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Federal Workers Flood Reporter with Tips
- Hannah Natanson received 785 contacts from federal employees worried about job cuts since January.
- She responded personally to each, managing overwhelming outreach via Signal messaging app.
Massive Federal Job Losses Under Doge
- Hundreds of thousands of federal jobs have been lost or are at risk during the Doge-led cuts.
- These rapid layoffs break norms and threaten the constitutional oaths federal employees took.
Blanket Layoffs via Department Cuts
- Agencies use blanket reductions, eliminating entire departments to speed layoffs legally.
- This arcane process favors quick, large cuts over careful, thoughtful workforce reduction.