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BREAKING: UNPRECEDENTED! Trump’s new federal NDA policy is setting off alarms across Washington.
Donald Trump has used nondisclosure agreements his entire adult life to silence people who know things he doesn't want the public to know. His ex-wives. Contestants on The Apprentice. Campaign staffers. Porn stars. Now he wants to use them on the entire federal workforce.
The Trump administration is planning to require all federal employees to sign NDAs barring them from sharing "non-public, confidential, or proprietary information" or any "sensitive, pre-decisional or deliberative material." The draft notice goes beyond existing classified and unclassified designations — creating a new, broader category of things federal workers simply cannot talk about.
The administration's justification? They claim leaked information about the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro put American troops at risk by tipping off the New York Times, which they say held the story at their request.
There's just one problem. The New York Times says that's completely false. Executive editor Joe Kahn stated directly: "The Times did not have verified details about the pending operation to capture Maduro or a story prepared, nor did we withhold publication at the request of the Trump administration."
The entire premise for this policy is a lie. And they're using that lie to silence 2 million federal workers.
OPM Director Scott Kupor compared it to standard private sector practice. But the federal government isn't a private company — and federal employees aren't Trump's personal staff. Federal law specifically protects whistleblowers because the public has a right to know when their government breaks the law.
Pete Hegseth already forced Pentagon officials to sign NDAs before reading classified briefings. Now that model is going federal government-wide.
This comes after the administration fired approximately 300,000 federal workers — tens of thousands of whom were later rehired with back pay after courts ruled the firings were unlawful. It comes after federal employees have been polygraphed, retaliated against for talking to Congress, and fired for telling the truth in court.
The pattern is unmistakable. Trump is methodically converting the federal government — your government, paid for by your taxes — into a personal loyalty operation where employees serve one man and stay quiet about what they see.
That's not how a democracy works. That's how a cover-up works.
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