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Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

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Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

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Government workers say their out-of-office replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

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16h ago

Gov Workers Say Their Shutdown Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed

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Dare I say Trump is the next Hitler
You cannot fucking tell me that he does shit like this and nobody gives a damn. This has to be illegal
- Hatch act, it is in fact illegal.
- it may well be illegal, but when has that stopped the 34 time felon rapist in chief?
  
  34 times convicted felon, who knows how many more he's committed without being convicted.
- He's too dumb, also near death, but mostly, he's just too dumb. All of them are. Our saving grace is that the evil isn't smart enough to succeed at evil.
Someone was tasked with this. Find them and linch them. They made a political choice, hang them on it.
Keep records. The really dumb thing is this will be public record. This will come up post Trump. There is an IT worker who should have got a really good payout cause they are never going to be employed again.
- Dare I say it was BigBalls?
So fucking dystopian. People need to go to prison for this.
70% if the US is not buying this bs and wants all these idiots to start doing their damn jobs.
30% of the US is giggling with glee over these partisan statements forced on government workers while they fantasize about executions.
- 70% if the US is not buying this bs and wants all these idiots to start doing their damn jobs.
  70% of the US didn't vote like that though.
  
  The point is the overwhelming majority of folks are MAGA true believers. A good chunk of that 70% voted for Trump, not because he convinced them hes a good president, but just as a vote against the status quo. They'll support a better option for that if there is one presented.
- that 30% is looking more and more like a sexual deviant masturbating on a playground at 3am.
Not that laws matter, but it's a pretty clear violation of the Hatch Act.
- Call me when any future Democratic AG's do anything to prosecute any of this.
  I'll be holding my breath.
  
  Skeleton watches computer.jpg
The VA did the same thing in a newsletter they send out.
Total weaponization of EVERYTHING against the left, even using right wing shooters against the left.
Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed HR 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of HR 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.
Y'all fucked. Bail now. There's way better places to live out your days on earth .
- Can they not make a legal claim given that their employer is putting words into their mouth in communications with the public, especially given that it's highly politically charged wording that would damage their reputation, plus in a normal country saying such things at work like that would get you sacked.
  I don't know the legalities, but if my employer made it seem like I'd said something like that I'd demand an immediate apology, a reprimand for whomever did it, and a public redaction and apology sent to everybody that had received the fraudulent message.
  That seems reasonable and fair.
- It seems like most countries are heading in the same direction with their own flavors of fascism. It's also not that easy to get visas for decent places to live.
- The problem is that for many of the nearly retired folks a job in the government was the promise of a good wage with great benefits and good retirement options. They want it gone because it forced other companies to play catch up in pay and benefits whenever the government could pay better.
  It’s also not easy to walk away from a pension program when you’re so invested in it. It’s designed to make people stay long term and put in the work.
- I wish it was as easy as just bailing. I very much want to, but I can't afford it, and with the coming depression, I especially won't be able to afford it.
  
  Maybe you should try being more privileged.
- Yes leave GS vacancies for MAGAts to fill good plan
  
  if you're planning to leave the country, why not
  if you're planning to stay, do everything in your power to stop them
- There won't be if we don't stop this here. A coward dies a thousand deaths.
- Who says I want to live on EARTH???
  Seems to me Mars is nice and quiet.
  
  Not only is Mars a frigid desert without enough air, at this point any Mars colony is pretty likely to be Elon Musk's company town/fiefdom/slave plantation, which is obviously even worse.
  
  Did you see that "just before dawn" pic? Peaceful...
They should all go through every email exchange they had and inform every single person who received that automatic response that it was set that way without their consent.
Definitely the sign of a healthy democracy right there.
lol a circus run by five year olds of the worst kind. I have seen kids orders of magnitude more mature than most republicans.
File under "Free speech for me, but not for thee."
If that folder isn't full yet.
Scum of the earth.
No shame, no honor, no sense of decency at all. Just unhinged rabid dementia in a sociopathic rapist surrounded by arrogant nazis.
Who could have guessed, the prettiest, cry baby bitch would turn this shutdown where "he" has complete control over the US government into a petty game of the buck stops at the dems. Shocked I tell you shocked
Surely the false personation laws would apply here then?
They modified the out-of-office message to distribute a factually inaccurate statement, by using the shutdown recipient's voice & inbound mail feed.
- The email accounts are owned by the government. If this was their personal email, sure, but it’s not.
  Edit to add: doesn’t make it right or justifiable, but there probably no legal recourse here.
Yeah but Harris supported Israel. So.
- You're right. This is rightful comeuppance for not supporting Israel enough. That's surely the correct take here.
  
  This is rightful comeuppance for not supporting Israel enough.
  Have you forgotten about Trump's Gaza Riviera?
May these old republican asshats never have a peaceful day for as long as they live
Traitors to the United States
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So is our fascist government granting wishes yet? I feel like the moment they start changing people's speech they also have the ability to grant wishes within certain bounds, and so far I haven't seen any offers of granting wishes.
These government genies are the worst

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