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OPM awards major HR IT modernization contract to Oracle
The Office of Personnel Management awarded a nearly $400 million contract to Oracle on Wednesday, as part of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #hrit #Humanresources #jasonparman #officeofmanagementandbudget #officeofpersonnelmanagement #oracle #scottkupor #Workday
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OPM awards major HR IT modernization contract to Oracle
The Office of Personnel Management awarded a nearly $400 million contract to Oracle on Wednesday, as part of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #hrit #Humanresources #jasonparman #officeofmanagementandbudget #officeofpersonnelmanagement #oracle #scottkupor #Workday
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Cisco, Scale AI among new batch of Tech Force partners https://www.byteseu.com/2090252/ #AI #AiWorkforce #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence(AI) #Cisco #OfficeOfPersonnelManagement(opm) #ScaleAi #ScottKupor #Servicenow #TechForce #TrumpAdministration #Wiz #Workforce
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Trump moves about 8,000 federal positions to Schedule Policy/Career
Close to 8,000 career federal employees will be moved into a new employment ca…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #americanfederationofgovernmentemployees #civilservicereformact #democracyforward #DonKettl #DonaldTrump #everettkelley #federalsalarycouncil #meritsystemsprotectionboard #officeofpersonnelmanagement #raymondlimon #ronsanders #schedulef #schedulepolicy/career #scottkupor #skyeperryman #trump
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https://www.europesays.com/people/28691/ DoD moves to end most collective bargaining agreements #AmericanFederationOfGovernmentEmployees #CollectiveBargaining #CollectiveBargainingAgreements #DonaldTrump #EverettKelley #FederalUnions #OfficeOfPersonnelManagement #PeteHegseth #ScottKupor
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OPM to FEHB carriers: Cut costs, MAHA style
The Office of Personnel Management instructed insurers who participate in federal and postal workers’ employer-sponsored health benefits program…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #benefits #federalemployeehealthbenefitsprogram #fehbp #Health #Obesity #opm #postalservicehealthbenefits #pshb #scottkupor #TrumpAdministration #Vaccines
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OPM to FEHB carriers: Cut costs, MAHA style
The Office of Personnel Management instructed insurers who participate in federal and postal workers’ employer-sponsored health benefits program…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #benefits #federalemployeehealthbenefitsprogram #fehbp #Health #Obesity #opm #postalservicehealthbenefits #pshb #scottkupor #TrumpAdministration #Vaccines
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White House budget proposal silent on civilian federal pay raise
The Trump administration is out with its initial bid for the prospects of a 2…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #2027budgetrequest #america #DonaldTrump #early-careerrecruitment #fairact #federalemployeespaycomparabilityact #federalpayraise #JamesWalkinshaw #military-pay-raise #OfficeofManagementandBudget #officeofpersonnelmanagement #scottkupor #techforce #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USTopics #USAnews
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OPM’s Kupor would be ‘perfectly happy’ hiring more feds if contractors are cut
Following more than a year of sweeping reductions across the federa…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #DonaldTrump #early-careerrecruitment #federalcontractors #glennivey #houseappropriationssubcommitteeonfinancialservicesandgeneralgovernment #OfficeofManagementandBudget #officeofpersonnelmanagement #scottkupor #StenyHoyer #techforce #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USTopics #USAnews
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Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts
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Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts
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Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts
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Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts
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Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts
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House Democrats question OPM on retirement processing delays
House Democrats are pressing the Office of Personnel Management for answers on how the agency is addressing ab…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #DeferredResignationProgram #federalretirementprocess #houseoversightandgovernmentreformcommittee #jameswalkinshaw #officeofpersonnelmanagement #onlineretirementapplication #PersonalFinance #scottkupor
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/365635/ -
House Democrats question OPM on retirement processing delays
House Democrats are pressing the Office of Personnel Management for answers on how the agency is addressing ab…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #DeferredResignationProgram #federalretirementprocess #houseoversightandgovernmentreformcommittee #jameswalkinshaw #officeofpersonnelmanagement #onlineretirementapplication #PersonalFinance #scottkupor
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DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The Department of Government Efficiency, a cornerstone of the second Trump administration’s efforts to remake the federal government,…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #DepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency #doge #ElonMusk #Musk #scottkupor #usds
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DOGE and its long-term counterpart remain, with a full slate of modernization projects underway
The Department of Government Efficiency, the driving force behind the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce and…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #AmyGleason #DepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency #doge #ElonMusk #Musk #OfficeofManagementandBudget #officeofpersonnelmanagement #scottkupor #usdogeservice
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Fake news! Trump’s DOGE, once led by Elon Musk, rebuts shutdown rumours — ‘we’ll be back in a few days’
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative launched to slash the government’s size, on Tuesday rejected reports…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #DepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency #doge #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #federalgovernment #Musk #scottkupor #trump
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DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/doge-lgbtq-impact-elon-musk
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DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/doge-lgbtq-impact-elon-musk
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DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/doge-lgbtq-impact-elon-musk
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What to expect while you’re expecting (your retirement benefit, that is)
Scott Kupor, the new director of the Office of Personnel Management, publishes weekly updates on OPM and the federal…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #officeofpersonnelmanagement #opm #PersonalFinance #retirement #retirementplanning #scottkupor
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What to expect while you’re expecting (your retirement benefit, that is)
Scott Kupor, the new director of the Office of Personnel Management, publishes weekly updates on OPM and the federal…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #officeofpersonnelmanagement #opm #PersonalFinance #retirement #retirementplanning #scottkupor
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Mass email tells federal employees not to blame Trump for government shutdown
With no deal in sight to avoid a government shutdown, several agencies are sending nearly iden…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Computing #departmentofhealthandhumanservices #departmentofveteransaffairs #donaldtrump #GovernmentShutdown #InteriorDepartment #LaborDepartment #officeofmanagementandbudget #officeofpersonnelmanagement #scottkupor #Technology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/193705/ -
Mass email tells federal employees not to blame Trump for government shutdown
With no deal in sight to avoid a government shutdown, several agencies are sending nearly iden…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Computing #departmentofhealthandhumanservices #departmentofveteransaffairs #donaldtrump #GovernmentShutdown #InteriorDepartment #LaborDepartment #officeofmanagementandbudget #officeofpersonnelmanagement #scottkupor #Technology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/193705/ -
New OPM director estimates 300,000 federal job cuts this year, no plans to relocate jobs from DC
Speaking to WTOP at the Office of Personnel Management’s headquarters, Scott Kupor discussed the rollout of the plan…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Jobs #Business #federallayoffs #federalworkers #mikemurillo #officeofpersonnelmanagement #opm #scottkupor #TrumpAdministration
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/100784/ -
New OPM director estimates 300,000 federal job cuts this year, no plans to relocate jobs from DC
Speaking to WTOP at the Office of Personnel Management’s headquarters, Scott Kupor discussed the rollout of the plan…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Jobs #Business #federallayoffs #federalworkers #mikemurillo #officeofpersonnelmanagement #opm #scottkupor #TrumpAdministration
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I decided to expand this one out because I ran out of room to finish my argument here on the blog. I wrote about why a recent OPM memo allowing Christian Nationalists to attempt to convert their federal coworkers is a disturbing sign that may point to what the Trump regime's next excuse for a fascist crusade will be - combatting "anti-Christian bias" (by doing more fascism!)
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/07/30/nina-bytes-dark-omens-of-a-new-crusade/
Nina-Bytes: Dark Omens of a New Crusade
"There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor just released here demonstrates that this has nothing to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display “posters” with “religious messages” and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your evangelical nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying “God hates queers?” How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls “the team” together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald J. Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you’re clearly not understanding the policy; remember, laws, rights, and rules have no dominion over fascists in power, and only serve to bind or oppress their enemies."
#Fascism #OPM #Trump #ScottKupor #ChristianNationalism #FederalWorkforce #Fundamentalism #ChristianZionism #IdeologicalPolicing #MarcoRubio
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I decided to expand this one out because I ran out of room to finish my argument here on the blog. I wrote about why a recent OPM memo allowing Christian Nationalists to attempt to convert their federal coworkers is a disturbing sign that may point to what the Trump regime's next excuse for a fascist crusade will be - combatting "anti-Christian bias" (by doing more fascism!)
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/07/30/nina-bytes-dark-omens-of-a-new-crusade/
Nina-Bytes: Dark Omens of a New Crusade
"There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor just released here demonstrates that this has nothing to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display “posters” with “religious messages” and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your evangelical nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying “God hates queers?” How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls “the team” together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald J. Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you’re clearly not understanding the policy; remember, laws, rights, and rules have no dominion over fascists in power, and only serve to bind or oppress their enemies."
#Fascism #OPM #Trump #ScottKupor #ChristianNationalism #FederalWorkforce #Fundamentalism #ChristianZionism #IdeologicalPolicing #MarcoRubio
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I decided to expand this one out because I ran out of room to finish my argument here on the blog. I wrote about why a recent OPM memo allowing Christian Nationalists to attempt to convert their federal coworkers is a disturbing sign that may point to what the Trump regime's next excuse for a fascist crusade will be - combatting "anti-Christian bias" (by doing more fascism!)
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/07/30/nina-bytes-dark-omens-of-a-new-crusade/
Nina-Bytes: Dark Omens of a New Crusade
"There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor just released here demonstrates that this has nothing to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display “posters” with “religious messages” and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your evangelical nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying “God hates queers?” How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls “the team” together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald J. Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you’re clearly not understanding the policy; remember, laws, rights, and rules have no dominion over fascists in power, and only serve to bind or oppress their enemies."
#Fascism #OPM #Trump #ScottKupor #ChristianNationalism #FederalWorkforce #Fundamentalism #ChristianZionism #IdeologicalPolicing #MarcoRubio
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I decided to expand this one out because I ran out of room to finish my argument here on the blog. I wrote about why a recent OPM memo allowing Christian Nationalists to attempt to convert their federal coworkers is a disturbing sign that may point to what the Trump regime's next excuse for a fascist crusade will be - combatting "anti-Christian bias" (by doing more fascism!)
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/07/30/nina-bytes-dark-omens-of-a-new-crusade/
Nina-Bytes: Dark Omens of a New Crusade
"There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor just released here demonstrates that this has nothing to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display “posters” with “religious messages” and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your evangelical nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying “God hates queers?” How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls “the team” together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald J. Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you’re clearly not understanding the policy; remember, laws, rights, and rules have no dominion over fascists in power, and only serve to bind or oppress their enemies."
#Fascism #OPM #Trump #ScottKupor #ChristianNationalism #FederalWorkforce #Fundamentalism #ChristianZionism #IdeologicalPolicing #MarcoRubio
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Although it feels like a lifetime, it's important to remember that we are only six months into the second Trump presidency. Right now, the Pork Reich appears to be laser focused on subjugating the media and higher education, while rapidly progressing a white nationalist ethnic cleansing project that will end in mass graves. The anti-trans pogrom is still rolling forward, the regime is still trying to co-op local police and every security force in the country, and the funneling of wealth to oligarchic power at the expense of labor class lives, disaster preparation, and a planet that can sustain human life, continues unabated. The reality however is that nothing is ever stable or static in a fascist society; Trump and his minions will eventually start casting around for their next crusade, because the fascist style of rule requires an endless cast of threats and enemies, to create the ever-shrinking "us" who must be protected, and always-expanding "them" who must be eliminated.
Having watched the regime carefully, and knowing which groups in Trump's coalition of openly fascist cliques and power blocs feel like the Swine Emperor still owes them something for his election victory, I am increasingly convinced that next crusade will be the enforced adoption of Christian Nationalism as a quasi-state religion, under the guise of fighting "anti-Christian persecution." To that point there have already been disturbing signs that this is the case from Marco Rubio's State Department, who back in April announced an attempt to root out "anti-Christian bias" at Foggy Bottom; a plan which functionally amounted to allowing Christian Nationalists at State to purge their less fascist, and less religious colleagues, while crying about how cracker fundie nazis are actually the ppl being persecuted, in the true fascist fashion.
Well, it sure sounds like whatever Rubio installed at the State Department was a success, because a recent memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management makes it clear that Christian Nationalist domination is intended to be a government-wide policy for the Pork Reich.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/opm-religion-workplace
Trump Administration Lets Federal Employees Push Religion in Workplaces
"FFRF co-president Laurie Gaylor said that "these shocking changes essentially permit workplace evangelizing, but worse still, allow supervisors to evangelize underlings and federal workers to proselytize the public they serve."
"This is the implementation of Christian nationalism in our federal government," Gaylor added."
There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor is doing here, puts to lie the idea that this has anything to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display "posters" with "religious messages" and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your fundie nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying "god hates queers?" How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls "the team" together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you're clearly not understanding the policy.
Even more alarmingly, the OPM memo expressly allows fundie fascists to proselytize their coworkers and subordinates, encourages the kind of religious "debate" we all know is a code for Christian Nationalist harassment, and thereby institutionalizes a marking system that allows fundamentalist nazis in government to easily identify the necessary "us" and "them" inside the federal workforce to enact precisely the kind of fascist purges Rubio was talking about conducting at Foggy Bottom.
"Employees may engage in conversations regarding religious topics with fellow employees, including attempting to persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views, provided that such efforts are not harassing in nature," OPM said—without elaborating on what constitutes harassment.
"Employees may also encourage their coworkers to participate in religious expressions of faith, such as prayer, to the same extent that they would be permitted to encourage coworkers participate in other personal activities," the memo adds."
If you think this is just going to be about letting Christians annoy people at work in the government, I don't think you understand how committed to the fascist bit this administration is. This isn't about religious freedom, this is about institutionalizing a Christian Nationalist religious worldview as a perquisite for government service in the Trumpenreich. This train doesn't stop here.
#Fascism #Trump #ChristianNationalism #USPol #Fundamentalism #OPM #ScottKupor
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Although it feels like a lifetime, it's important to remember that we are only six months into the second Trump presidency. Right now, the Pork Reich appears to be laser focused on subjugating the media and higher education, while rapidly progressing a white nationalist ethnic cleansing project that will end in mass graves. The anti-trans pogrom is still rolling forward, the regime is still trying to co-op local police and every security force in the country, and the funneling of wealth to oligarchic power at the expense of labor class lives, disaster preparation, and a planet that can sustain human life, continues unabated. The reality however is that nothing is ever stable or static in a fascist society; Trump and his minions will eventually start casting around for their next crusade, because the fascist style of rule requires an endless cast of threats and enemies, to create the ever-shrinking "us" who must be protected, and always-expanding "them" who must be eliminated.
Having watched the regime carefully, and knowing which groups in Trump's coalition of openly fascist cliques and power blocs feel like the Swine Emperor still owes them something for his election victory, I am increasingly convinced that next crusade will be the enforced adoption of Christian Nationalism as a quasi-state religion, under the guise of fighting "anti-Christian persecution." To that point there have already been disturbing signs that this is the case from Marco Rubio's State Department, who back in April announced an attempt to root out "anti-Christian bias" at Foggy Bottom; a plan which functionally amounted to allowing Christian Nationalists at State to purge their less fascist, and less religious colleagues, while crying about how cracker fundie nazis are actually the ppl being persecuted, in the true fascist fashion.
Well, it sure sounds like whatever Rubio installed at the State Department was a success, because a recent memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management makes it clear that Christian Nationalist domination is intended to be a government-wide policy for the Pork Reich.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/opm-religion-workplace
Trump Administration Lets Federal Employees Push Religion in Workplaces
"FFRF co-president Laurie Gaylor said that "these shocking changes essentially permit workplace evangelizing, but worse still, allow supervisors to evangelize underlings and federal workers to proselytize the public they serve."
"This is the implementation of Christian nationalism in our federal government," Gaylor added."
There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor is doing here, puts to lie the idea that this has anything to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display "posters" with "religious messages" and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your fundie nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying "god hates queers?" How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls "the team" together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you're clearly not understanding the policy.
Even more alarmingly, the OPM memo expressly allows fundie fascists to proselytize their coworkers and subordinates, encourages the kind of religious "debate" we all know is a code for Christian Nationalist harassment, and thereby institutionalizes a marking system that allows fundamentalist nazis in government to easily identify the necessary "us" and "them" inside the federal workforce to enact precisely the kind of fascist purges Rubio was talking about conducting at Foggy Bottom.
"Employees may engage in conversations regarding religious topics with fellow employees, including attempting to persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views, provided that such efforts are not harassing in nature," OPM said—without elaborating on what constitutes harassment.
"Employees may also encourage their coworkers to participate in religious expressions of faith, such as prayer, to the same extent that they would be permitted to encourage coworkers participate in other personal activities," the memo adds."
If you think this is just going to be about letting Christians annoy people at work in the government, I don't think you understand how committed to the fascist bit this administration is. This isn't about religious freedom, this is about institutionalizing a Christian Nationalist religious worldview as a perquisite for government service in the Trumpenreich. This train doesn't stop here.
#Fascism #Trump #ChristianNationalism #USPol #Fundamentalism #OPM #ScottKupor
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Although it feels like a lifetime, it's important to remember that we are only six months into the second Trump presidency. Right now, the Pork Reich appears to be laser focused on subjugating the media and higher education, while rapidly progressing a white nationalist ethnic cleansing project that will end in mass graves. The anti-trans pogrom is still rolling forward, the regime is still trying to co-op local police and every security force in the country, and the funneling of wealth to oligarchic power at the expense of labor class lives, disaster preparation, and a planet that can sustain human life, continues unabated. The reality however is that nothing is ever stable or static in a fascist society; Trump and his minions will eventually start casting around for their next crusade, because the fascist style of rule requires an endless cast of threats and enemies, to create the ever-shrinking "us" who must be protected, and always-expanding "them" who must be eliminated.
Having watched the regime carefully, and knowing which groups in Trump's coalition of openly fascist cliques and power blocs feel like the Swine Emperor still owes them something for his election victory, I am increasingly convinced that next crusade will be the enforced adoption of Christian Nationalism as a quasi-state religion, under the guise of fighting "anti-Christian persecution." To that point there have already been disturbing signs that this is the case from Marco Rubio's State Department, who back in April announced an attempt to root out "anti-Christian bias" at Foggy Bottom; a plan which functionally amounted to allowing Christian Nationalists at State to purge their less fascist, and less religious colleagues, while crying about how cracker fundie nazis are actually the ppl being persecuted, in the true fascist fashion.
Well, it sure sounds like whatever Rubio installed at the State Department was a success, because a recent memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management makes it clear that Christian Nationalist domination is intended to be a government-wide policy for the Pork Reich.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/opm-religion-workplace
Trump Administration Lets Federal Employees Push Religion in Workplaces
"FFRF co-president Laurie Gaylor said that "these shocking changes essentially permit workplace evangelizing, but worse still, allow supervisors to evangelize underlings and federal workers to proselytize the public they serve."
"This is the implementation of Christian nationalism in our federal government," Gaylor added."
There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor is doing here, puts to lie the idea that this has anything to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display "posters" with "religious messages" and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your fundie nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying "god hates queers?" How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls "the team" together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you're clearly not understanding the policy.
Even more alarmingly, the OPM memo expressly allows fundie fascists to proselytize their coworkers and subordinates, encourages the kind of religious "debate" we all know is a code for Christian Nationalist harassment, and thereby institutionalizes a marking system that allows fundamentalist nazis in government to easily identify the necessary "us" and "them" inside the federal workforce to enact precisely the kind of fascist purges Rubio was talking about conducting at Foggy Bottom.
"Employees may engage in conversations regarding religious topics with fellow employees, including attempting to persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views, provided that such efforts are not harassing in nature," OPM said—without elaborating on what constitutes harassment.
"Employees may also encourage their coworkers to participate in religious expressions of faith, such as prayer, to the same extent that they would be permitted to encourage coworkers participate in other personal activities," the memo adds."
If you think this is just going to be about letting Christians annoy people at work in the government, I don't think you understand how committed to the fascist bit this administration is. This isn't about religious freedom, this is about institutionalizing a Christian Nationalist religious worldview as a perquisite for government service in the Trumpenreich. This train doesn't stop here.
#Fascism #Trump #ChristianNationalism #USPol #Fundamentalism #OPM #ScottKupor
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Although it feels like a lifetime, it's important to remember that we are only six months into the second Trump presidency. Right now, the Pork Reich appears to be laser focused on subjugating the media and higher education, while rapidly progressing a white nationalist ethnic cleansing project that will end in mass graves. The anti-trans pogrom is still rolling forward, the regime is still trying to co-op local police and every security force in the country, and the funneling of wealth to oligarchic power at the expense of labor class lives, disaster preparation, and a planet that can sustain human life, continues unabated. The reality however is that nothing is ever stable or static in a fascist society; Trump and his minions will eventually start casting around for their next crusade, because the fascist style of rule requires an endless cast of threats and enemies, to create the ever-shrinking "us" who must be protected, and always-expanding "them" who must be eliminated.
Having watched the regime carefully, and knowing which groups in Trump's coalition of openly fascist cliques and power blocs feel like the Swine Emperor still owes them something for his election victory, I am increasingly convinced that next crusade will be the enforced adoption of Christian Nationalism as a quasi-state religion, under the guise of fighting "anti-Christian persecution." To that point there have already been disturbing signs that this is the case from Marco Rubio's State Department, who back in April announced an attempt to root out "anti-Christian bias" at Foggy Bottom; a plan which functionally amounted to allowing Christian Nationalists at State to purge their less fascist, and less religious colleagues, while crying about how cracker fundie nazis are actually the ppl being persecuted, in the true fascist fashion.
Well, it sure sounds like whatever Rubio installed at the State Department was a success, because a recent memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management makes it clear that Christian Nationalist domination is intended to be a government-wide policy for the Pork Reich.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/opm-religion-workplace
Trump Administration Lets Federal Employees Push Religion in Workplaces
"FFRF co-president Laurie Gaylor said that "these shocking changes essentially permit workplace evangelizing, but worse still, allow supervisors to evangelize underlings and federal workers to proselytize the public they serve."
"This is the implementation of Christian nationalism in our federal government," Gaylor added."
There will of course be folks who accuse me of overreacting when I say this new guidance is clearly the on ramp for the official adoption of Christian Nationalism as a state ideology, but I think even a cursory reading of what OPM Director Scott Kupor is doing here, puts to lie the idea that this has anything to do with workplace tolerance, or freedom of religion. In addition to allowing religious iconography, and public prayer, Kupor also wants government employees to be able to display "posters" with "religious messages" and solicit participation from even non-Christian employees in group expressions of religious sentiment. So what happens when your fundie nazi co-worker puts up a poster saying "god hates queers?" How about when your Christian Nationalist supervisor calls "the team" together for a group prayer asking Jesus to protect the chosen one, Donald Trump? If you have to ask those questions, you're clearly not understanding the policy.
Even more alarmingly, the OPM memo expressly allows fundie fascists to proselytize their coworkers and subordinates, encourages the kind of religious "debate" we all know is a code for Christian Nationalist harassment, and thereby institutionalizes a marking system that allows fundamentalist nazis in government to easily identify the necessary "us" and "them" inside the federal workforce to enact precisely the kind of fascist purges Rubio was talking about conducting at Foggy Bottom.
"Employees may engage in conversations regarding religious topics with fellow employees, including attempting to persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views, provided that such efforts are not harassing in nature," OPM said—without elaborating on what constitutes harassment.
"Employees may also encourage their coworkers to participate in religious expressions of faith, such as prayer, to the same extent that they would be permitted to encourage coworkers participate in other personal activities," the memo adds."
If you think this is just going to be about letting Christians annoy people at work in the government, I don't think you understand how committed to the fascist bit this administration is. This isn't about religious freedom, this is about institutionalizing a Christian Nationalist religious worldview as a perquisite for government service in the Trumpenreich. This train doesn't stop here.
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