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republicans in the us house of representativesthis week re-instituted some sort of obscure rule from 1876. that rule, known as the holman rule, actuallyallows congresspeople to limit the pay of any specific federal worker to as low as $1. now, the reason that they're doing this isunclear. they've included this new rule, they've re-institutedit, so it is going to take effect. again, it will allow them to target any specificperson or a specific department and lower their pay to whatever they choose. they just can't go lower than $1.

now civil servants across the country, especiallythose in maryland, working in washington, dc, are terrified of this. we have 2.1 million civil service workerswithin the united states today. 2.1 million people are now terrified becauseany single republican can add to any kind of appropriations bill the language to targeta specific worker, by name if they choose to, and lower their pay or cut their pay. here's why this is terrifying right now. why would republicans suddenly decide to dothis? why would they want to target individual peopleby name?

think about the fact that right now the incomingtrump administration wants individual names of people. they asked the energy department who are thenames of the scientists in your department working on anything related to climate change? who are the employees working on anythingrelated to climate change? and what is their salary? they're doing the same thing in other departmentswith people who worked on gender equality projects. they want their names and they want theirsalaries.

now, suddenly, the house of representativeshave given themselves the power to target somebody by name and lower their salary. this is terrifying stuff, folks, and thisis what is going on right now in the united states of america. you're not hearing corporate media talk aboutthis because they can't explain it in simple terms. they don't even understand it. to be honest, it's not a sensational storythat's going to grab a bunch of eyeballs and bring in a bunch of advertisers, but it'sterrifying.

the 2.1 million civil service workers in theunited states right now are scared for their future. they don't know if one month from now they'restill going to have a job. it's very likely the the republicans are goingto reduce their pay to the point that it's no longer economically reasonable for themto keep these jobs, and they're going to move on. that's the point. the republicans, including donald trump, wantto be able to retaliate against anyone who has worked on any kind of government projectthat they disagree with.

that includes climate change, that includesgender equality projects. we're probably going to see it with socialjustice workers. things like that. anyone who republicans don't like, they cannow make your life a living hell. unfortunately, because of this holman rule,it's perfectly legal.