The person who said that he wanted to put federal workers in trauma so they’d “understand that they are villains” is the alleged super Christian Russell Vought, Project 2025 author and Office of Management and Budget. He is going to hell, of course, for implementing the policies that are traumatizing and literally driving some federal workers to suicide.
Here’s a gift link to this Washington Post article:
The president had called federal employees “crooked” and “dishonest,” and his deputies had vowed to purge them from government and make them suffer…
Some have found themselves fired, rehired, then let go again. Many have been ridiculed as “lazy” and “corrupt.” They’ve been locked out of offices by police, fired for political “disloyalty,” and told to check their email to see if they still draw a paycheck.
In interviews, more than 30 former and current federal workers told The Washington Post that the chaos and mass firings had left them feeling devalued, demoralized and scared for themselves and the country. Many described problems they’d never experienced before: insomnia, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts. Others with a history of mental struggles said they’d found themselves pushed into terrifying territory.
Since MAGA is largely a sadistic cult, I’d guess that they’re pretty happy. But the rest of us should be appalled.
I’m familiar with people in the area who work in counselling and I can tell you that they are seeing a tremendous amount of trauma over this. It’s not just federal employees it’s contractors too and there are tens of thousands of them essentially being tortured for months by DOGE and Vought. Scientists are having their life’s work destroyed by faceless officials who just pull the plug with no warning and offer no reason. It’s a nightmare.
I’m glad to see the Post finally taking the time to go out and ask some of the people affected by what Trump and his henchmen are doing. It’s happening right in their backyard.