Every year, without fail, because I work in customer service, multiple people tell me to have a great holiday, and I know they mean well, but honestly, it’s like a gut punch every single time. Please remember 30% of the Federal employees are vets. And for a lot of us, this weekend is not fun. 💔💔💔

AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲@altspaceforce.altgov.info · last yr.

For many veterans, Memorial Day is a time of reflection. It can be a dull ache. It can be a visceral pain. Please bear in mind that for so many veterans & Gold Star families, there is no Happy in Memorial Day. To our veterans, I can only wish you some moments of peace as we remember your friends.

Keep calling your reps! This Awfully Ugly Wannabe-Bill is losing momentum the more its brought to light. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jok...

'What a joke': Republicans lock horns over Medicaid proposal

A growing number of House Republicans -- from moderates to hardliners -- threaten to undercut the package’s momentum ahead of an expected vote late next week.

abcnews.go.com

If you are new to Bluesky, may I recommend the #AltGov starter pack? This group is the alt accounts that have been vetted to ensure they have ties to the group they represent. And to show some ❤️, don’t forget @altfda.altgov.info who isn’t on the image anymore. go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d

Trump pardoned the Jan. 6 rioters who injured more than 140 police officers in one of the biggest mass attacks on law enforcement in American history

#AltGov has better security than.... :: checks notes :: ... SecDef and the Director of National Intelligence.

Public Comment Toolkit for Schedule F!! The link to the Federal Register is in the toolkit, and the public comment period is open until May 23rd. Tell OPM to shove Schedule F up their ass by using this toolkit to leave a meaningful comment! You can do it anonymously docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Public Comment Guide - Schedule P/C

Public Comment Toolkit The Trump Administration issued a new policy that would make it easy to fire hundreds of thousands of federal employees and replace them with political loyalists. This would m...

docs.google.com

We gotta get loud about this 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Jennifer C@thejenniwren.teamlh.social · last yr.

Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him? Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens. This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬 Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.

🧵 #WeSeeYou and we (some of us) ARE you.

#MayDay Here at #AltGov we honor to contributions of the working class. We believe in livable wages, safe working conditions, that one job should be enough to live comfortably, and the right for all workers to unionize. #WeSeeYou and we (some of us) ARE you. ✊🏼🫶🏼

This whole 🧵 is pure gold. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · last yr.

😡🧵“Celebrating President Trump’s Incredible First 100 Days”: A Masterclass in Gaslighting the Nation ICYMI? Oh, the White House thinks we missed it? Don’t worry—we saw it. We just thought it was an SNL sketch that forgot to end.

If a tree falls in an empty forest, our #AltGov friends at @altusfs.bsky.social know what happens! Give them a follow and say hello. Smokey needs your help.

Everyone needs to see this. Do not look away.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social@lorennacleary.bsky.social · last yr.

Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas

In a change today of my usual thread, I have a very special tool that I would like to gift you. 🧵 so no Spam in the Gears to day but this tool will help.

Everyone deserves to live & love freely. I'm proud to help introduce the Equality Act & codify into law that LGBTQI+ rights are civil rights. This isn't about politics; it's about ensuring that every person, no matter who they are or who they love, can walk through this world with equal protection.

🚨Today’s assignment🚨 #SpamInTheGears #GoodTrouble

AltAirForce@altairforce.altgov.info · last yr.

Today’s “Good Trouble” from @dailybeanspod.bsky.social: Speaker Johnson is asking “what issue do you think President Trump should tackle next?”  And he has a handy survey available: mikejohnson.house.gov/forms/form/?ID=23 😅 Use a VPN & a Proton email address 😉

This whole 🧵 is 🔥 🖤🤎🧡❤️

Alt_Bartender@bartenderresists.altgov.info · last yr.

April 30:

Folks, when you have some time, head over to the #WhyWeStay thread to hear the resons the #AltGov and #AltGovFam hold the line and continue to serve the people. Read all the good things they are still trying to do while they hold the line

BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals win election upended by Trump, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects.

Mark Carney’s Liberals win election upended by Trump, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects

Canadians are voting whether to pick new Prime Minister Mark Carney or populist opposition leader Pierre Poilievre.

bit.ly

Elbows Up! Good job, Canada 🇨🇦🍁

#AltGov was asked #WhyWeStay on as gov workers. I want to contribute to something important. I believe in fairness, transparency, equity, the rule of law, excellence, integrity and service before self. These are values central to civil service & my agency. It’s my legacy and my calling. 💕

#WeSeeYou Thank you to my fellow feds and to those who support us. Thank you for your commitment not to power or profit, but to people. You lift us up even if we don’t seem like we need it (we do!). History will remember your integrity, even when others don’t.

#AltGov was asked #WhyWeStay in our jobs as feds. Can't lie, it's tough in such a toxic environment. We are terrorized daily by incompetent leaders. Many of us aren't allowed to do our jobs. Standing up to DOGE gets us marched out of the building. Yet around 75-80% of us remain, and here's why.

(1/4) Adding my voice to that of my fellow #AltGov folks in sharing #WhyWeStay. The Coast Guard has a diverse set of missions - I joined because I wanted to keep people safe, and my work allows me to do so every day. There may be times of stress and confusion, but I know my work matters.

Why I stay. Because I work in the department that is making the rich folks/businesses pay their fair share. And I go after tax evaders that owe over 1 million in taxes. I have broad support for my job. #whywestay.

Most Americans continue to favor raising taxes on corporations, higher-income households

Democrats are overwhelmingly supportive of raising taxes on these groups, while Republicans are more divided.

pewresearch.org

#WhyWeStay 🧵 The yearly surge of RSV infections meant a full ER, full floor, and make-shift rooms in storage cupboards. Dozens of babies coming in daily with the same thing: stuffed up nose, coughing, trouble breathing. At night I would check each of the 40 babies on the floor looking for higher

#Altgov have been asked to post today about #WhyWeStay. I stay because I chose to serve the American people and even more so the most vulnerable among us. I stay to stay true to myself. I stay because I am good at my job and you deserve a government for the people, by smart good people who care.

This article that calls for the razing of HUD's bldg and talks in awful ways about HUD employees. TIL that HUD was in the Murrah Building (1995 OKC bombing). They lost many people that day. This is not normal. This is traumatizing and awful. @madhouser.altgov.info #weseeyou archive.is/aIR8U

Today, #Altgov members are sharing #WhyWeStay. I have no great words of inspiration. I love my job. I believe strongly in what we do. I know the public needs us. I stay because I'm not ready to give up on that mission yet. We help a lot of people and I'm not ready to give in to those who don't care.