MAGA operative compiling list of "anti-Trump" federal workers, setting stage for Project 2025 purge
8 months, 3 weeks ago

MAGA operative compiling list of "anti-Trump" federal workers, setting stage for Project 2025 purge

Salon  

Longtime GOP operative Tom Jones is investigating dozens of federal employees suspected of opposing Donald Trump's policies as part of a larger, coordinated project by MAGA-aligned groups to reshape the government into a tool for right-wing causes. According to an Associated Press report, Jones and his American Accountability Foundation are using a $100,000 grant from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to ferret through the backgrounds, social media activity and past political statements of high-ranking government workers, starting with the Department of Homeland Security. The extensive probe into civil servants — who aren't political appointees and have to swear an oath to the Constitution, not to any specific president — has alarmed experts who have characterized the AAF effort as undermining democracy and evoking the McCarthyist red scare; the 1950s inquisition that targeted suspected Communist sympathizers was led by Roy Cohn, who became a confidant of a younger Trump. AAF's investigation would lay the groundwork for Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, which proposes reviving a Trump-era policy that tried to reclassify tens of thousands of federal workers as political appointees, exposing them to mass firings and opening up their positions to a cadre of right-wing replacements.

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Right-wing activists appear to be writing memos for the Trump White House
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Right-wing activists appear to be writing memos for the Trump White House

Salon  

In the spree of memos coming out of President Donald Trump’s Office of Personnel Management, two conservative activists have emerged as key figures, appearing to ghostwrite memos ostensibly from the office’s acting director, Charles Ezell. Noah Peters, an attorney who represented white nationalist Jared Taylor and who encouraged Kyle Rittenhouse to sue his critics, is listed as the author of …

'This is modern McCarthyism': Furious Dem nails Republicans on hidden purge hypocrisy
4 months ago

'This is modern McCarthyism': Furious Dem nails Republicans on hidden purge hypocrisy

Raw Story  

Call it the Catch-2025. "If this is really about making sure that we have qualified individuals inside the federal government," she asked, "Why is the president-elect choosing absolutely unqualified Cabinet secretaries to be at the head of every single agency?" She called the requirement "blacklisting" and likened the bill to policies pushed by the notorious Sen. Joe McCarthy, the notorious …

Trump-aligned 'smear machine' ramping up plan to vilify government workers by name
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump-aligned 'smear machine' ramping up plan to vilify government workers by name

Raw Story  

With an announcement on X earlier this week, "WE ARE DECLARING WAR ON THE DEEP STATE,” a conservative project aligned with both Donald Trump and Project 2025 — which is creating a roadmap to gut the government if Trump is re-elected — is preparing to "name and shame" civil servants they believe won't be loyal to the now convicted felon …

Blacklist of federal employees who oppose Trump for president set to be released right before 2024 election
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Blacklist of federal employees who oppose Trump for president set to be released right before 2024 election

Daily Mail  

A group focused on exposing liberal bias of government officials is planning to release a list of names this summer of those that could be hostile towards Donald Trump's border agenda. Tom Jones, a seasoned political operative and former Republican Hill aide, leads AAF in building the database of 'bureaucrats' that the organization feels 'can be expected to obstruct any …

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans

LA Times  

Tom Jones, a political activist and former Capitol Hill aide to Republican senators, is pictured in Bardstown, Ky. From his home office in small-town Kentucky, Jones and his American Accountability Foundation are quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican former President Donald Trump, an effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for …

MAGA spy network of gov't workers feeds names of colleagues who might resist Trump: report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

MAGA spy network of gov't workers feeds names of colleagues who might resist Trump: report

Raw Story  

Legal experts have raised red flags repeatedly about Project 2025, a plan backed by the extreme-right Heritage Foundation to help Donald Trump — or any other future Republican president — purge the federal government of rank-and-file employees who will follow the law over the orders of the president and institute Christian nationalist principles, among other things. "With a $100,000 grant …

Conservative-Backed Group Is Creating A List Of Federal Workers It Suspects Could Resist Trump Plans
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative-Backed Group Is Creating A List Of Federal Workers It Suspects Could Resist Trump Plans

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House. Jacqueline Simon, policy director at the American Federation …

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House. Jacqueline Simon, policy director at the American Federation of Government Employees, …

“Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge
1 year, 6 months ago

“Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge

Salon  

A network of conservative groups is gearing up for the potential reelection of Donald Trump, actively enlisting an "army" of Americans to come to Washington with a mission to disassemble the federal government and substitute it with a vision that aligns more closely with their own beliefs and ideas, according to The Associated Press. "The irony of course is that …

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