DROWN OUT THE DOGE

OSenators Durbin and Duckworth     Representative Budzinski

You are in a unique position, as federal representatives, to amplify the voices of the people who signed this petition and offered stories of Americans who have been negatively impacted by recent DOGE cuts.   Please use your voice to remind  fellow Senators and Representatives that the cuts represent people, not statistics.   

I am not on any social networking site other than LinkedIn, but I wanted to take the opportunity to post a quick story about a recent casualty of the DOGE. (I have kept the details "general," purposefully.)  I hope, in similar fashion, everyone who has a story to share, about a spouse, a sibling, a son/daughter, a friend, a coworker, who has been negatively impacted by the (T)rump administration's "efficiency," will sign this petition, share their own story in the comment section, and  post their story on Linkedin  and/or other networking sites.  

E, like many of the purged employees, was in a probationary period, excited to begin work within her department. She, also, was grateful to have health insurance as part of her job, as she was close to eight lkmonths pregnant.  As of today, E is the unemployed mother of a baby girl. As the result of court rulings, she may/may not get her job back. I can't imagine what it would feel like to be newly hired/fired/in limbo and a new mother, all within the space of a few months.   

Please share your stories. Flood  the zone with stories about real people, the real work they did, the real impact on communities when programs are shut down. To the DOGE, they are a statistic.The more the impact of recent cuts is shared (talented workers cut, agencies shuttered, stories erased, people denied services) the less the "cutting waste and inefficiency" blather will  stick. It's important for your neighbors  (in person and online) to hear from you. They may not trust the media. Hopefully your voice will break through....and they will hear it!