Posted on 10/24/2025 3:13:55 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Acrowd of thousands gathered in downtown Washington, D.C., Saturday as part of the nationwide anti-Trump 'No Kings' rallies with a long list of White House actions they were protesting against: mass deportations of undocumented immigrants; National Guard deployments in Democratic-controlled cities ostensibly to combat crime; the looming expiration of Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies, which is the main cause of the ongoing government shutdown.
But Saturday’s event also was an opportunity for dozens of participating federal employees, many of whom have lost their jobs and seen their years of experience be discarded, to come together.
“Connecting in person with people matters, and so building those bonds with fellow activists is really important,” said Mike Henning, president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 1534, which represents employees at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development. “It takes a small number to make change, and protests are a way to see who is the most active, who is the most present and try to accentuate that.”
Henning worked as a democracy officer for more than three decades at USAID — which the Trump administration has effectively eliminated as part of its push to shrink the size of the federal government — before participating in the deferred resignation program through which more than 150,000 civil servants left government service.
“We would help provide lawyers for people in tough places like Russia or Azerbaijan and Belarus [as well as] support for their families. These are people that risk their lives to speak out. Some of them have died,” Henning said. “USAID and the U.S. government are not there anymore, [not only] in a rhetorical sense speaking on behalf of those folks, but also in a very real sense of tangible support.”
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“We would help provide lawyers for people in tough places like Russia or Azerbaijan and Belarus [as well as] support for their families.”
Absolutely not the responsibility of the American taxpayer.
Have a flipping bake sale.
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dozens of participating federal employees, many of whom have lost their jobs and seen their years of experience be discarded, to come together.
Dozens! Like OMG! That’s end times stuff!
Pathetic storytelling...
Every federal “worker” I’ve ever met thought he or she was King.
“National Guard deployments in Democratic-controlled cities ostensibly to combat crime...”
Hey, it’s not our fault if most the criminals are democrats! That one’s on you guys! You don’t want Uncle Sugar showing up in your neighborhood, get your 💩 together!
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I think I see a problem.
USAid was cover for CIA and other globalists. We don’t need to fund that.
The fed employees there might have been the ones dressed as furries to not get recognized. Not a coincidence the first 100 things the Trump admin needs to do is UNDO 100 previous acts by the feds. One could probably add a couple zeros to that number.
As a former federal employee I second your empathy 😂
I worked with federal employees for decades. They absolutely have a “Lords and Peasants” attitude. They are the aristocracy.
Good.
Or maybe they should make Lawyers without borders and pay their own way.
Some aristocracy. More like a mediocracy. Full disclosure. My mother worked for the SSA. But she was one of the good ones.
“President of Federation of Anerican Govt Workers...”. There is the problem right there. Unconstitutional union that needs to be dissolved.
It takes a smaller number in the Trump administration to fire your protesting swamp asses, thus securing a more beneficial and lasting change for America.
Thousands = a hundred
Hundreds = many
Dozens = 3
I KNOWWWW!!! They might have to get REAL jobs and do ACTUAL work...oh the humanity.....!
“American Federation of Government Employees Local 1534, which represents employees at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development.”
He can shove his government union where the Sun don’t shine.
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