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Federal Workers’ Out-of-Office Emails Hijacked With Political Messages

Furloughed Federal workers

Imagine setting your out-of-office reply to something neutral and polite - “I’ll get back to you once things return to normal” - only to discover later that it has been changed without your consent. And worse, the new version blames one political party for the government shutdown.

That’s exactly what federal workers say is happening now during the October 2025 shutdown. Reports have surfaced that auto-replies have been politicized across multiple agencies, with neutral messages replaced by partisan ones. In

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