DIThe Distraction Index

#civil service

6 events across 4 weeks

3Damage
2Hype
1Noise
35.2Avg Dmg
31.4Avg Hype
WEEK 79Jun 28 – Jul 4
HYPE2026-06-28
White House Secretly Influenced Federal Worker Protection Board
Personnel Capturefederal · moderate
Damage
53.4
Hype
54.0
WEEK 75May 31 – Jun 6
HYPE2026-06-05
Trump Signs Executive Order Allowing Easier Firing of Senior Federal Employees
Personnel Capturefederal · narrow
Damage
39.2
Hype
46.3
NOISE2026-06-05
Federal Employees with Disabilities Sue DOJ Over Reasonable Accommodations
Judicial/Legal Actionfederal · narrow
Damage
8.1
Hype
12.0
DMG2026-06-03
Trump Strips Civil Service Protections from 8,000 Federal Workers
Personnel Capturefederal · narrow
Damage
34.7
Hype
24.0
WEEK 59Feb 8 – 14
DMG2026-02-05
Trump Administration Ends Job Protections for Federal Workers
Personnel Capturefederal · moderate
Damage
39.2
Hype
33.3
WEEK 16Apr 13 – 19
DMG2025-04-19
Trump Administration Makes Federal Worker Firing Easier
Policy Changefederal · narrow
Damage
36.6
Hype
18.9