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.
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.
They’re using it to keep the military on their side in order to launch a dictatorship. Just my conjecture
Nah. They want people to suffer and think that it is the opposition’s fault.
My conspiracy theory is they’re pulling a coup. Billionaires to donate money to trump to fund ICE and national guard. Every other position can get fucked
It went into the President’s new ballroom. They haven’t actually spent it yet, nor have they made any building plans, but they’ve already decided it will be spent.
I bet the money isn’t there anymore
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.
You seem like a truly miserable person
You seem like you’re the sort who is comfortable doing nothing while fascists take-over.
And what have you done exactly?
This is the laziest fucking canned response.
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
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
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.
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.
The saddest thing about it is how many Americans don’t see that and immediately have the same reaction. Their minds have been poisoned.
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.___
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.
I’m a veteran and have been getting emails from the VA blaming Democrats for the shutdown; it’s very unprofessional.
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!
are we talking individual charges, magnitude of charges, personal or societal impacts or crimes, like what scale are we using for “enough things”. maybe i would like to be president one day in order to facilitate relations with greece, turkiye, and iran in an international kebab tournament with the prize being you get to take home all the leftover kebab and i want to win it committing the most trivial and frequent of crimes, like jaywalking in front of the police station parking lot.
Well, I think magnitude plays a part.
Go fuck a tween and you should be off to a good start.
All Republicans must go to prison
Then hell
The Soviets had the right idea with the gulags. Send anyone with a whiff of Nazi about them as far away from society as you can until they are re-educated or dead.
Don’t the republicans have a majority? How does this work?
It’s actually pretty simple when you break it down; our government is ran entirely by huge pieces of shit.
where’s shooter mcgavin when you really need him?
I’ll take whatever shooter I can get…
He’s still full from breakfast.
Democrats still want to debate the budget. Mainly over the healthcare plan subsidies. For the federal budget, conclusion of debate can only be forced by 60 votes.
Once that happens, the budget can pass with a simple majority in the senate, assuming the house passes the same version.
Jesus Christ it’s so embarassing reading official statements from government bodies playing the blame game like 5 year olds.
You honestly think laws still apply to this fascist regime? We’re long past that
To be fair, the laws on that actually mean jack shit if the individual can’t be fired.
