser. © Bluesky Security Department This notification is only visible to you." At the bottom are options to Accept, Delete, Block or report the message.
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
forkingoff.com
Check out our new episode with former FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Christina Mesesan. From Operation Ghost Stories to the firing of James Comey, Christina saw it all, and she's sharing her advice for leading during crisis.

#ForkingOff #ComeysHomies #AltGov

forkingoff.com/christina-me...
Christina Mesesan is Policing the Police
When I have to hide that I don't believe what I'm saying, maybe now it's time for me to take the step and leave.
forkingoff.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
forkingoff.com
This week Patty Hartman, former DOJ Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist, calls for fired, forked, and former feds to run for office in a referendum on legislators' inability to realize their checks on the executive. Check it out!

#ForkingOff #AltGov #Vote #Furlough

forkingoff.com/patty-hartman
Patty Hartman is Speaking up Against Injustice
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
forkingoff.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
chrismurphyct.bsky.social
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
forkingoff.com
Forking Off is a podcast by former feds about former feds. It's federal Friday, and most of our former further restricted restricted colleagues aren't getting paid. So, take a break and relax with a catchy jingle. 🎶🎼🎶

#FederalFriday #ReleaseTheFiles #FurloughFriday

www.tiktok.com/@forkingoffp...
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
forkingoff.com
Special episode! Sometimes leaving public service means rekindling childhood dreams. That's exactly what former Pentagon Police Officer and Marine Corps veteran Bryan Janick is doing at Goatz Sportz Cardz in Herndon, VA. Check out their Grand Opening on November 1st!

forkingoff.com/bryan-janick
A custom trading card featuring former Pentagon Police Officer and Marine Corps veteran Bryan Janick of Goatz Sportz Cardz.
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
forkingoff.com
What a crappy way to start the week?! 💩
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
drewharwell.com
The president's poop video has officially entered the danger zone kennyloggins.com/response-to-...
Response to President Trump’s Unauthorized Use of “Danger Zone” October 20, 2025 Late Saturday, Oct. 18, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on his Truth Social account that portrayed him dumping brown sludge on a crowd of protesters while wearing a crown and flying overhead in a jet labeled “King Trump.” The music accompanying the video clip was Kenny Loggins’ hit recording “Danger Zone,” from the 1986 motion picture Top Gun (it was also used in the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick). In response, Kenny Loggins has issued the following statement: “This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately.” He continues, “I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us. Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together. We’re all Americans, and we’re all patriotic. There is no ‘us and them’ – that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s all of us. We’re in this together, and it is my hope that we can embrace music as a way of celebrating and uniting each and every one of us.”
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
forkingoff.com
New episode! Get civically fit and join Dr. Ana Mitchell's cultural revolution!

After the RIF at CDC, Ana turned despair into action. Now she's ready to pump up your civic fitness journey!

#ForkingOff #AltGov #AltCDC @altcdc.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social

forkingoff.com/ana-mitchell/
Dr. Ana Mitchell is Starting a Cultural Revolution
Ana is on a mission to make civic engagement a part of people's everyday life.
forkingoff.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
justiceconnection.bsky.social
Mike Romano, an 18-yr DOJ veteran prosecutor, explains in our Substack how under Trump's DOJ, there's no room for a prosecutor to exercise good judgment.

They're using the machinery of criminal prosecution to punish political foes, whether or not they're guilty.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Decision Not to Charge
In Trump's DOJ, there is no room for a prosecutor to exercise good judgment. They are using the machinery of criminal prosecution to harm and punish political foes, whether or not they are guilty.
justiceconnection.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
davidjbier.bsky.social
An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
kenwhite.bsky.social
The government’s social media channels are operated by incels, trolls, and YouTube commenters.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24d
Excited to inform you all that the Department of Homeland Security is currently attempting to ratio me (and failing, as of more than two hours later).

With a heavy sigh, I repeat: bring back professionalism. For the love of god. You're running comms for the government of the USA. Act like it.
@DHSGov account says "Ratio." They are QTing a post that I wrote (next picture reproduces in full) asking, with a fair amount of snark, why DHS was blaming Governor Pritzker for the Hanover Park PD having hiring someone who allegedly was a visa overstay. They post two headlines about an Illinois law which authorized noncitizens with valid work authorization to become cops. The post that set this off, in which I too was QTing the DHS account. The DHS post about the Hanover Park PD incident reads as follows: ". @GovPritzker doesn’t just allow illegal aliens to terrorize Illinois’s communities, he allows them to work as sworn police officers. Radule Bojovic overstayed a B2 tourist visa that required him to depart the U.S. on March 31, 2015. Over a decade later, he was still illegally in the U.S. working as a police officer for the Hanover Park Police Department earning a salary of $78,955. Criminal illegal aliens have NO PLACE in our communities, especially on our police forces." My QT response to this was: "What the heck does Governor Pritzker have to do with a local police department hiring decision? Do the people running @DHSgov not even know the basics about how state governments work?"
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
justiceconnection.bsky.social
Another Friday & more fed. prosecutors were fired for doing their jobs: evaluating whether there is a crime, and finding none, declining to bring charges.
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
forkingoff.com
We've recently received some comments expressing displeasure with our messages to current federal workers emphasizing their need to hold themselves and their peers accountable for their actions in their official capacities.

Exhibit A:

#NoKings #NoFuhrers #NoNazis #ForkingOff #WhatInTheActual
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Reposted by Forking Off
altdhs.altgov.info
Picture of Native American woman in profile in front of a landscape of hills and trees under the sun, with the caption "Happy Indigenous Peoples Day, - Kanipawit Maskwa"
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
forkingoff.com
On this day 250 years ago, the Continental Navy was formed. Four years later Captain John Paul Jones declared, "I have not yet begun to fight!" Today we celebrate that spirit with an interview of Dr. John Cordle, USN (Retired).

#ForkingOff #Navy250 #HumanFactors #AltGov

forkingoff.com/john-cordle/
Dr. John Cordle Charts a New Course
Dr. Cordle retired after finding his moral compass no longer aligned with the administration's charted course.
forkingoff.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
forkingoff.com
As the administration veered off course, retired Navy captain Dr. John Cordle found his moral compass pointing toward the exit.

Tune in Monday to learn how his departure could impact naval readiness in the South China Sea for years to come.

#ForkingOff #Podcast #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Navy
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
forkingoff.com
Hi, Friends! Since our launch a few people have asked how they can help. All told, we've invested over $1,000 getting things running, but we'd like to be able to do more. If you like what you've heard and want to help us grow, please consider making a small contribution.

ko-fi.com/forkingoff/g...
Support Forking Off
Support Forking Off
ko-fi.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Reposted by Forking Off
justiceconnection.bsky.social
Over 100 immigration judges have been ousted since January and those who remain are being told to prioritize deportations while ICE roams courthouse hallways.

All of this threatens due process rights.
“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts
The Trump administration’s push for more deportations is upending immigration courts. Recently terminated judges fear the changes imperil due process.
www.motherjones.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
justiceconnection.bsky.social
By taking 3,000 FBI agents away from their jobs, this admin is putting the nation at greater risk of terrorism, slowing down child exploitation cases, and letting white collar crime flourish.
A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data
Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
justiceconnection.bsky.social
Thousands of DOJ public servants sent farewell messages on their last day. We’ve collected them to preserve the wisdom & concerns they shared.

Ahead of AG Bondi's hearing, their words remind us: the rule of law is only as strong as those who uphold it: bit.ly/4obGX4p
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted by Forking Off
justiceconnection.bsky.social
Ahead of AG Bondi's hearing tomorrow, hundreds of recent DOJ alumni joined our sign-on letter decrying attacks on the Justice Department.

Read our statement & letter: bit.ly/48AnzcT
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
forkingoff.com
Check out our new episode featuring former DOJ employee Jordan Mathews!

Find out why Jordan left her dream job at America's Peacemaker to start The Fed Up.

We hope you're as inspired as we were.

forkingoff.com/jordan-mathe...
Jordan Mathews Says the True Thing Out Loud
America lost a future leader bound to motivate and inspire generations of public servants
forkingoff.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM