The Hatch Act, a federal law passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees, as well as some state, D.C., and local government employees who work in connection with federally funded programs. The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation.
Those complaints are going straight into a shredder.
This administration has been blatant about putting right wing allies into major positions of power in the government and basing decision-making on partisan politics in every branch, at every level of government.
Those that play ball are promoted, those that don’t, like the CDC director, get replaced.
From elsewhere:
How to File a Hatch Act Complaint: https://osc.gov/Services/Pages/HatchAct-FileComplaint.aspx
Who is going to read it and would they actually do anything?
To this effect hasn’t most of the UN nations voted to recognize Gaza as a nation state but because America is funding the war who gives a shit
Those complaints are going straight into a shredder.
This administration has been blatant about putting right wing allies into major positions of power in the government and basing decision-making on partisan politics in every branch, at every level of government.
Those that play ball are promoted, those that don’t, like the CDC director, get replaced.
Rule one for fighting tyranny: do not obey in advance.
Not taking advantage of the legal protections at our disposal is to obey in advance.
Despair is easy. Fighting back is hard.
Hard agree.
I say make them and it then, keep sending