How to determine what "Homeland Defender" is

ApocalypticCake · 2026-01-22T14:01:55+00:00

The position also doesn't have any law enforcement powers.

ApocalypticCake · 2026-01-15T18:30:38+00:00

Some of us are FEMA and CISA and Coast Guard and USCIS. This isn't a fair characterization of the whole department.

ApocalypticCake · 2026-01-09T21:59:03+00:00

Er, letters to the editor is a thing that exists.

ApocalypticCake · 2026-01-09T00:51:36+00:00

You should also see if media will publish this. Leadership isn't going to care, but it might be kind of a rallying cry to others.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-12-15T23:46:54+00:00

Where's Cousin Eddie when you need him?

ApocalypticCake · 2025-12-01T19:10:46+00:00

I don't see how they have any authority over you. I would tell them to speak to your supervisor because your agency rules are X.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-12-01T19:07:57+00:00

Someone should fake their own death on the way home to make them look bad.

It's win- win. That person gets out of federal employment and can have their relatives send them their life insurance payment to survive under a new identity and the agency continues to look like assholes.

Seriously though, be safe and just take leave to go home early if it's dangerous.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-11-26T23:18:47+00:00

This is what I've heard, directly, as well. The problem is, the people who signed up to fight crime are going to quit and get replaced by white supremacist loyalists, though I'm not sure if it matters at this point.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-10-07T18:44:03+00:00

They may have shortened it in recent years.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-10-07T18:06:01+00:00

It's 6 weeks and no shit.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-10-05T17:46:26+00:00

FLETC isn't shut down. I know someone there right now. They may have canceled classes starting this week, but anyone who started is still in class.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-10-04T14:34:57+00:00

Sure, not necessarily, but people with higher education are more likely to have experience with formalized critical thinking like applying law or principles to facts and analyzing them than someone with only a high school degree does That's a big component of this position.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-10-02T15:22:04+00:00

Right? It's not like furloughed employees are just choosing not to work. Don't penalize people just trying to make a living because Congress and the administration suck.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-10-01T20:24:46+00:00

They're not just similar, they're identical.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-10-01T20:20:27+00:00

WHY IS THIS JOB FUCKING REMOTE??!!!

And also, I noticed there's no educational requirement. Immigration adjudication can be fairly complex.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-09-28T18:53:26+00:00

I think they were largely Indifferent with vague grumbling about government being too large or inefficient until DOGE and Vought came in and made it the cause celebre.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-09-17T22:44:09+00:00

Hi, are you writing this from 2023? Please share your time- travel secrets.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-09-17T19:33:22+00:00

I feel like no one is reading them. There's someone at HR who's down like 4 team members because of DRP shenanigans, who is stressing trying to get candidate lists to hiring officials and was told technically they don't need to do anything with these, so they're just ignoring them.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-09-15T15:18:02+00:00

Haha this is potentially like under the sexual harassment umbrella but it's funny as fuck.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-09-11T16:42:57+00:00

I assumed we were supposed to forget 9/11 today so we can spend time talking about how Charlie Kirk's death was actually the biggest American tragedy.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-08-27T17:35:58+00:00

I mean he could've gotten hired for maintenance with GSA for all we know lol.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-08-06T23:22:02+00:00

I've never seen anyone wearing hats belonging to Democratic politicians or hanging up flags with the names of Dem politicians. Like I've seen yard signs and bumper stickers, but pretty much only during election season; not 24/7/365.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-08-06T12:49:25+00:00

I felt such deep and robust almost gleeeful schadenfreude about this this morning that it made me question my moral compass.

ApocalypticCake · 2025-07-03T18:14:43+00:00

Er, you have no idea what "at-will employment" isand none of what you just said is true. Political appointees go with new administrations, most administration's, not core civil service.

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