In yet another use of an Orwellian effort to confuse the public and spread propaganda, by manipulating our language to deceive the people by replacing truths with deliberate lies, Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has introduced new sections of the so-called, “One Big Beautiful Bill.” As usual, with the blessing and support of the Trump administration, it is an effort to further target and destroy the livelihoods of those who are left of federal workers, and to destroy unions by financially undermining them in a myriad of ways. “This so-called reconciliation bill is in fact a big retaliation bill – retaliation against AFGE and other unions for successfully standing up for our members and fighting this administration’s illegal attempts to obliterate our federal agencies and the patriotic civil servants who run our federal programs,” American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said. The union has urged the Senate to Reject the Reconciliation Bill.
Read the full story by AFGE News, published June 13, 2025, here: https://www.afge.org/publication/largest-federal-employee-union-urges-senate-to-reject-reconciliation-bill fbclid=IwY2xjawK5YUdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFueE5oM3RmSzBPWURiZ2djAR4sAsjv-Vi_sHvMWiietnRoAmAyQqfgTaEzH5_oc8TmvVjrYllPJa_xp24g0A_aem_-DskyNfG3H7WnkAsZM-YHw
