#AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside

guardian.co.uk (nprofile…z4y7)
✍️ A group of federal employees and contractors, known as #AltGov, are using encrypted apps and social media to share information and coordinate efforts to resist the Trump administration's policies and help each other during layoffs.
👉 The #AltGov network is using encrypted apps and social media to share information and coordinate efforts.
👉 The group is resisting the Trump administration's policies and helping each other during layoffs.
👉 The #AltGov network has grown to include 40 accounts on the Bluesky app.
👉 The group is sharing information and developing strategies to resist the Trump administration's policies.
👉 The #AltGov network is also providing support to each other during the ongoing layoffs in the federal government.

#ElonMusk #LynnStahl #AmandaSturgill #UnitedStates #NewYork #politics

quoting nevent1q…cazg

guardian.co.uk (nprofile…z4y7)

Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on BlueskyAfter seeing Elon Musk’s X post on Saturday afternoon about an email that would soon land in the inboxes of 2.3 million federal employees asking them to list five things they did the week before, a clandestine network of employees and contractors at dozens of federal agencies began talking on an encrypted app about how to respond.Employees on a four-day, 10-hours-a-day schedule wouldn’t even see the email until Tuesday – past the deadline for responding – some noted. There was also a bit of snark: “bonus points to anyone who responds that they spent their government subsidy on hookers and blow,” one worker said. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/altgov-elon-musk-doge-federal-workers