Government Shutdown - Sep 2025 Thread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just told there are 5 people at my agency that are essential so I actually don't think keeping everything open is the plan.

I know roughly who in my office is and isn't essential, and there's at least one entire department that would be furloughed. However, if the President tells our Cabinet Secretary that he wants everyone to work, Antideficiency Act be damned, I think that everyone will be ordered to show up to work.

No way would I show up to work if I’m not deemed essential. I’m not risking violating the law. I would imagine that illegal order immediately would make it to the courts and lose.

Knowing violation of the ADA is a felony. That is why I think they'll have to close the national parks this time, because GAO did a whole report on the fact that keeping them open last time was an ADA violation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just told there are 5 people at my agency that are essential so I actually don't think keeping everything open is the plan.

I know roughly who in my office is and isn't essential, and there's at least one entire department that would be furloughed. However, if the President tells our Cabinet Secretary that he wants everyone to work, Antideficiency Act be damned, I think that everyone will be ordered to show up to work.

No way would I show up to work if I’m not deemed essential. I’m not risking violating the law. I would imagine that illegal order immediately would make it to the courts and lose.

Knowing violation of the ADA is a felony. That is why I think they'll have to close the national parks this time, because GAO did a whole report on the fact that keeping them open last time was an ADA violation.

Part of me thinks the administration will just declare everything excepted as an F-you to the Democrats. There's no way to challenge it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just told there are 5 people at my agency that are essential so I actually don't think keeping everything open is the plan.

I know roughly who in my office is and isn't essential, and there's at least one entire department that would be furloughed. However, if the President tells our Cabinet Secretary that he wants everyone to work, Antideficiency Act be damned, I think that everyone will be ordered to show up to work.

No way would I show up to work if I’m not deemed essential. I’m not risking violating the law. I would imagine that illegal order immediately would make it to the courts and lose.

Knowing violation of the ADA is a felony. That is why I think they'll have to close the national parks this time, because GAO did a whole report on the fact that keeping them open last time was an ADA violation.

Who’s going to prosecute them?

[Anonymous]

My agency is apparently planning RIFs in mid-October, so on the selfish front, sure, shut it down, delay the hammer falling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know I will be excepted and the thought of a long shut down without a paycheck will be salt in the wound of this year. We have savings and I’d be ok with the sacrifice if I thought it would accomplish anything. But I think with the current administration in charge this will just spiral into more chaos.

Also I am just so tired of being a political pawn. I’m too close to retirement (but not VERA eligible) to start over in something new, but if I had to do it all over again I would avoid working for the government like the plague.

I’m acting as an executive because mine took the DRP, not getting paid any extra to do it, and will have to work because the executive is the only employee in my office excepted. To say I’m bitter at this turn of events is a massive understatement.

Give yourself 59 minutes every day.

[Anonymous]

Politico reporting agencies are instructed to implement RIFs during a shutdown. Does this lower the odds of a shutdown because now D’s will cave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My agency is apparently planning RIFs in mid-October, so on the selfish front, sure, shut it down, delay the hammer falling.

NOAA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My agency is apparently planning RIFs in mid-October, so on the selfish front, sure, shut it down, delay the hammer falling.

NOAA?

No DOI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just told there are 5 people at my agency that are essential so I actually don't think keeping everything open is the plan.

I know roughly who in my office is and isn't essential, and there's at least one entire department that would be furloughed. However, if the President tells our Cabinet Secretary that he wants everyone to work, Antideficiency Act be damned, I think that everyone will be ordered to show up to work.

No way would I show up to work if I’m not deemed essential. I’m not risking violating the law. I would imagine that illegal order immediately would make it to the courts and lose.

Knowing violation of the ADA is a felony. That is why I think they'll have to close the national parks this time, because GAO did a whole report on the fact that keeping them open last time was an ADA violation.

Who’s going to prosecute them?

Exactly. We've got to wrap our head around the fact that there is no adult in the room. There is no safety net. What we thought was America was just a mirage held together by good will and fair play. That's all done now.

[Anonymous]

They might be doing mass firings if there is a shutdown. What a mess:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/white-house-firings-shutdown-00579909

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just told there are 5 people at my agency that are essential so I actually don't think keeping everything open is the plan.

I know roughly who in my office is and isn't essential, and there's at least one entire department that would be furloughed. However, if the President tells our Cabinet Secretary that he wants everyone to work, Antideficiency Act be damned, I think that everyone will be ordered to show up to work.

No way would I show up to work if I’m not deemed essential. I’m not risking violating the law. I would imagine that illegal order immediately would make it to the courts and lose.

Why would it lose? Pretty sure the courts will take Trump's side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They might be doing mass firings if there is a shutdown. What a mess:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/white-house-firings-shutdown-00579909

I want this to happen, and both my DH and I are feds. I am so sick of Trump thinking this is a game. Let him fire everyone. I am very sure we will all be brought back like they are doing to GSA right now because they won't be able to find people to do the work he actually needs to get done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They might be doing mass firings if there is a shutdown. What a mess:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/white-house-firings-shutdown-00579909

I want this to happen, and both my DH and I are feds. I am so sick of Trump thinking this is a game. Let him fire everyone. I am very sure we will all be brought back like they are doing to GSA right now because they won't be able to find people to do the work he actually needs to get done.

+1. I want Voight to do all the work of all the fired feds himself. He seems to have plenty of time on his hands to write asinine memos. How about he gets some real work to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just told there are 5 people at my agency that are essential so I actually don't think keeping everything open is the plan.

I know roughly who in my office is and isn't essential, and there's at least one entire department that would be furloughed. However, if the President tells our Cabinet Secretary that he wants everyone to work, Antideficiency Act be damned, I think that everyone will be ordered to show up to work.

No way would I show up to work if I’m not deemed essential. I’m not risking violating the law. I would imagine that illegal order immediately would make it to the courts and lose.

Knowing violation of the ADA is a felony. That is why I think they'll have to close the national parks this time, because GAO did a whole report on the fact that keeping them open last time was an ADA violation.

They absolutely will not shut down national parks. If there’s one person thing that riled my MAGA in-laws up, it’s that parks shut down. They’re convinced no one needs to oversee visitors in the outdoor parts of parks. They’ll cut everything to keep parks open. What happened in Joshua Tree last time was disgusting visitor behavior.

[Anonymous]

Lower the VERA requirements and you'll see half the government leave overnight!!