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Majority of public holds favorable view of federal employees, survey shows

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A majority of Americans continue to show support for federal employees amid the Trump administration’s deep cuts to agency staff and programs, according to new survey data from the Partnership for Public Service.

While the Trump administration presses forward with rapid and broad changes to the federal workforce, the Partnership’s latest survey on the federal government still found that 55% of survey respondents viewed federal employees favorably, while 35% of respondents had an unfavorable opinion of the government’s workforce.

Chart showing the public’s views of federal employees, based on political party. (Source: Partnership for Public Service March 2025 survey)

Those findings show “slightly higher” support for the federal workforce since the organization’s previous survey in 2023, the Partnership wrote last week in its analysis of the new survey.

“The loudest voices aren’t necessarily the majority voices,” Paul Hitlin, the Partnership’s senior research manager, said in an interview. “There’s been a lot of criticism of federal employees, but that’s not the majority opinion.”

Since the Partnership for began collecting data on how the public views the federal workforce back in 2021, the non-profit’s findings have remained consistent: the public holds more positive views of civil servants than the federal government overall.

The latest findings come from an online survey of 1,000 Americans, whom the Partnership surveyed in mid-March. The results also showed that, perhaps more than ever, the public is paying close attention to the inner workings of the federal government, as well as how it is changing through the efforts of the White House and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

In the new survey, 78% of respondents said they are closely following the changes the Trump administration is making to the federal workforce. Another 73% said they are closely following the actions of DOGE.

“It’s unfortunate that it takes some of these agencies getting cut for people to learn what they do, but there is definitely a lot of attention being paid, and I think a lot of people are learning what’s going on,” Hitlin said. “Perhaps long-term, that might have a positive impact on how the country views the agencies that they work for.”

Part of the reason for greater attention to the issue may be because the changes have far-reaching effects. Out of the Partnership’s survey respondents, 29% said they personally know someone who has been affected by the Trump administration’s actions — a combined total of 20% who know someone who has been impacted, and 9% who have been directly and personally affected.

“You’re talking about almost a third of the country — that’s quite a lot of people,” Hitlin said. “That, to me, suggests that while it’s a government story, it’s not a D.C.-only story. People around the country are noticing cuts. They’re paying attention to it, and they’re seeing people around them being impacted.”

The majority of those surveyed opposed DOGE and the cuts to the federal workforce and government programs. Sixty-four percent of survey respondents said they were specifically concerned about a loss of experience and knowledge in the federal workforce.

But there are also many who view the Trump administration’s changes positively. About 80% of those who are supportive of the Trump administration’s federal workforce overhauls said they believe the changes will make their communities and lives better, the Partnership’s survey found.

Even among those who were supportive of the changes, 41% expressed concerns about a loss of experience and knowledge in the federal workforce in the short-term.

“People who support these changes, they’re not expecting it to be perfect. Many of them actually expect that there may be some problems, but they still support the efforts overall. They said they think that, on balance, there will be positive outcomes,” Hitlin said. “That was a little surprising to me — that even though they were supportive of these dramatic changes, and they felt that there were going to be some negative consequences, they were OK with that.”

Prior to its most recent survey, the Partnership has also regularly conducted polling on the public’s trust in government, which continues to wane over time. In 2024, just 23% of Americans said they trusted the federal government — an 11% decline since 2022, according to the Partnership’s findings.

Despite that downward trend, career civil servants themselves maintain a higher level of trust than the federal government as a whole.

“By focusing on the elements of the government that may not receive as much attention as Congress —such as civil servants and the missions of federal agencies,” the Partnership has said, “an opportunity exists to increase the public’s trust.”

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Black Lives Matter Activist in Boston Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges – Scammed Donors to Fund Her Lifestyle

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September 24, 2025

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Boston named Monica Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to federal charges this week, admitting that she scammed donors and used their money to fund her own lavish lifestyle.

Cannon-Grant was previously held up as an admired figure. The city of Boston named her the Bostonian of the year at one point for her ‘social justice activism’ and she was even recognized by the Boston Celtics basketball team for her efforts.

She is now facing a minimum of two years in prison.

The New York Post reports:

BLM-linked activist admits conning donors to fund her lavish lifestyle

A once-celebrated Boston social activist has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors — including Black Lives Matter — out of thousands of dollars that she used as a personal piggy bank.

Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to 18 counts of fraud-related crimes that she committed with her late husband while operating their Violence in Boston (VIB) activists group, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.

The activist scammed money — including $3,000 from a BLM group — while claiming it was to help feed children and run protests like one in 2020 over the murder of George Floyd and police violence.

Cannon-Grant also conned her way into getting $100,000 in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits — which she used to pay off her personal auto loan and car insurance policy.

But she has now confessed to transferring funds to personal bank accounts to pay for rent, shopping sprees, delivery meals, visits to a nail salon — and even a summer vacation to Maryland.

Just amazing.

Here’s a local video report:

She should pay back every penny.

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Keith Olbermann Backpedals Furiously With Apology for Threatening CNN’s Scott Jennings – Jennings Responds (VIDEO)

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As the Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, former MSNBC host and generally unhinged leftist Keith Olbermann, appeared to threaten CNN’s conservative pundit Scott Jennings on Twitter saying, ‘You’re next motherf**ker.’

Well, Olbermann may have gotten a phone call or a visit from the FBI because today he walked back those comments with a full-throated apology.

RedState has an update:

To quickly recap, Scott Jennings, a Salem Media Network radio host and conservative CNN political commentator, reacted to breaking news on Monday that Kimmel had been reinstated by tweeting, “So basically his employer suspended him for being an insensitive pr**k, and we don’t live in an authoritarian regime? Got it.”

This enraged Olbermann, who proceeded to tweet what many, including Jennings, perceived to be a threat. “You’re next, motherf**ker. But keep mugging to the camera.” Jennings tagged Patel and included a screengrab of the tweets in response.

Though the FBI hasn’t commented as to whether an investigation was launched, Olbermann ostensibly appears to have thought twice about what he tweeted and deleted, apologizing profusely in tweets posted on Tuesday and claiming what he wrote was “misinterpreted”:

See Olbermann’s tweet below:

Scott Jennings, always a class act, offered this hilarious response:

Keith Olbermann really needs help. The guy is just so out of control.

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Where is Lance Twiggs? Kirk Assassin’s Transgender Lover Has Vanished

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Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and roommate Lance Twiggs

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner – a male-to-female trans named Lance “Luna” Twiggs.

The FBI used Robinson’s texts with his transgender partner to solidify that Robinson was the assassin. Lance Twiggs has not been charged with any crime; however, federal authorities are still investigating.

Last week, Utah authorities released the text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, sent shortly after Kirk’s assassination.

Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announced seven charges against Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. They will also be seeking the death penalty.

Robinson was charged with:

– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness temperating for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child

Jeff Gray released the chilling texts between Tyler Robinson and his “love” Lance Twiggs.

Read the text exchange here:

Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 1
Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 2

Lance Twiggs was reportedly cooperating with the FBI, however, according to the Daily Mail he has seemingly vanished.

“If [Lance Twiggs] ever comes back, it will be in a body bag,” a neighbor said to the Daily Mail. “That’s not a threat – I’m just saying that there are so many people who want a piece of him he’d be mad to show his face in public again. This was a generational event.”

The Daily Mail reported:

The Trans boyfriend of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin has fled their former lovenest – and locals tell the Daily Mail they never want to see him again.

Lance Twiggs, 22, was led away for questioning when police swooped on the smart three-bed condo he shared with accused gunman Tyler Robinson, 22.

Shaken neighbors say the part time plumber has not been back to the $320,000 property in St. George, Utah – one declaring: ‘Good riddance. I never want to see either of them again.’

His beaten-up Infinity compact is still parked in his space with his work gear tossed across the back seat and a sandwich wrapper and a drink on the front passenger seat.

Upstairs lights have been left on for more than a week and notes and Amazon packages are piling up outside the home owned by Twiggs’s devout Mormon family.

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