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Ed Burmila

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Every low level lanyard job person in DC: please don’t wear a campaign button in my house, someone could see it and I might get in trouble SCOTUS: first you take a loan from someone with business before the court and then you just don’t pay it back. Did you see my insurrection flag.

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Ned's avatar Ned @thewesterhazys.bsky.social
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Just had a conversation with someone who works for social security about how tightly controlled any expression of political affiliations is, not just within the building, but in terms of social media likes and dislikes.

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Shannon Brescher Shea's avatar Shannon Brescher Shea @storiteller.bsky.social
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I volunteered for Obama back during his campaign, but remember having to make sure I didn’t have my button on my coat going into work.

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Shannon Brescher Shea's avatar Shannon Brescher Shea @storiteller.bsky.social
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This is *so* true. Feds are not in it for power (for the most part), so following ethics rules is taken seriously.

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AKATheBeerLady's avatar AKATheBeerLady @akathebeerlady.bsky.social
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I worked for city government, not federal, but same principle. We got yelled at because the local McDonalds wanted to give us free cheeseburgers on their 'public service recognition' day.

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Matthew Brotman's avatar Matthew Brotman @limatt.bsky.social
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“Low level lanyard job person” 😢

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Pete Rhomberg's avatar Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social
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A perfect encapsulation of society in general: the higher you rise, the less the law applies (because it's simply not enforced in any meaningful way).

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Leonard Pierce's avatar Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social
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Damn it's almost like there's a class element to this shit

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Shawn's avatar Shawn @shawnaroo.bsky.social
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My wife works at a public library, and the workers at the circulation desk were told that they have to refuse when patrons bring them cookies.

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Ed Burmila's avatar Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social
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True story, I watched a friend / anonymous Dept of (Redacted) civil servant refuse to eat from a buffet because it wasn't made clear who had paid for the food at the event.

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PaulGoldman's avatar PaulGoldman @paulgoldman.bsky.social
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And there's annual training to reinforce the message.

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's avatar @processanalyzer.bsky.social
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Hatch Act is woke.

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Alisha Diane Galloway 's avatar Alisha Diane Galloway @adgwatches.bsky.social
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@balzac-asimov.bsky.social so true bestie

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Annmarie's avatar Annmarie @annmariepisano.bsky.social
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I got in trouble once for buying a single coffee for a state employee in Texas. Should've gone for a house and college education instead!

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FatGuyOnABike🔒's avatar FatGuyOnABike🔒 @fgoaborg.bsky.social
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We never had any political signs or bumper stickers growing up because my dad was very serious about not breaking the electioneering rules. But then my dad wasn't a SCOTUS justice, he was big on ethics.

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