Governing magazine found that in the 2021-2022 election cycle, “the biggest public-sector unions spent more than $700 million on election-related activity,” including $160 million from union political action committees. Most union members and all their public-sector leaders are Democrats, and not surprisingly, 96 percent of their funding went to Democratic politics, while the data show that Republican political entities received almost nothing.

Federal government public sector unions, by themselves, are a substantial force. Open Secrets magazine showed that dues mostly paid from U.S. national government salaries (some unions have state members also) constituted half or more of total public sector union political contributions. Again, Democrats received almost all of the funds, while Republican and conservative groups received little or even zero contributions. //

The National Treasury Employees Union and its ilk is one of the major ways the Deep State has remained entrenched, wrapping itself in red tape and restrictions that made it next to impossible for its employees to be removed. Trump's executive order has leveled that barrier and now an appeals court has affirmed his authority to be... well, a president. We elect presidents to protect the national interest, and part of that role is to deem who and what falls under the purview of national security, as well as who he tasks to enact and protect those interests.