A real, US government website

Obligatory this is illegal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act

And Americans will believe them and keep voting red

The lies never stopped in American history. From the very first day it was a lie in the creation declaration that "all men are created equal" America is just a nation of lies and will forever be so.
- They still celebrate Thanksgiving like it's not the beginning of a massive century-long genocide.

This is a lie, of course.

There was no debate or vote on any funding bill.

Mike Johnson literally just shut the government down to prevent the release of the Epstein files. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying to you, full stop.

I do not know enough about us politics so I'll ask. Would shutting down the government to prevent the release of the Epstein files be a very stupid choice because it's basically a short term solution? Surely there are other corrupt ways to get out of these ones, like falsifying them
- I don't think they have a plan.
  I do think that Johnson is being extorted by Trump / Putin or funded by the Heritage Foundation to stonewall the release at all costs.
I would still consider the possibility he did it only due to a bribe, not enough intelligence to lead, DEI hire.

Sadly trumps cult will believe this and react accordingly.

🤷

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRKbBXln-Pk

Fascism is real you all!

Ah yes, the radical left that has mysterious control of 3 branches of government even in the minority. Is it possible to learn these powers?

We have more genders so its easier to overrun the government
Is it possible to learn these powers?
Not from an ethical person.

From elsewhere:

The Hatch Act, a federal law passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees, as well as some state, D.C., and local government employees who work in connection with federally funded programs. The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation.

How to File a Hatch Act Complaint: https://osc.gov/Services/Pages/HatchAct-FileComplaint.aspx

Those complaints are going straight into a shredder.
This administration has been blatant about putting right wing allies into major positions of power in the government and basing decision-making on partisan politics in every branch, at every level of government.
Those that play ball are promoted, those that don't, like the CDC director, get replaced.
- Rule one for fighting tyranny: do not obey in advance.
  Not taking advantage of the legal protections at our disposal is to obey in advance.
  Despair is easy. Fighting back is hard.
- I say make them and it then, keep sending
Who is going to read it and would they actually do anything?
- To this effect hasn't most of the UN nations voted to recognize Gaza as a nation state but because America is funding the war who gives a shit

So, an official government channel is saying it's something else's fault.

Very mature and very professional.

Did you expect mature and professional?
If so, I have some land in the Bahamas you might be interested in.

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

That a government site can be used so obviously for partisan propaganda is wild.

It's currently breaking the law. The Hatch Act is supposed to prevent federal employees from participating in politics like this. Not that they care. Someone else in the thread mentioned repairing violations of the Hatch Act.
You ain't seen nothin yet! Go and study 1930s Germany. Before the war. Even before the invasions of other countries. Look how they used their government to cement nazi propaganda.
Now look at the USA today. Kinda feels like 1935 Germany I'd say. If that alone doesn't scare the shit out of you, then I redirect your attention back to studying, because you clearly missed everything to be gained by studying history.
History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes.
- We’re farther along masked men are “disappearing” people and they can’t be found. I’d say we’re moving much faster
- Exactly this. Everyone jumps to Germany invading countries and the Holocaust, but it all started with propaganda and control.
- The US is following the playbook by the letter. The biggest difference between nascent Nazi Germany and the US today? We've had 80+ years to build up military power which we'll use to crush any who stand against us, while Germany was still fighting against crippling debt and hoping not to generate too much notice as they built up their military power. While the Nazi's had to coax, cajole, and bully the media into speaking or reporting on them favorably, this administration has managed to get the media to eagerly accede to demands that haven't been made. The government shuts down, President ~~Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho~~ Mayor McCheese will declare a state of emergency that includes the criminalization of the opposition party for causing the shutdown, then he'll cite whatever war Secretary HePronoun Removed-Man has started as the reason for a full martial law implementation and the military annexation of Canada for "Secure the Borders!". In this scenario US=Germany, Canada=Poland, and we just skip the Sudetenland and The Anschluss (though to the administration, they'll expect that the annexation of Canada will equate to The Anschluss) and go right to the need for "Lebensraum"
- I don't know why you have to be a dick in your response to me but I will return the favor in my response.
  Well maybe you shouldn't assume someone doesn't know the history because you don't understand what they mean.
  Some quick steps to understand subtext:
  As it is obvious that a website can be used for anything, the description of wild is not actually describing the act.
  If it is not describing the act, what is it describing? Clearly it is describing an ability. The ability of whom? As the "what" is already excluded as an option. The government's abilit to do that!
  Obviously the government can do that though... so maybe the ability is not the ability to do it but the lack of consequences that one has to face when doing it.
  consequences? From whom? The public.
  So let's read it again, "it is wild that the public let the government publish obviously partisan propaganda over public channels like that".
  But why would the author expect the public to show a reaction to this behaviour? Mhm maybe because he is aware of the history and he assumes that the general public has the vague understanding, due to history, that the government shouldn't be used to push partisan propaganda.
  But please, be proud of how smart you are and how you know history while failing to understand the subtext of a simple sentence.

The GOP has a majority in both houses...

Of course they do! But the Woke Left™️ is somehow infinitely weak and powerless, while also being endlessly insurmountably strong, and this cognitive dissonance is why Fascist rhetoric is so effective. It allows them to feel permanently powerful and in control, while ALSO raging endlessly against whatever Out-Group they hate somehow controlling everything behind the scenes, spawning an infinite cycle of hatred, vitriol, and violence that only ever ends in blood.
It's bullshit, plain and simple, but it's terrifyingly effective bullshit, because you cannot rationally convince them that it IS bullshit. It relies explicitly on whoever believes it being willing to purposely ignore reality in favor of vibes and rage, which modern Republican voters have been purpose bred (metaphorically) for over the last 50 years through FOX News.

ThE rAdIcAl LeFt DiD iT!

They're basically telegraphing their next move. Anyone associated with left wing ideology might as well go to underground ops now.

Or start exercising their second amendment rights.
And non-US leftists should really reconsider using US technology that logs their data.

Jesus Christ America

I think most people didn’t believe this piece of treasonous shit would win after helping to foment the January 6 insurrection. And yet here we are.
There’s also this fundamental drive to roll back women’s lib bubbling beneath the surface which, apparently, is popular with young men.
- I swear I'll never understand this mindset where young men think that 1) they'll automatically be assigned a woman that meets their specifications and 2) that will magically solve all their problems. It's such a juvenile way of looking at the world. It's why some women can't wait for sexbots so these chuds can be placated and leave us the fuck alone.
Jesus Christ America is going to be the new healthcare plan for the needy people who lose coverage in to fund Trump’s billionaire tax cuts. Pray to Jesus.

Goodness.

Further down:

“God blessed us with this great nation, and together, we can increase self-sufficiency and empower Americans to climb the economic ladder toward a brighter future.”
Secretary Scott Turner

Not much better if you ask me.

And OP wasn't kidding, the very same text comes up again as a pop-up after a while. And again whatever internal link I click. I have no words.

Further down
"Helping Americans"
- I actually clicked on that and first of all the phrasing is nationalistic and exclusionary, but the page was really meh: just some further links to click on if you, well, need help with something.
  Also the pretty web design of the front page falters into something that could've been made in 2010.

Fucking embarrassing.

JFC..

The radical left that the US has famously had at all since the fifties or something.

Fucking gross and embarrassing.

Fucking gross.

You inspired me to make this

how much did the BBB add to the national debt again?

Organize the workers and agitate

Something something ... Bully pulpit

At some point isn't this false messaging just liabel?

So unbelievable I had to check.

https://www.hud.gov/

if you try to leave the leave a pop up repeats the fucking message

The "We and our 4.220 closest partners are using cookies to..." is missing.

Aw did the nasty dems play hardball? Aww. Poor ickle republicunts.

They didn't even get a chance to play hardball. There was no debate or vote on a funding bill at all.
Mike Johnson shut the government down to prevent the newly elected rep from New Mexico from being the final vote needed to force a discharge petition that would circumvent Johnson's stonewalling of the Epstein files being released.
- Trump is VERY keen not to have the Epstein files released.

Oh man, this is going to devastate me because I usually spend hours using the very many useful functions and applications on the extremely awesome hud.gov website.