I am a retired Federal employee and those fuckers are going to take our pensions and health care away

Something MUST be done to stop this insanity

And it had better be attended to immediately.

I never doubted that they would turn everything into political tools.

This is usurping the government!

Without any oversight from Congress and no accountability to congress, Elon Musk has the freedom to hire a staff of the same.

What the bloody hell!!

Have been sent detailed questionnaires asking them to disclose who they voted for any, political donations they have made, and their social media habits.

They're purging anyone who isn't a good Nazi. Is this even legal?

https://whyy.org/articles/donald-trump-team-questioning-civil-servants-national-security-council/

The National Security Council, unlike the National Economic Council, is largely staffed (not led, but staffed) by civil servants temporarily loaned (“detailed”) to the White House from the State Department and DOD but also from Commerce and elsewhere.

As Civil Servants, they ought to be entitled to keep their personal politics private as the U.S. does not work on the spoils system. Even FBI background checks do not ask who you voted for. That said, the White House generally has a right to pick who works there because they do have a political agenda and are entitled to advance it. To my knowledge this has never extended to interrogating civil service staff on temporary detail to the White House.

I imagine, if challenged, the White House would explain that they want to ensure the detailees would do as they’re told. Given that folks are civil servants and it is indeed their job to perform as directed (unless given an illegal or unethical directive), this seems unnecessary and overly intrusive. I can only imagine whistleblowers hotlines are being called and union reps contacted.

I can also imagine that the current judiciary would give its approval to this behavior, but one can hope.

For additional info, here is an excerpt of a memo investigating political hiring at the DOJ under Bush II:

In addition to Department policies, the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) prohibits the Department from discriminating in hiring for career positions based on political affiliation. For example, the CSRA states that federal agencies must adopt hiring practices for career employees in which

selection and advancement should be determined solely on the basis of relative ability, knowledge, and skills, after fair and open competition which assures that all receive equal opportunity.

5 U.S.C. § 2301(b).

Moreover, the CRSA sets forth a series of merit system principles by which federal agencies are to manage personnel decisions. One principle directly addresses employment discrimination:

All employees and applicants for employment should receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of personnel management without regard to political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or handicapping condition, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights.

5 U.S.C. § 2301(b)(2) (emphasis added).

You can read the full memo here:

https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/s0806/report.htm

Someone else may have more specific info than these generalities, but my suspicion is that you are right to be horrified by this.