The Trump administration is working diligently to eliminate bureaucratic bloat and save taxpayers money.
These efforts have long been defended by democratically elected presidents who currently enjoy record-breaking recognition assessments, according to individuals identifying as bureaucrats in the top Reddit haunts for American federal workers. It's – obviously Holocaust, 9/11 Terrorist Attack In New York City, and “coup d'etat.” 1 user It is listed The post shows no ironic signs and “We are at war.”
In addition to giving the American public a window into the kind of confusion and delusion that plagues the elements of the federal workforce, the increasingly popular Reddit community
R/FedNews Furniture supplied Left wing Publications The supposed evidence of the “fighting spirit” of deep stators, “resistance” That was a loss for the first Trump administration to return.
It is clear from a closer look at the users, engagement, rhetoric and strategy (which had over 375,000 members at the time of publication) that appear in R/FedNews. I'm worried
At this time Around it.
I'll clean the house
President Donald Trump has expressed his nearly 10-year desire to “emit the swamps” in Washington. He campaigned, prior to the election, revisiting the proposal that he won by hand and is now delivering goods.
Trump after recapturing the office
Remote work has been completed For federal employees, it is expected to ultimately encourage so many voluntary exits. He took x to the federal government's Day administration, closed race-obsessed offices across the country, and placed a massive amount of bureaucrats on administrative leave. I ordered a freeze Regarding the employment of federal private employees. And he resurrected 2020 Presidential Order Establishing a Schedule F Employment category for federal employees, making it easy to remove dissatisfied and useless bureaucrats. Estimated A pool of 50,000 eligible candidates.
These measures alone had led to conclusions by bureaucrats, democratic lawmakers and other facilities, but the administration then went a step further and millions of federal labor to promote the downsizing process. provided acquisitions to the party.
A Clinton-appointed federal judge recently imposed a restraining order on the takeover, reportedly accepted by February 10 by around 3% of federal workers, but officials know that writing is on the wall. It's.
When pushed about how the administration is currently carrying out in efforts to address bureaucratic bloat and inefficiency;
Donald Devinea senior scholar at the American Research Fund and former director of the US Personnel Management, under Reagan management, told Blaze News: ”
Tearing and gnashing
The bureaucrats may not want to acknowledge who is in charge, but they seem to at least realize that it is not them anymore. But that doesn't stop federal workers from trying to undermine the Trump administration every time.
Some officials are beginning to plan small ways to disrupt the work carried out by the Trump administration, particularly by members of the efficiency of the US government.
Washington Post
It has been reportedfor example, common service management staff were able to create encrypted chats and arrange ways to hide sensitive defensive data there. Other federal workers reportedly marked emails from the Trump administration as spam “just to anger them.”
Meanwhile, R/FedNews and R/FedDiscussion
paranoia About intruders and spies The following appeal was made, with the ramp extension
- “Hold the line” Reject buyout packages.
- kick TheDoge wastes time requesting and ordering from senior management and then waiting for written approval.
- “Develop” A medical condition that avoids orders from work to work.
- defecation In a chair;
- shield Examination officer from accountability or termination.
- Slow Walk Communication and tasks. and
- They call for involvement in lawsuits that challenge Trump's policies.
Other commentators who personally cleaned government home cleaning suggested targeting Elon Musk and others on Trump's orbit in boycott in the hopes of teaching lessons.
For example, one user who uses Oldschoolfool22, a top commenter on Subreddit,
Begged His fellow travelers have abandoned X, sold Teslas, “driving off the cliffs,” sold Crypto, and “don't watch SpaceX videos unless it's crashed.” Masu.
'f *** ing f *** punch s *** from faces. ”
Another top commenter, doubledsmcgee,
It is shown She can't sell Tesla, but for her act of rebellion she puts a small sticker on the back window denounces Elon Musk.
Doubled Smcgee appears to be one of Subreddit's self-identified bureaucrats who were furious at his return to mandated work, primarily.
According to the history of user comments, she began working in the interior department as a grant expert around 2022. The problem is that she lives in California, thousands of miles from her Virginia office. above.
While mad at the issue of personal inconvenience, doubledsmcgee suggested that, like the others on the subreddit, her fight to keep them out of the house was really about honor.
Statement“We fight for our place because we know the services we provide and the unshakable dedication that we do it. Civil servants aren't necessarily attractive, It will be respectful and honorable forever [M]USK, Trump and his supporters will do this in life. Keep your faith. ”
“Most governments pass it too easily.”
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Self-identification With employees of the Internal Revenue Agency Kamala Harris Voters Those who use Titaniumlid are equally upset about returning to work. Instead, he suggested he could manage the two and a half hours of commute that would take him to try and keep working, but he said, “Absolutely put all the posters/propaganda I can do to fight this Bulls. ***If they'll come back and let me sit at my desk.”
It is not likely that all self-identified federal governments on the subreddit are considering resistance in terms of poster campaigns and small schemes.
Frequent posters with bureaucratic haunts,
Inforl-Fig-7116referring to violent fantasies. When responding to apparent non-straight Fed posts, telling people not to quit, unofficial FIG-7116 I wrote it“I'm ready to go back to the closet to sharpen my knife.”
On another occasion, the user
Proposed They posted photos of Elon Musk and “Comrade Amanda.” This is a reference to OPM's new staff chief Amanda Scales, with a “in” f*** face on the boxing bag. ”
Not Reddit fantasies, lawsuits
When asked about another “resistance” outlook, presented some of the suggestions on R/FedNews, Donald Devine
He helped me I cut 100,000 bureaucratic jobs while at OPM Co-authored The chapter on how to manage the bureaucracy in Project 2025, “Leadership Delegation,” told Blaze News, “it's not new and Reagan has faced so much and maintained the pressure.”
“Most administrations pass it too easily: Trump, musk, [Office of Management and Budget Director Russell] Vought, the head of the agency and the rest are proving that they are the exception so far,” Devine added.
Devine added that the biggest challenge for weeks and the coming months will be for the administration to “maintain initial pressure” and that “unions are the biggest problem and we need a plan to stand up to them.” .
Thousands of bureaucrats have it
I hurriedly joined Over the past few weeks, US government employees and other union federations have hoped to ensure some protections for accountability. AFGE and other unions, full of new members, are filing lawsuits and hammering the Trump administration's efficiency promotion and corresponding policies.
In fact, AFGE is one of the unions, and the lawsuit prompted a restraining order against the federal takeover of US District Judge George O'Tool Jr.
“And such actions undermine democracy as they allow government powers to be exercised without accountability.”
“Reducing waste, fraud and abuse and becoming a better custodian of the hard-earned dollars for American taxpayers,” Harrison Fields, assistant reporter for the White House principal, said in a statement in Blaze News. It may be, but it may be a crime for Democrats, but that's not the case. A crime in court.”
The Trump administration has a significant proportion of court battles to fight, but it continues to move forward in other ways.
The OPM officially submitted draft restrictions on Monday, which reportedly will make it easier for bureaucrats opposed to the executive order.
“It is well documented that many career federal employees use their positions to advance their personal political or policy preferences, instead of implementing the agenda of an elected president. I'm doing it.”
I said A copy of the draft text obtained by Politico. “This kind of action undermines democracy as it allows government powers to be exercised without accountability to voters or elected representatives.”
The draft regulations are reportedly at the heart of former President Joe Biden's efforts to prevent deep stators from losing civil servant protections if their status is switched to the exemption category.
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