I know people (including my ex-wife) who work for the Fed EPA, and after getting a look at the guy being rumored to be the new Boss (Myron Ebell...climate change denier), they are absolutely despondent. Read more
One of my friends works for a state natural history survey, and he says people are terrified. Three of their top four highest funded projects are focused on carbon sequestration and green energy. I guess like 40% of the staff would be laid off if the federal government cut the funding to their biggest project. Read more
Stay, until your conscience compels you to leave. Which is the best advice anyone can give. If you cannot abide what is asked of you, then you have to leave the service. As much as I hate to say it. Because if you cannot serve to the best of your ability, you will cause more harm than good in the long run. Don’t let… Read more
I’m (not really) joking with all my coworkers that we’re going to be reassigned to The Wall in Nogales. Read more
Are we finally allowed to talk about what it will be like for military to serve under President-elect Trump? Because soldiers lost their lives the other day, inside the otherwise secure Bagram Airfield, and no one seems to be talking about it or at all concerned. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/12/5018… Read more
I used to be a federal employee, I’m married to one, and know lots. And one thing I can tell you is that there are a lot of conservative federal employees and I have no doubts that many voted for Trump. They’re a sizable minority, but they’re out there. And in my experience, they are going to be stunned when Trump and… Read more
People like these need to stay and fight the good fight as long as they can.
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UNIONS MUST ORGANIZE MILLIONS OF NEW WORKERS VERY SOON OR EVERYTHING POLITICAL AND ECONOMICALLY WILL GET WORSE. UNIONS MUST MAKE ORGANIZING MORE UNION MEMBERS THE VERY HIGHEST PRIORITY. NOW. Read more
unions would do well to lobby for change within the democratic party (supporting keith ellison being one example among many). pinning their political hopes on the democrats is suicidal unless they make the party undergo a drastic socioeconomic pivot leftward Read more
“Four years from now, the labor movement will either be resurgent with the energy and power of thousands of newly organized members; or it will be a depleted shell, left behind as people searching for answers look elsewhere.” Read more
The media also needs more diverse white people. Read more
We need diversity in who owns the media outlets as well Read more
The best case scenario for low wage workers is an equal cut of the profits of the company that only runs because of them. And no, being a social experiment at a coffee shop is nobodies idea of a best case scenario, unless by worst case you are talking about bringing back the 80 hour work week and child labor.
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When my longing for a deeper sense of human connection and humanity becomes almost too much to bear, I barricade myself in a Starbucks and consume each and every Unity Cup I can before the police can take me away. Thousands and thousands of faces connected by one single line are slowly digesting in my engorged… Read more
I believe so much in “America” that I cry foul when you don’t stand for our national anthem, yet I will threaten to overthrow the government if the election doesn’t go my way. Read more
I must say I’m starting to have some doubts about this Trump gentleman. I initially quite liked his idea to make America great again; I was lucky enough to visit the country recently and I rated it only “very good” rather than “great” (I knocked a mark off because the hotel kept forgetting to change our towels and… Read more