WED. FEB. 5 ACTIONS
Viva La Resistance
Our crew, led by the amazing Denis Orsinger continues to disseminate what is coming at us. If you have additional suggestions/comments, please make them.
Crew meets weekly @10:00amE - send an email to Denis: denis4blueva@gmail.com
CONTENTS
–Federal Workers
–SAVE ACT vote NO
–Cabinet Nominees
–Protect VHA / Veterans ACCESS Act
Protect our Career Civil Service
The Trump Regime is gutting the Federal workforce.
A chaotic string of executive orders, firings, stop work orders, and a spurious ‘buyout’ offer have targeted federal workers. One of the orders reinstates Schedule F, a provision from the 1st Trump admin removing civil service protections and making it easier for workers to be fired.
“Schedule F is a shameless attempt to politicize the federal workforce by replacing thousands of dedicated, qualified civil servants with political cronies,” – AFSCME President Lee Saunders.
NEWS
Feb 5: Virginia House forms emergency committee over Musk’s attacks on federal workers
Feb 5: Demonstrators gather outside shuttered USAID
Feb 4: Public Service Unions File Lawsuit Challenging Efforts to Politicize the Civil Service
Jan 28: Trump fires 18 Inspectors General
VETERANS & MILITARY SPOUSES
>Trump’s War on the Federal Workforce Harms Veterans and Military Spouses
THE BUYOUT OFFER
On Jan 28 2 million Federal Workers were sent a “Deferred resignation” offer email. Decision deadline is Thurs, Feb 6.
> Letter sent to Federal workers Jan 28, 2028
> You Might Not Get Paid [AFGE]
> Frequently Asked Questions [CivilserviceStrong.org]
> The offer: Fact or fiction?
Quote from a Federal worker:
"I remain a proud civil servant. I remain extremely effective, remote or otherwise. I’m not going to [be] bullied out, no matter what lies they tell about me. I’m going to stay and I’m going to continue helping and serving those who need help until I literally can’t anymore. Take your resignation scheme and fuck right off."
>Share your Federal Worker story w/Tim Kaine
Protect Voting Rights
Tell your Congressperson to vote NO on the SAVE Act.
The SAVE Act is a voter suppression bill.
The bill requires voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship at the time of registration, but citizenship is hard to prove. Experience with a similar bill in Arizona has shown that American citizens end up being blocked from voting.
➜ Citizenship is already a requirement to vote, but hard to prove.
➜ Nearly 21 million voting-age US citizens do not have a current driver’s license.
Another 28.6 million have a license, but it does not have both their current address & current name. (Required by this law)
➜ Contact Congressional Reps
Find contact info (Right side of page)
Read more
Article: Five Things to Know About the SAVE Act
Report: Who Lacks ID in America Today? (PDF)
The bill: H.R. 8281
Cabinet Nominees
Indivisible says:
Tell your Senators: Use every procedural weapon in the arsenal. No business as usual. No cooperation with extremists. No easy path for Trump’s agenda.
“Russell Vought is dangerously unfit to serve as director of OMB.” – Senator Merkley after Democrats boycotted the Senate Budget Committee vote.”
Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget nominee
▶ Mastermind of Project 2025.
▶ Will dismantle federal programs and enforce an extremist agenda.
TELL SENATORS TO REJECT RUSSELL VOUGHT
Call your Senators [Indivisible form]
Call your Senators [Senate look up]
BLOCK OTHER NOMINEES
Nix the Noms [Indivisible]
Patel, Gabbard, RFK, Jr. [VirginiaGrassroots.org]
Sign Ideas from Indivisible - #StoptheCoup #ForkOffElon - #StoptheCoup #TrumpIsATrojanHorse - #DoNotObeyInAdvance #StayCommunityStrong -
* Confirmed Cabinet Members with link to votes*
Veterans
Stop Legislation that Would Dismantle the VHA
The Veterans ACCESS Act is named to sound like a good thing. But it is not.
This bill threatens the future of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), while benefiting private health providers.
The VHA currently provides care at 1,380 health care facilities, serving 9.1 million Veterans each year. Don’t let our legislators put this important system in jeopardy.
Tell your Member of Congress to Vote NO on this bill (No bill number yet).
>Find your Representative
USAID
The world's richest man is denying aid to the poorest people on earth. Elon Musk bragged he spent the weekend “feeding USAID into the wood chipper”
USAID’s headquarters was closed on Mon, Jan 3. Employees were told to stay home. Photos of its aid work were removed. Their website is dark. Some USAID contractors who are on official work travel are suddenly stuck, some in sensitive and dangerous places, without answers of how they will get home.
USAID works around the world to alleviate poverty, treat diseases, and respond to famines and natural disasters.
Feb 3 Rally at USAID w. Jamie Raskin, Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly and others
#StealfromthePOOR use to post on social media
LEARN MORE [AP]
This is a very nice, comprehensive list of the horrific actions taken since Jan 20th
In last few days there's been an exciting response to events initiated by Indivisible! Big rallies outside USAID and Treasury and people all over visited their Senators' DC and district offices.