Whistleblower: I'm watching a hostile takeover of our government. Please help.

[blondebanshee]

I’ve been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I’ve never witnessed anything even remotely close to what’s happening right now. In short, there’s a hostile takeover of the federal civil service.

Under his name, they’ve sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov’t employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn’t even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security.

Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It’s been the one sending those various “test” message you’ve all seen. We think they’re building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road.

[link:https://trumpfile.org/opm-whistleblower/

[Hugin]

1. Ah, finally we have at least one name...

Of those who are not immune.

[underpants]

5. As of yesterday, she was appointed OPM Chief of Staff

https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/01/musk-visits-opm-following-workforce-assignments-doge/402533/

[jmbar2]

2. K&R

This is starting to blow up badly on them.

[orangecrush]

3. K&R

I had a feeling this whole thing was Musk's doing.

[2naSalit]

4. K&R

[dickthegrouch]

6. Just plugging that server in should have caused a cybersecurity alert

Why didn’t it?
It should not have been possible if all the FEDramp guidelines were actually implemented.

[Hugin]

7. That one visit undoubtedly caused numerous actionable violations...

It doesn’t seem very efficient. I am going to put it out there that is why the DOGE lawyer quit a week ago. He saw the cluster forming.

[ancianita]

8. We don't know if it did/didn't. CIA/NSA collect every single thing, but will/won't use it, depending on who-knows-what

... maybe the info is already relayed to the US military intel at Fort Meade. Or when/if they decide there's a constitutional crisis, do the same and let the US military decide whether to protect/defend the Constitution.

[Diraven]

9. "But her emails"

Is only a thing if you're a Democrat

[moniss]

10. They are building a database

with personal information for the purposes of targeting people not only now but in the future as well.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. It's been going on the last couple years. "Loyalty" pledge stuff sifting through Fed employees.

[moniss]

22. They will use the database to

target people even if they leave civil service. Voter suppression, employment suppression etc. will go on and on.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. I hadn't thought of that. It's evil and you're probably right, since evil is all they do. n/t

[moniss]

24. Yes they want to do it and make it well known that

they are so they get the intimidation factor and the cheers from the fascist supporters.

[Evolve Dammit]

25. yep.

[cstanleytech]

11. The whole thing stinks like shit as it smells like what the Nazis did when they took over.

[Oneironaut]

12. I've seen people speculate that the test was for a future email demanding a written pledge of loyalty to Trump.

I don’t know if it’s true or not, but, I can believe it.

[TommyT139]

16. Reminds me of Musk's takeover...

When he sent an email and if you didn't reply you were fired, essentially. I don't have the energy to search for details rights now.

And wasn't there some time in Trump's first occupation of the WH that he wanted the ability to text every cell phone owner at once? Or am I making that up?

(Also, Oneiraut, if you are not aware of the big trans zoom call that A4TE is doing tomorrow, DM me if you want info.)

[Oneironaut]

18. Thanks! Done. Also, if I remember right, he wanted to use text messages sent out during disasters to campaign.

Luckily it never happened, but, I wouldn’t doubt he would do that now.

[TommyT139]

13. "RIF notices"?

from "to generate mass RIF notices down the road."

[James48]

14. RIF reduction in force.

It’s federal speak for losing your job.

[TommyT139]

17. Thanks!

[James48]

15. Full message

Text (from the message photos app). It’s actually better than the image, which loses resolution in posting.

“OPM employee here, we are not the bad guys

I'm a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I'm posting this because people need to know what's going on at OPM.
I've been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I've never witnessed anything even remotely close to what's happening right now. In short, there's a hostile takeover of the federal civil service.

Let me say this in no uncertain terms - OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President's henchmen.

The current Acting Director, Charles (Chuck) Ezell is a low-level branch chief. He's the friendliest "yes man" you'll ever meet. He never says no. It's clear they pushed aside all the high-level non political civil servants who refused to do Donald Trump's bidding, until they found Chuck.

Under his name, they've sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn't even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security.

Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants.

Such communications are normally left up to each agency.

Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It's been the one sending those various "test" message you've all seen. We think they're building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road.

The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we've filed.
Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We're just as helpless to stop this as the rest of our fellow public servants.

Hopefully someone out there can help us, but it's looking pretty grim.

[Bluethroughu]

20. National security risk!

Press conference!

[B.See]

21. aka TYPICAL Trump & Co. s-show.

Is America getting "great again" yet?