Okay, so already people are misunderstanding what I pasted right from the USG website about "Less Restricted" govt employees.
People, this does not mean Trump and his minions can do what they want. You're misunderstanding me. *I* am a "less restricted* employee. /1
People, this does not mean Trump and his minions can do what they want. You're misunderstanding me. *I* am a "less restricted* employee. /1
Government employees, amazingly enough, are U.S. citizens with our full range of freedoms and rights, unless we are on a particular list of more restricted positions at places like CIA or DOJ or others. You can find that list here at osc.gov/Services/Pages…
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People like me can say what we want as long as we're not using government resources, pressuring our subordinates, politicking in the workplace, etc.
Trump as POTUS is not personally subject to the Hatch Act, but his people *are*, and they're doing all that.
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Trump as POTUS is not personally subject to the Hatch Act, but his people *are*, and they're doing all that.
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But if you say things like "all government employees should be apolitical," that effectively silences a lot of people, and the Hatch Act *explicitly* says that it is not the intent. It's to prevent the abuse of government power and resources for political purposes.
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Like, notice that I am reminding you that I am not using a government computer, or an official account, and that I do not rep the USG here ever. Trump's people violate this stuff *constantly*. Nearly a dozen of them already cited for it.
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Thank you for coming to my non-official TED talk about how USG employees are actually fully-empowered U.S. citizens, even if we are obligated to take care to be sure we do not misuse the gummint resources of which we are expected to be responsible stewards.
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