'Canary in the coal mine': Writer says Dems face first battle for federal government

One of the key features of tech billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's "Department of Government Efficiency" task force is to fire thousands of federal workers — something Ramaswamy has even gone so far as to say can be good for them.

This is an issue on which Democrats should plant a clear flag, and fight for a group of people who for decades have lacked a voice, wrote Bryan Williams for Salon.

"The reality of how federal workers are and have been treated should be a focal point for a defeated and disorganized left...