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a secretive movement is rebelling

friday, march 7th, 2024

A secretive movement known as “#AltGov” has become the epicenter of that rebellion. Those that are involved primarily communicate through anonymous social media accounts and an encrypted messaging app…

[FULL TITLE: "A Secretive Movement Known As “#AltGov” Is Openly Rebelling Against Trump And Musk From Inside Our Federal Agencies."]

Calling itself #AltGov, the network has developed a visible, public-facing presence in recent weeks through Bluesky accounts, most of which bear the names or initials of federal agencies, aimed at getting information out to the public – and correcting disinformation – about the chaos being unleashed by the Trump administration.

With 40 accounts to date, their collective megaphone is getting louder, as most of the accounts have tens of thousands of followers, with “Alt CDC (they/them)” being the largest, at nearly 95,000 followers.

The network has also formed a group and a series of sub-groups on Wire, the encrypted messaging app, to share information and develop strategies – as played out on Saturday.

Most people don’t realize this, but the “#AltGov” movement was very active during the first Trump administration.

Of course during the Biden administration it went away, because the leftists inside our federal agencies saw no need to rebel against Joe Biden.

But now it is back with a vengeance…

“#AltGov dates from the first Trump administration, but it’s even more needed now,” said an employee at Fema, the disaster response agency, who requested anonymity to avoid being targeted at work. She recently launched an #AltGov Fema account on Bluesky. With nearly 13,000 followers, the account says it’s dedicated to “helping people before, during, and after (this democratic) disaster”.

One member of the group that has dared to go public with her identity has explained what the purpose of “#AltGov” actually is…

The network is aiming to “expose harmful policies, defend public institutions and equip citizens with tools to push back against authoritarianism,” Lynn Stahl, a contractor for the Department of Veterans Affairs and member of the group, told the Guardian.

In other words, they want to use their positions inside the federal government to oppose the Trump administration any way that they can.

If it sounds like this is gross insubordination to you, that is because it is gross insubordination.

And we are already seeing the results.

Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the FBI to deliver all documents related to Jeffrey Epstein to her office, and they told her that they had done so.

But now it turns out that they had secretly held back thousands of documents, and Pam Bondi is extremely upset…

Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a fiery letter to FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday accusing federal investigators in New York of withholding thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents she has vowed to make public.

Bondi said she had requested the full Epstein case file before Patel was confirmed as the head of the FBI and received about 200 pages of files — far less than the number of pages released last year in a civil lawsuit connected to Ghislaine Maxwell, the trafficker’s former lover and convicted accomplice.

“I repeatedly questioned whether this was the full set of documents responsive to my request and was repeatedly assured by the FBI that we had received the full set of documents,” Bondi wrote. “Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.”

Unfortunately, many of the documents that Bondi wants may no longer exist.

FBI whistleblower Garret O’Boyle has revealed that operatives inside the FBI have been working feverishly to destroy sensitive files…

“There are FBI servers,” said ex-agent-turned-whistleblower Garret O’Boyle, “and people inside the FBI have been working night and day to destroy files on these servers.”

“No idea on what it is — I can only speculate — but you mentioned the Epstein list,” he added. “I’d imagine it’s cases like that.”

Now that Kash Patel has finally been confirmed, he is moving quickly to try to get control of the agency, but it appears that many FBI agents have no intention of obeying his lawful orders…

“Last week, right out of the gate, Kash Patel said 500 people were going to Alabama,” O’Boyle said, explaining that they would still be “headquarters personnel, but in Alabama.”

The other 1,000 agents, he said, were sent out to the field nationwide.

“Already, people are saying, we are not going to comply with that,” O’Boyle told Johnson. “We are going to make it seem as if we transferred—we’re going to do what they call ‘paper transfers’—and we’re not going to obey these lawful orders.”

What a mess.

If this sort of insubordination persists, more agencies may have to be almost entirely dismantled just like USAID was.

Sadly, many workers that were fired at USAID and other federal agencies are now conducting wild protests…

Dozens of the protesters crammed into the lobby of the office of Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, but they were eventually tossed out by security. They also tried to get into the district office of Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, but they were pushed out by staffers.

“It’s been an emotional roller coaster. Like I said, I came to USAID intending on staying there for as long as I could. I really loved the work that we were doing,” said one unnamed former USAID worker to WCSH-TV.

“And now I don’t know what to do,” she added. “And I have cried every day. I think that that’s normal. I have a 15-month-old at home, and I’m looking at him and thinking, ‘What’s this country that we’re now living in?'”

On Thursday, USAID employees that have been let go were given approximately 15 minutes to clear their personal belongings out of their former workspaces…

USAID employees clutching backpacks and wheeling suitcases full of their belongings trickled out of the now-shuttered agency’s headquarters on Thursday morning after the Trump administration gave them 15 minutes to clear out.

Outside the building in downtown Washington, D.C., a line of demonstrators broke into applause and cheers as each employee left the building. Bouquets of flowers for employees stood nearby, alongside a sign reading, “You and your mission mattered!”

Samantha Power, USAID’s administrator, greeted and hugged supporters down the line before she disappeared through the doors of the agency.

Of course this is just the beginning.

The cuts are only going to get deeper in the weeks ahead.

For example, the Trump administration has announced that 120 IRS offices will be permanently shut down…

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to shut down more than 120 IRS offices that provide taxpayer assistance as part of a broader effort to reduce the federal government’s footprint and cut costs.

The decision, outlined in a letter from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) obtained by The Washington Post, comes at a crucial time—right in the middle of the federal tax filing season, which ends on April 15.

And President Trump has instructed those running our federal agencies “to turn in a plan for ‘large-scale’ headcount reductions” by March 13th…

The Trump administration directed federal agency heads Wednesday to turn in a plan for “large-scale” headcount reductions by March 13 — as the president told his first cabinet meeting he wanted to purge government workers who are “scamming our country.”

The memo, sent jointly by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM), tells agency leaders to work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to make cuts to the “bloated, corrupt federal government” by methods including firing “underperforming employees,” closing unneeded regional offices and not renewing contracts.

The memo comes after DOGE overseer Elon Musk threatened twice to fire government employees who didn’t respond to an email asking for five things they did in the last week.

Ouch.

So how many federal workers could eventually lose their jobs?

Well, Trump just said that a million federal workers could potentially be “on the bubble”…

President Donald Trump warned that one million or more federal employees are now “on the bubble” because of their failure to respond to an email demanding they justify their jobs.

In a wild monologue during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, the president jumped in after Elon Musk responded to a question from a pool reporter about the fates of those who failed to respond to the email sent Saturday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — which asked federal employees to list five bulletpoints of items they accomplished in the last week. Despite having previously warned federal employees that failure to respond would be considered a resignation, Musk softened his position — in response to the pool reporter asking whether those million-plus employees who blew off the email demand would be terminated.

“We’re going to send another email,” Musk said. “But our goal is not to be capricious or unfair. We want to give people every opportunity to send an email. And the email could simply be ‘What I’m working on is too sensitive or classified to describe.’ Like, literally just that would be sufficient. You know, I think this is just common sense.”

We have never seen anything like this before.

It shall be very interesting to see how all of this plays out.

On top of everything else that is going on, a potential government shutdown is looming in the middle of next month…

Congress is barreling toward a deadline to avert a government shutdown in just over two weeks, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over whether there should be guardrails on President Trump’s ability to withhold funding approved by Congress.

Democrats want to insert language in the funding bill to ensure that the administration implements the spending directed by Congress, a reaction to Mr. Trump and top adviser Elon Musk’s work to downsize large swaths of the executive branch. But Republicans have made it clear that they won’t accept those terms.

Government funding expires on March 14, and keeping the government open past the deadline will likely require bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Republicans control 53 seats in the Senate, but a funding measure requires 60 votes for passage. In the House, Republicans are operating with a razor-thin majority and a divided conference in which conservatives regularly vote against government spending bills.

In my entire lifetime, we have never seen this much chaos in Washington.

And of course the chaos in Washington is just one element of the “perfect storm” that is raging all around us.

I do not believe that our society will be able to handle what is about to happen.

I would encourage you to make your plans accordingly.

© 2.27.2025 by Michael, "End Of The American Dream".

A Day In The Life.

Up at 7:30a on Friday, I upped the heat, made coffee, took the two 50mg Tramadol but skipped the 300mg Gabapentin for various pains, fired-up the trusty, ol' 2009 Win-7 Pentium HP Desktop to let 32 million lines of code load, had a couple smokes in the garage and checked the leftover errands list; clear for Sherry today. I tuned into the "CS Show LIVE" until 9a, and switched to the "CP Show LIVE", until 12noon.

A sunny, 40°F, then cloudy and rainy morning, I scanned the weather maps and new headlines on several sites, and was "gobsmacked" by this article: "Praying at home illegal depending on who passes the window, MSP admits." Un-fricking-believable! Well, not all that much, since the UK has had Thought Police for several years, and many people have been sentenced to prison for "impure thoughts", contrary to the fascist gov't thinking. THAT blows my mind!

I listened to the "CP Show LIVE" until 12, got ready for Sherry t5o arrive around 1p, and was watching the noon news, when this WH Oval Office crap (full 49min video) splattered across the headlines. Trump & Vance put the leeching, ungrateful, lowlife, scum-sucking dirtbag, grifting weasel Zelenskyy in his rightful place: back in the sewer. It will dominate the news cycles for days and weeks.

Why is the USA, with 343 million people, forced to defend Europe, with 753 millions people, against Russia, with 143 millions people? This c rap is ridiculous.

Sherry stopped by around 1p, and after hugs & kisses, we took a drive to Saubel's Market to get some quick shopping done, and then back to my place to relax. She had another stop to make at the nearby, massive York Galleria, so she left at 5:15 in order to get home before dark. I closed the condo, had some dinner and watched the news, then switched to Discovery's "Gold Rush" until 12 midnight. Lights out.

Up at 7:30a on Saturday, a blue sky, mild 53° -- but with extreme HIGH WIND warnings -- I set the heat up to 75°, made coffee, scanned the news and checked the weather-related websites. I opened a new bag of Kona Coffee, from a different supplier in Hawaii, and it was Kona-smooth and VERY fragrant, as usual. I'm enjoying the hell out of Trump, Musk, DOGE etc doing what they're doing to all the corrupt gov't departments and agencies. After listening to a couple of CP's Podcasts from last week, I had lunch, did some condo chores, and tried to take a snooze. I couldn't, and got back to the chores until dark. Temps dropped quickly from the mid-50s into the low-20s.

I made dinner, watched the evening news, and switched to History's "unXplained mysteries" until 11:30, and unplugged.

Up at 7:30a on Sunday, a bright, sunny, cold 19° forecast to hit only 39°, I made coffee, upped the heat, and scanned the news and weather. I had breakfast, got ready for the day and started the first of 2 loads of laundry. Later, I caught an hour of snooze on the LR couch, Sis stopped by to visit with some Chinese food, Sherry stopped by after working for Daughter Hollie at the shop, and by 5:45p I was saying goodbye to both, taking out the recyclables and garbage, and closing the condo; temps were dropping fast.

Another NBC (Nothing But Crap) night for TV, so I watched the St Petersburg GP Indy Car Race replay, some Fox News Updates, and bagged it at 11p. Long day tomorrow.

Up at 7a on Monday, another bright, sunny 24° morning, forecast to get to 42° today, I upped the heat, made coffee, fired-up the ol' HP Desktop to the "CS Show LIVE". and had a couple smokes in the garage. (No squirrel feeding since last Monday.) I switched to the "CP Show LIVE" at 9, scanned the news and weather sites, had breakfast and got ready for the day. Tomorrow and Wed, temps are forecast to be back into the 50s & 60s, but for at least another week or two. Woo-Hoo to warm weather; I'm tired of Winter. I left at 12:30p.

Traffic was light; I made good time for the 4 stops, was home by 2p, unloaded, had the last of Sis' chili for lunch, and took a very short nap on the LR couch. All too soon, it was dark, getting colder and I closed the condo. After some dinner, I watched the news, and History's "Ancient Aliens" until 1a. Lights out. My cleaning lady is in at 8:30a, tomorrow.

After a mostly sleepless Monday night, I got up at 5a on Tuesday, made coffee, upped the heat, had a quick breakfast and scanned the weather and news. I tuned in to the "CS Show LIVE", until 9, and switched to the "CP Show LIVE", after JoAnne arrived at 8:30 and got to work. I was nodding-off by 9:30a, hit the LR couch and slept until 12:15p. After more coffee to wake-up, and some lunch, I had a few errands to do and made an unplanned stop, then back home.

After dinner, I watched the news, switched to History's "Curse of Oak Island" and then at 9p, over to Trump's Y-U-G-E speech. I watched POTUS' Joint Address to US Congress, from 9-11p (actually 110 mins), and it was a 'stemwinder"; especially when he directly addressed the treasonous, hate-filled, communist/socialist/leftist/Marxist/fascist demonKKKrats, angrily stewing in their own filthy juices (sorry for the disturbing image). What a bunch of pathetic creatures, those hate-America, leftist dirtbags. By 12 midnight, I was nodding-off, and unplugged for the night.

Up at 7a on Ash Wednesday, a cloudy, very windy, heavier t-storms and 5-60mph wind to come, a "balmy" 55°, but I upped the heat anyway, made coffee, scanned the weather and news sites. The heavy, violent storms arrived just after 12noon. I skipped lunch, listened to a recent "CP Show Podcast", and took a 2 hour nap on the LR couch.

By 6p, the Winter Storm "Lola" -- complete with a couple hours of thunder -- had mostly passed by and was headed into the ocean, I had the last of the Steamed Dumplings and Lo Mein, and settled-in to watch the news, and a couple hours of Fox-TV shows, switching before Vanity-Hannity, to Discovery's "Expedition X" until 12 midnight. Lights out.

Up at 7:15a on Thursday, I upped then heat, made coffee, tuned into the "CS Show LIVE" until 9, then switched to the "CP Show LIVE" (with the 2nd day's lousy sub), and checked the day's schedule. Ryley, the Tech from MBIT (York) was scheduled in at 2p, to help me recover 2 large folders w/ MS-Doc files, which had suddenly gone "missing", but after poking around a few old "Thumb Drives", I found the MIA files and canceled Ryley's visit. My schedule for the day: "Nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no one to do it with."

Here's what the "govt' released in the 62-year old "Mystery of WHO Killed JFK", from the US Archives. If you can find the "WHO", please let me know. What a load of BS. The real, incriminating files were "sanitized" years ago, and CIA has the copies, never to be seen by anyone, ever again.

By 6p, temps had dropped from the mid-40s into the low-30s, Sherry called to confirm tomorrow's get together, I had dinner and watched the evening news, switching to History's "American Pickers" until 11:30p, and bagged it. The wind was still H-O-W-L-I-N-G.

Tomorrow begins a new week, here in the "Journal", and with 2 Dr's appt's and a landscape clean-up visit from River Rock LSCP Co, it's a full week. But I've saved time for Sherry. Always. 70° temps are in store for us beginning/mid-week, but Winter's not finished with us just yet.