Posted on 11/16/2023 7:12:01 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
A seismic shift is brewing in Washington, D.C., as the chorus of Democratic staffers’ dissent grows louder.
On Nov. 14, more than 400 Biden administration employees released a letter distancing themselves from the president’s current stance on Israel. The staffers are pressing the president to demand a ceasefire on Gaza, the release of Israeli and Palestinian hostages and the restoration of services like electricity and humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip.
The public letter follows an action led by over 100 congressional staffers, who participated in a walkout last week also calling for a ceasefire. The participants, who came from 40 to 50 members’ offices, many of them masked to conceal their identities, gathered on the US Capitol steps to hold a vigil, laying out over 10,000 flowers to represent the at time of publication now over 11,000 Palestinians killed since Hamas launched its deadly attack in Israel that left 1,200 Israelis dead on Oct. 7. Other rallies in support of Palestine have been occurring in the DC areas as well.
As the political drama unfolds, part of the growing movement is taking place on social media, where BIPOC government staffers are spilling the tea in public and finding solidarity and community with one another.
Dear White Staffers, which began in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, has emerged as a digital battleground for government staffers to share updates about rising tensions on Capitol Hill.
Originally a space for memes about the experiences of people of color working on Capitol Hill, the Dear White Staffers account now serves as a platform for anonymous testimonials, revealing the harsh realities of mistreatment, discrimination and workplace challenges.
The account, which has more than 111,000 followers on Instagram and 6,000 followers on X, is not only popular, it’s necessary, according to other staffers. Despite the current Congress being the most racially and ethnically diverse in history, only 18% of top staff for new and returning members are people of color, according to data from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies from 2022.
The Dear White Staffers account runner posts anonymous messages sent by other staffers and interns. They also share news updates about the administration from media outlets like Huffpost. To protect the identity of themselves and other staffers, they remain anonymous through “strong cybersecurity protocols” because they say “the platform belongs to every staffer, not just one person.”
The person behind the Dear White Staffers account says they helped with the recent walkouts and letters by connecting staffers and fielding messages in their DMs.
An anon submitter to Dear White Staffers shares their frustrations with their current job in the midst of the Israel/Hamas war.Dear White Staffers
The big Democratic split
The Dear White Staffers public posts, along with public letters and demonstrations by staffers, have revealed a stark divide within the Democratic Party regarding the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel.
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DO IT BEFORE THANKSGIVING
As I understand it, the signers are anonymous. Therefore, it could be 400 signers or 4 signers or none at all.
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