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Unofficial national parks account trolls Trump


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By Katia Hetter, CNN

A Twitter account run by employees of the U.S. National Park Service in their free team has called out President Trump on a variety of hot topics: climate change, fake news (#FauxNews), and scientific fact (#FauxScience)s.  Do you think this is appropriate for a government employee to be doing?  Is it okay for them to be doing it on their own free time (versus using the official Park Service twitter account?)  Or do you advocate their hard push for scientific facts against an administration that denies climate change?

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(CNN)Known more for tweeting lovely pictures of Yosemite, Yellowstone and other national parks, the US National Park Service's social media presence has taken a turn for the subversive in the age of Trump.

A Twitter account that claims to be run by park service employees on their own time published a tweet going after newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.

"Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS," tweeted @AltNatParkSer on Tuesday. "You can take our official twitter, but you'll never take our free time."

 

The account had more than 990,000 followers as of Thursday morning, and it's rising. (The official National Park Service account, @NatlParkService, has 381,000 followers.)

While CNN could not confirm who created and operates the account, the Twitter bio states that the group is the park service's "unofficial resistance" team.

In a series of tweets on Thursday morning, posters claiming to be part of the group's launch said they had taken over running the site, "advocating scientific and environmental interests."

"Several of us are environmental activists and two are journalists [our FACT checkers]. All of us are former scientists," they tweeted.

 

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Good on them!  If I followed anything on Twitter (I don’t), I’d definitely add them to my list.  What federal government employees do on their own free time is largely up to them, as long as it’s legal and they aren’t using government resources without permission.  The only significant exception is that the Hatch Act (1939) restricts civilian employees from engaging in certain types of partisan political activities.  Other than that, the employees retain all their Constitutional rights, including freedom of speech in the case of this Twitter account.  Civil Service regulations provide them with significant protection from most forms of official retaliation resulting from any legal off-duty activities.  But these protections aren’t iron-clad; they contain some gaps and loopholes.

In general, similar rules apply to the activities of military personnel in their off-duty activities.  Their partisan political activities are restricted by Department of Defense (DoD) regulations, although these regulations are difficult to enforce in some situations.  The increasingly polarized political climate over the last 25 years has resulted in a small but increasing number of violations, typically minor.  In many cases, though, these violations result simply from ignorance of the regulations, not from any willful intent.  (For example, at partisan political rallies, a small number of military personnel in uniform can often be seen on the stage behind the speaker(s), along with uniformed policemen, firemen, and other first responders.  Appearing in uniform at a political event is explicitly forbidden by DoD regulations, because it could create the appearance of an official endorsement of the candidate or political activity.  This would likely be considered a minor infraction, though, as long as no one takes an active role in the event.  But speaking at such an event or helping organize it while in uniform would be much more serious offense.)  

Aside from the restrictions on partisan political activity, military personnel also retain all their constitutional rights while off-duty, including freedom of speech, with a few minor (and completely reasonable, IMO) exceptions.  There is a long tradition in the military services of “underground” humor and informal networks for information sharing and complaining that wouldn’t be acceptable while on duty.  For example, during the Internet era a large number of Websites and discussion groups have formed online, including several “Onion”-like humor publications.  

It’s especially notable that during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era, anonymous online forums, Facebook groups, the OutServe organization, etc., were often among the few opportunities LGBT servicemen and -women had to associate with each other “under the radar.”  So go for it, @NotAltWorld!  You’re carrying on a noble tradition in a worthy cause. 

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