Federal job applicants required to write essays on advancing Trump's orders

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Loyalty testing regime implemented requiring federal job applicants to write essays explaining how they’d advance Trump’s executive orders, with social media screening for MAGA support becoming standard hiring practice.

Sources & Citations

[1] Federal hiring loyalty requirements · Feb 10, 2025 Tier 2

[2] Political screening in federal hiring · Feb 5, 2025 Tier 2

[3] Loyalty Tests and MAGA Checks: Inside the Trump White House's Intense Screening of Job-Seekers · Jan 25, 2025 Tier 1

[4] Critics warn of loyalty test in new White House hiring guidelines · Jun 2, 2025 Tier 2

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The Cascade Ledger. “Federal job applicants required to write essays on advancing Trump's orders.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, February 1, 2025. https://capturecascade.org/event/2025-02-01--loyalty-tests-federal-hiring/