Editor's note: This story is posted with permission from the anonymous federal employee who shared it with us. Some edits were made for length and clarity.
Many federal workers in less than 2 months have already felt the wrath of an unelected billionaire. Other federal workers are waiting for the incompetence to catch up with the laws that Musk and the DOGE continue to break in the name of so-called efficiency. Now, the Trump administration is backtracking on who was responsible for firing federal workers en masse. They are lying, and they will continue to lie using their cabal of propagandists until someone stands up to fight against the injustice they are wreaking on the U.S.
Federal workers are fed up with the incompetence created at the behest of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. Many feel lost, frustrated, and helpless. One thing that you have to understand for democracy to prevail is that people will help those in need if you just ask.
So, federal workers, recently fired or about to be fired or just fed up, I am asking you, your country is asking you, the voters (some who are also federal workers) who feel remorse for their actions because they now realized they have been duped by a conman are asking you: Please stand up and run for election! Start running now, start raising money now, start fighting now! Just because you are no longer in the civil service does not mean that you cannot continue to support the U.S. Constitution and fight against all enemies foreign and domestic.
The time is ripe to start running for federal office now! In 2026, all 435 U.S. House of Representative seats are up for re-election and 33 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats are up for re-election. This is our time, this is the workers time, it is time to stand up for workers' rights everywhere! We cannot let this stand! We won't let this stand! Our country is counting on us! Stand for something or fall for anything! That is our only choice to thwart autocratic impulses from this administration and they know it, they know they have limited time to act and that is why they have been moving so fast and haphazardly with their changes to the federal government.
Federal workers have so many talents, we have worked in specialized fields, we have multiple degrees, we understand the government, we have empathy for our fellow man, we love our country and we have spent most of our lives in service of the public! Who else better to represent the everyday person and worker than workers? The current regime is hoping that we turn tail and run away from the fight. Don't! If I know federal workers around the country, we never back away from a fight. We have the power! There are more of us workers than there are billionaires, we can succeed!
2026 is going to be the year of the worker! Workers everywhere will primary Congressmen and Senators who refuse to fight for workers rights. We will see a new class taking the House and the Senate, the working class! We are a class that is of the people and works for the people, elected to work for their constituents and are focused on getting people everywhere back to work so they can enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness while continuing to protect our national security. We will get workers rights back and take back our democracy. I only ask that you go into office and fight for workers' rights, your constituents' rights, and the rights of the country and get rid of the deadlock in Congress to move our country forward and continue to speak truth to power. Remember, the only way we win and the autocrats don't is: Don't give up! Don't comply in advance! Resist! Start running for office now and win! I am counting on you! Your country is counting on you! U.S. citizens are counting on you!
Quick note from We the Builders: There are many ways to run for public office. If you're interested, we recommend starting with resources from Run for Something and NPR's How to Run for Office guide.