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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 1d

The Trump Regime has been wildly successful.

No, I’m not joking.

Their goal, stated by the now Senate-confirmed OMB Director Russell Vought, HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.

The stated goal was to put civil servants “in trauma.” Project 2025 said it out loud.

Christian in Name Only? #CINO

Duck them all.

“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda

Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.

www.propublica.org

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 2d

I wish I had stock in an inflatable suit company.

Shoutout to KATU for live streaming of the weird and non-violent protests. katu.com/news/local/2...

Three people in identical inflatable frog costumes

An inflatable unicorn, t-Rex, and raccoon meet in Portland. They all hate ICE.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 2d

Exactly!

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 2d

I haven’t seen this. Is it recent?

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 2d

In a shocking turn, the Nobel Peace Prize was NOT awarded to someone who blows up boats in international waters, frees violent mobs who attack the nation, or sends in troops on their own people.

Honestly, why would it even be a consideration?

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

There is a lot going on. Let’s find a little joy.

Please share your favorite meme or image related to our effort to #Resist.

I will play role of self-appointed judge! Winner gets nothing but recognition!

Multiple entries allowed, just respond to your own reply to group them.

#FindJoy

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

Give yourself a break. Sometimes we need to forgive ourselves. Enjoy the pizza.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

Epilogue

Release #Epstein Files
Thirty-four felonies….more?
Trump grabbed them by the….

Insurrection? No
ICE creating the crisis
Keep dancing Sir Frog! 🐸

Be absurd. Be there.
We are the Land of the free
Only if we’re brave.

Fight America!
Fight for the Constitution
I want to believe.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

Checks and balances!
Congress is now impotent?
SCOTUS compromised.

So who can save us?
the people have the power
We rise together.

October 18th
We must march. Be present, loud
We shall overcome.

#Resist
#AltPoetSociety

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

Against crime at least
Wait- only some crime? B.S.
They may be lying.

Support free speech, right?
Oh shit- no criticism?
We are really ducked.

Support owning guns?
Not woman in Chicago
Shot seven times. Yikes!

But they are pro-life?
Fishermen and immigrants?
Suddenly pro-death

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

Midweek Haiku

Furlough! Work, no pay
Why don’t we have a budget…
Congress derelict.

Create the budget
After the year has started
It makes zero sense.

At least pay assured
Wait, that law may be ignored
Who will stand for us?

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 3d

"We took the freedom of speech away..." needs to be blasted across the nation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

I stand with the elected officials in Illinois. This is shameful and anti-American by the President.

This is not Moscow, this is America.

We must stand together.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

Some exempt federal workers are getting paid (seems to be variable). Those who are excepted and those furloughed are NOT.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

Depends on where you are. Technically, if we get backpay it then has to be paid back. In the 2019 shutdown, some states waived that.

Basically, even if you can it may not be worth it for a short shutdown— and may be necessary for a long one…. But we don’t know if it will be short or long.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

Oh no…

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

Depends on where you are. Technically, if we get backpay it then has to be paid back. In the 2019 shutdown, some states waived that.

Basically, even if you can it may not be worth it for a short shutdown— and may be necessary for a long one…. But we don’t know if it will be short or long.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

Bottom-line:

- we know we will almost certainly get paid
- we are still worried
- we want to feel valued and don’t want to be pawns
- we want to work to serve the American people and meet our mission
- we want Congress to pass a budget BEFORE the fiscal year begins to avoid this nonsense.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

At the same time….That small amount of fear of not being able to pay the mortgage/rent, car payment, childcare (you can’t give up short-term), or medical bills is ever-present.

We are here to serve. We believe in our conservation mission. We want to feel safe and secure.

Basically, this sucks.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

The threat to not pay us brings out emotions—but the biggest one is anger. It may not be the reaction they are looking for.

We have (on multiple occasions) received official documentation we would get paid & we know the law. Most of us believe this is bullying (trauma is the point).

We are pissed.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

Federal backpay after furlough: what it feels like to be a pawn.

The Regime is threatening to break a law Trump signed in his first term (2019). This law ensures federal employees who are furloughed are paid when they are out of work, since the failure of Congress should not be borne by workers.

‘The law is the law:’ White House memo on pay for furloughed employees called into question

A new legal opinion from OMB contradicts the White House’s prior interpretation of a 2019 law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed employees after a shutdown.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

Anyone else been studying up on “Plenary Authority?”

I know, I know— they are threatening to not pay us and many are worried. The law is clear and most I know believe strongly we will get paid. I will address this tomorrow.

In the meantime, Stephen (freaking) Miller said the quiet part out loud.

Does Trump have plenary authority? Stephen Miller freezes before camera in ‘awkward’ live TV moment

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller caused outrage after claiming in a CNN interview that Trump has “plenary authority” and then freezing.

www.hindustantimes.com

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 4d

That is the perfect analogy.

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