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bluevoter4life

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4. Essential federal employee here

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 04:46 PM

Wednesday

This is a blatant and egregious Hatch Act violation. This is a slap in the face for us apolitical bureaucrats. If I posted anything even remotely close to this on duty time, I would be frog marched out the door. Unions can't defend me against this. Fuck the entire Trump regime.

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