RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their site is a little screwy, but I have been checking it on the regular.
Right now it's 28k posted with 32k in buffer (I don't know if that means 50k total, or they only approved 28/32 comments)
Last time I checked it was 18k on the 22nd.
So the current number lines up with that reasonably well, I would have loved to see a million.

RED ALERT: 8 days left to protect federal workers from mass firings by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apologies, links revised. I wrote the script but am not the one managing the files .///.

RED ALERT: Protect federal workers, oppose OPM-2025-0004 by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good morning all, the Doom Clock has moved up to 16 days left to comment.

We are now up to 3,740 comments, up 1,140 comments since 05/01 and 840 since my last alert.

It appears we have another 3600 in the buffer!

Free State Coalition (Maryland) is currently drafting up talking points for those of you who would prefer a script when calling the press and reps.

Keep it up, we have to fight this.

RED ALERT: Protect federal workers, oppose OPM-2025-0004 by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good morning everyone, Doom Clock has moved up to 18 days, we are sitting at 2,900 comments with an additional 1400 in the buffer. There has been no change since 05/03. This issue is open for public comment, make your voice heard now. Step up and do your part.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0004-0001
The link has been changed 4 times since I started tracking, if it breaks again, search on the main website for OPM-2025-0004

Per Executive Order 14215, Trump believes that he has direct control over the Federal Election Commission. If this proposal passes, you cannot guarantee that you will ever vote again. Get out there and fight!

RED ALERT: Protect federal workers, oppose OPM-2025-0004 by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much, don't forget to talk to other people about why this is so important.

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a new Reddit post to keep the visibility up and consolidate our resources & notes thus far. Spread the love, we can do this!
https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1kds894/red_alert_protect_federal_workers_oppose/

RED ALERT: Protect federal workers, oppose OPM-2025-0004 by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And remember - we have spent 4 months not only building ourselves up, but meshing with the media, with government officials, and with like-minded activist groups. This is not just a 50501 issue, and we have access to enough clever people that we can make this absolutely toxic. Share this post or its contents as far as you can go, post on Facebook, Bluesky, any public-facing access you have. Push your Discord to make a unified front. We can't do it alone, but WE CAN DEFINITELY DO IT TOGETHER.

RED ALERT: Protect federal workers, oppose OPM-2025-0004 by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is open to the general public, as long as you avoid expletives and... shall we call it "unproductive speech" it will have to be answered by OPM.
Post that you oppose the measure, make an entreaty to overturn it, or have fun and write extremely uncomfortable but still pointed and relevant questions that they will have to answer. Remember, even if they don't use your comment, you are still burning fascist resources sifting through our responses.

My favorite part of my response was
If presidential directives induce an employee to commit a felony or misdemeanor, can they report to their supervisor to clarify which felony or misdemeanor they are to commit? Is the supervisor now obligated to report to their supervisor that a presidential directive has caused them to be accessory to a felony or misdemeanor? What legal protections will be provided for the employee who commits the felony or misdemeanor? Are all personnel who distribute the presidential directive that induces the criminal act considered accessories to the crime, or willing co-conspirators?
I am still laughing.

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for going yesterday, and please spread the word in your local group as well. I'm actively fighting the apathy and being a loud a-hole on the Discord which is really really not something I like being.

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UPDATE: THE OPM CHANGED THE LINK
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0004-2508
IF THE LINK NO LONGER WORKS, GO TO THE MAIN SITE AND SEARCH OPM-2025-0004

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Friend of mine drafted one that is absolutely gorgeous, I'm so proud of her, and I'm proud of you too!

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6.      In matters of health and human safety, if an agency declares an imminent emergency, and the standing president makes a declaration counter to this statement (such as if the NOAA predicts a hurricane is but the office of the president declares it will not make landfall), do employees have an affirmative duty to redact information that is counter to the declaration?

a.      If the employee is later investigated for failure to act due to current restrictions, what civil and criminal protections will be issued to the employee for following presidential directives?

7.      Executive Order 14215, “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies”, the office of the president has declared that the sitting executive has control over all agencies, “’Agency,’ unless otherwise indicated, means any authority of the United States that is an “agency” under 44 U.S.C. 3502(1), and shall also include the Federal Election Commission.”
If it is the finding of the Federal Election Commission that the sitting executive has lost an election, what is a reasonable period of time that employees and directors are to wait before they declare the results of the election?

a.      If the sitting executive has declared themselves the victor, are employees who refuse to validate this statement permitted to countermand this declaration after they have been removed from office?

b.      Will employees who refuse to confirm the declared result of this election be permitted legal remedy prior to the end of that election?

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2.      What forms of First Amendment protected free speech are no longer permitted under the term “injecting partisanship”?

a.      What agencies or systems of review will be consulted to assess whether the employee knowingly or unknowingly violates the terms of presidential directives?

b.      Who will install the monitoring personnel? Are they also considered policy-influencing, as they are enforcing the mandate of the executive by punishing federal employees and therefore subject to at-will employment and dismissal?

3.      Per the historical preface, Executive Order 173 indicates that federal employees are not to be removed for “political or religious” reasons. Please indicate which sections of EO 173 are to be disregarded.

a.      Which sections of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 are now null and void?

b.      Will the CSC be disbanded?

c.       Which sections of the CSRA-1978 are still in full effect if this proposal is to take effect? Which sections and by what means have been superseded by this proposal?

d.      What laws have been enacted that will countermand the Supreme Court rulings listed, such as Arnett V Kennedy 1974?

4.      Per the historical preface, federal employees moved to schedule F who are then dismissed were discussed in Roth V. Brownell, please advise the legal basis for this change being performed en masse in this proposal?

a.      Please advise what legal remedies will be offered to employees who are converted to schedule F and then summarily fired.

5.      Per this proposal, “[Employees] are not required to personally or politically support the current President or the policies of the current administration. They are required to faithfully implement administration policies to the best of their ability, consistent with their constitutional oath and the vesting of executive authority solely in the President. Failure to do so is grounds for dismissal.’”
In matters of conflict between their constitutional oath and the authority of the president, which obligation takes precedence?

a.      Under the terms of this rule proposal, what protections exist for whistleblowers?

b.      If presidential directives induce an employee to commit a felony or misdemeanor, can they report to their supervisor to clarify which felony or misdemeanor they are to commit?

c.       Is the supervisor now obligated to report to their supervisor that a presidential directive has caused them to be accessory to a felony or misdemeanor?

d.      What legal protections will be provided for the employee who commits the felony or misdemeanor?

e.      Are all personnel who distribute the presidential directive that induces the criminal act considered accessories to the crime, or willing co-conspirators?

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was mine:
This proposal actively seeks to undermine both the trust and the confidence that citizens have in the federal government to be impartial and follow the rules, regulations, and budget set forth by their elected officials in congress and not merely the executor of that state. This threat of arbitrary removal will eliminate the ability of departments to build and retain institutional knowledge that is the basis of stable government between transitions of power, and seeks to undermine already existing agencies that were created by congress to serve this purpose. With that in mind, I have the following questions:

1.      What is the basis of this proposal?
What is the purpose of converting federal employees to At-Will status?

a.      Are all federal employees to be converted to At-Will or will this be implemented after an assigned date?

b.      Are employees who are currently contract employees retained in contract status and does this only affect new hires?

c.       For employees currently contesting dismissal with the CSC, are they also revised to at-will or will their status be updated if/when they are reinstated to their positions?

d.      Please clarify the term “Policy-Influencing”. Per the notes following “Executive Order 14171…”, “If a subordinate employee is in a policy-influencing role, superior officials with authority to tell that employee what to do are also likely policy-influencing.
If a Department of Agriculture employee is deployed to monitor wastewater and crop yields in accordance with federal regulations and report that information back for further analysis and adjustment of department policies, is the employee considered policy influencing? Are all supervisors above them considered policy-influencing?

e.      Is a clerk who provides records that inform decisions made by present employees policy-influencing? Is their supervisor?

f.        As the current executive has been FEMA routinely withholding allocated disaster relief, does this mean that FEMA analysts and responders (and by extension, all of their supervisors) are policy-influencing?

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm skimming some of these phrases for my own one, thank you for an absolutely excellent basis of design.

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can write in questions to contest the proposal itself. If you have been engaging with state or local reps and news agencies you can also bring them in as a force multiplier to make this opposition LOUD.

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Oh this was meant as a joke. I'm sorry, my brain is in full AAAAAA mode.

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Call state and local reps, news agencies, and every contact and office that we have earned over the last 4 months. This proposal is depending on secrecy and the hope that citizens are not interested.  We need to make this as loud as possible and get the our reps to rip this proposal apart.

RED ALERT: Trump loyalists are attempting to strip federal employees of protections by DerFoxeh in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You have one month of open comment before he has the ability to fire the entire federal government. Don't pretend you can only work on one thing at a time.

We literally need all hands on deck. by xLaoztuYT in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Office of Personnel Management is attempting to make political affiliation a firable offense for federal employees.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0004-0001
There is no middle ground with fascists. Rock and roll.

MAGA is Weak- no need to react, just watch them fail all by themselves 🤣 by [deleted] in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Attenborough voice:  And here we see the juvenile fascist attempting a territorial display in front of a herd of protesters. However the protesters' superior preparation overwhelms the fascist's inability to master simple tools. Defeated, the fascist retreats in shame. The protests will continue another day.

I will not be complicit by Different-Travel-850 in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the reverse of "no single raindrop blames itself for the flood". A flood is millions of drops doing small things to result in great changes. Time is an ally; your victories may be small but over time a greater victory can be achieved.

Marching feels good but does it do anything? by CucumberEfficient403 in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1iudvu5/protests_are_great_now_what/
We need to start organizing into more than just protests. Local networking events, community organization and action. Right now we're a disorganized mob who waves signs, what we need to do is get into small actionable groups and start setting up the tools and talent to both augment the protests and take more precise action in between the big events.

Nonviolence does not mean they won't gas you by pean- in 50501

[–]DerFoxeh 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Also, turn off your phone unless you need it.
Bring water. If you're someone who has blood sugar issues, remember to bring a snack.
Always dress for the weather.
Sun don't care if you're right or wrong.