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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel calm for now. I will worry about things when they happen.[/quote]

This.  We’re in for a long haul, people.  Constantly freaking out does no good, at all.  It’s what they want us to do.  Staying calm is resisting.

That, and as a supervisor, I can’t afford to be flipping the f out all the time.  [/quote]

This.  They talk a lot of talk, but when I look at it immediately surroundings,  dry little has changed other than the fact that I see my staff in person a bit more.  Not that what HAS happened elsewhere isn’t horrible—it’s just not happening to me and there’s very little I can do to help other than stay calm and competent.[/quote]

USAID person here. This was my attitude, shared by many coworkers. I now wish we had freaked out more and earlier. We should have blown whistles, created paper trails, questioned orders, coordinated with outside allies.

If I could give advice to my January 20th self, it would be: Do not be the frog in the pot.[/quote]

What exactly do you think you can do before?  [b]We can’t strike[/b].  What leverage do you think we have?  Do our job REALLY good so they appreciate us? Write to the Oligarch newspapers?  Look for another job, that’s what I’m doing because that’s the only prep worth anything. [/quote]

I keep thinking about this. We can’t strike but we did sign an oath to defend our government from enemies foreign and domestic. At what point in the dismantling of the government do we need to take action to defend it in line with our oath. My agency is being gutted and sold off for parts. Just showing up every day and waiting for the RIF feels unpatriotic.[/quote]

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