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Republican when addressing the general public: SNAP recipients are fat lazy freeloaders who spend thousands of dollars of SNAP benefits on soda and chips.
Republicans when addressing SNAP recipients: "Mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us"
It has always been the habit of rightists to co-opt leftist terminology in furtherance of their evil deceptions and propaganda. This is why George Orwell called the fascist party in “1984” IngSoc, which stood ironically for “English Socialism.”
It has nothing to do with principles or being 'right'. It has everything to do with being 'right, now'.
It's just a hammer to either hurt people (the GOP way) or to make the democrats look bad for it hurting people (also the GOP way).
Republicans are liars and can never be trusted.
Entirely white house decision, now with court order to not do it, to not pay SNAP. It's not just a violation of Hatch act, there's, or used to be, an official law preventing propaganda against US citizens.
What about the 5 billion dollar contingency fund that is supposed to cover things such as a government shutdown?
Republicans are cowards and are intentionally choosing to hurt those that actually need assistance.
My conspiracy theory, and I'm uneducated in these matters, is that they've done something with that emergency fund. Since the money isn't there anymore they're caught between admitting they misapropriated/stole it or starving people.
Or they want people to starve to incite the riots that allows them to apply more military pressure. I hate that that's a sentence I said with so sense of irony
Yep, this is my belief. Trump has been looking for a reason to enact martial law. He's been making up excuses to extend his enforcement groups throughout the US, and large protests/riots would give them the opportunity.
This isn't to say they shouldn't be done. I'd argue they should. That's their plan, and their hand should be forced if that's the way it's going to go. If it doesn't happen over this, it'll be something else, and the imagery of them clamping down on starving people is about the best we could hope for. There is just about no one who doesn't at least see their plight. It'd be the best rallying cry for all Americans, and potentially to outsiders who would help as well.
They already diverted FEMA aid funding toward building concentration camps, everything Elon did with DOGE was so amazingly illegal that he'd be in jail for centuries if convincted of all of it, Trump refused to send money to NYC/NY, other states...
Yeah, the convicted rapist conman fraudster bankruptor in chief?
Turns out he doesn't give a fuck about rules, he does what he wants because no one has ever stopped him, and our system and society are built to reward and enable sociopathic behavior, or at the very least, are very very far from robust enough to stop him.
The Hatch Act Explained
The Hatch Act is a U.S. federal law that was enacted in 1939 to restrict political activities of federal employees, as well as certain state and local government employees, and those working in federally funded programs. The main goal of the act is to maintain a federal workforce that is impartial and free from political pressure.
Key Provisions of the Hatch Act
Prohibitions on Political Activities Federal employees are prohibited from running for office in partisan elections, engaging in political campaigning while on duty, or using their official positions to influence elections.
Permitted Activities Employees can participate in political activities when off duty and not wearing their official uniforms. They may also express personal opinions on political issues or candidates.
Impact and Enforcement
The Hatch Act is enforced by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), which can investigate violations and recommend disciplinary actions. Violating the Hatch Act can result in consequences ranging from reprimands to removal from federal employment.
Importance
The act aims to ensure that government decisions are based on merit rather than political affiliation, promoting a civil service that is dedicated to serving the public rather than political interests.___
Laws only work if they're enforced. Not only is our corrupt government bought and paid for; the Supreme Court is toothless as well.
America has fallen.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? It's a hard problem, but way harder when you rely on unwritten or vague rules subject to interpretation and goodwill of those in power.
USA since 2016 has been a warning to other places. Keep journalism fair, alive and protected (take a hint Australia, UK). Give rights to protestors (take a hint UK, Germany). Make decorum or traditions into acts of law or part of constitution (take a hint world) so those in power have to follow them.
And make it super easy to impeach and ban via popular vote (say by plurality of at least 40% of voting population. None of this super-majority). Better safe than sorry
Jesus Christ it's so embarassing reading official statements from government bodies playing the blame game like 5 year olds.
Of course it is.
Fascists do not respect the law.
Wait till you find out that they also don't willingly give up power and what has to be done when they don't.
It’s more fun when they see what giving them 4 years to purge rank and solidify their hold over the country does when you finally decide to actually start to fight back.
I'm a veteran and have been getting emails from the VA blaming Democrats for the shutdown; it's very unprofessional.
Seeing that kind of slanted political vernacular outside of a tabloid and written as a notification on an official government website is incredibly embarrassing.
I'm cringing at how little the Republicans are even bothering to appear like normal people anymore. FFS, run it through ChatGPT or something, you were capable of at least pretending you were not ghouls with fewer tools at your disposal 8 years ago. Who are these government stooges taking Trump and Hegseth instructions for the website banners verbatim?
Some people are broken. Some are broken like a bone, where with the right treatment it can heal. It might never be as good as a bone that never broke, but it can get pretty close. Other people are broken like a glass window. That's never getting put back together, and everyone around is in danger of stepping on the glass.
Many Republicans are broken like shattered glass.
I feel like this has Stephen Miller written all over it.
No one is holding the president or republicans accountable, so it does not matter if it is illegal or not.
I have a feeling if George Santos had been elected in 2024 he would still be in Congress today.
"the law" is literally meaningless when no one enforces it
Republicans use the list of things that are illegal as their personal todo list.
It's also how you get a promotion, do enough illegal things and you get to be president even!
You're talking about dipshits that are murdering folks in the Caribbean because they like how the boats explode on the drone camera.
Laws are just wallpaper to these assholes.
Modern right wingers have literally one question at the center of their morality. "How much do I think that this thing will help or harm me in the goal of getting what I want?" The value of everything hinges on the answer to that question. The extent to which it helps or harms as well as the perspective and priorities of the "thinker" may change the answer to this question at any moment, which makes the answer fluid. There is no other objective morality.
The result is the obsolescence of facts and reality. Is this against the Hatch Act? That's a question asked from a place of ignorance. Right now, would it being against the Hatch Act help or harm these fascist fucks? Likely, in the short term, it might harm them. If that's the mentality of the moment, then it is clearly outside the boundaries of what is covered by the Hatch Act - it does not apply. If next year the roles were reversed and the opposition did literally, in every single way, the exact same action then it's clearly illegal and should be dealt with using the harshest penalties. Actually, it might surpass such quaint rules and be outright treasonous. Perhaps those traitors should be hanged.
Why are you trying to fight them by arguing how illegal they are? Better to tell people what to do. Who to vote for, who to fund, tips for working against this administration.
We may not be able to resort to violence (legaly, and over social media), but we can still do everything else in our power to bring them down. We can cut into their tax income, steal their voters, sue and report many of their followers.
Yeah! Go get em WorldsDumbestMan!
Why post about what they’re doing when you could be complaining about people posting!
You honestly think laws still apply to this fascist regime? We're long past that
It's only a violation if there are consequences. The trump admin has learned there will be no consequences
They didn't even take action when he tried a coup in broad daylight. What do you think they're going to do about this?
ice said there was a criminal in a community and busted down every private residence door, tossed the places, and took everyone into custody. This is exactly the behavior form british military in the colonies that lead to the restriction on search and seizure in the constitution.
SCOTUS be like: Nope!
It is but who’s going to enforce it?
It mostly certainly is, but the rule of law would need to matter for that to be pertinent to anything. Not sure if you've been paying attention, but...
Yes. But do they care? Do they have to care anymore?
And these hatch act violations are coming from the same people that say that it's illegal for them to fund snap. Clearly the law is only to be used when it is convenient for them politically.
Huh, so they're against all genital mutilation right? Like circumcision?
To be fair, it says "gender mutilation" which is a pretty weird choice of wording...
Zone: flooded. Fucks: none left to give.
They won't stop until there's a threat to their unilateral power.
its the same thing the ohio govorner did when the trains derailed in 2023, refused to enact a state of emergency while claiming hes been "asking for help" which he dint do. he knows the dimwitted supporters arnt going to research futher into his claims, as long as he can prolong the disaster it gains them more support.
If we ever get true people's representation in government priority number one will be to prosecute all the fuckwads who have been perpetrating this. Unfortunately, I am not hopeful that this will happen.
You honestly think the GOP gives a shit if something is legal?
