Civil servants are leading the American resistance – with GameStop as a guide | Virginia Heffernan

Civil servants are leading the American resistance – with GameStop as a guide | Virginia Heffernan

Trump administration, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, US politics, Protest, US news, Technology, Project 2025, GameStop Business | The Guardian

​As Elon Musk tries to drive them out, federal workers are initiating a short squeeze on the broligarchyThe most ferocious response to Elon Musk’s coup in the US is also the most disciplined. It’s a sustained act of civil disobedience by the civil service. Amid the malignant lies of the current regime, federal workers are steadily telling the truth.This strategy is more methodical than it at first seems. Yes, the distress and anger among federal workers is palpable. But the more anarchy Donald Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) operation loose upon the world, the firmer the federal employees are standing. Their protest might even be seen as a political short squeeze. Continue reading… 

As Elon Musk tries to drive them out, federal workers are initiating a short squeeze on the broligarchy

The most ferocious response to Elon Musk’s coup in the US is also the most disciplined. It’s a sustained act of civil disobedience by the civil service. Amid the malignant lies of the current regime, federal workers are steadily telling the truth.

This strategy is more methodical than it at first seems. Yes, the distress and anger among federal workers is palpable. But the more anarchy Donald Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) operation loose upon the world, the firmer the federal employees are standing. Their protest might even be seen as a political short squeeze.

Continue reading… 

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