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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · last week

Federal workers are being told to spread GOP propaganda:

"At 9:35 am on Wednesday, the first morning of the US government shutdown, employees at the Small Business Administration (SBA) received a template from human resources for their suggested “out-of-office” email. They were advised to blame the Democrats."
https://www.wired.com/story/government-employees-out-of-office-email-replies/

#Trump #Lies #Propaganda #Disinformation #GOP #USPol #Politics #News #USNews #US #USA #America

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Saule, anar en Mousses

@PeryleneBleu@eldritch.cafe · last week

Not the cyberpunk we imagined.
#AntiAi #Google #TumblrPost #Propaganda

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · last week

Federal workers are being told to spread GOP propaganda:

#Trump #Lies #Propaganda #Disinformation #GOP #USPol #Politics #News #USNews #US #USA #America

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · last week

"“My jaw dropped when I read it,” says an SBA employee... they worried that if someone actually used the email template, it “would be a blatant violation of the Hatch Act.”
...

“It feels like coerced speech where the #government is forcing employees to spread its #propaganda in communicating with the #public,” says Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy"
https://www.wired.com/story/government-employees-out-of-office-email-replies/

#Shutdown #GovernmentShutdown #Trump #GOP #Lies #Disinformation #USPol #Politics #News #US #USA #UnitedStates

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Text from article:
“My jaw dropped when I read it,” says an SBA employee who asked to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak to the press. The employee says they worried that if someone actually used the email template, it “would be a blatant violation of the Hatch Act.”

The Hatch Act is a law that sets limits on the kinds of political activities government employees can engage in and protects “federal employees from political coercion in the workplace.” Violating the Hatch Act could result in a government worker losing their job.

“It feels like coerced speech where the government is forcing employees to spread its propaganda in communicating with the public,” says Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan.

SBA did not respond to a request for comment (and none of its press team members appear to have used the suggested out-of-office reply template). — Text from article: “My jaw dropped when I read it,” says an SBA employee who asked to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak to the press. The employee says they worried that if someone actually used the email template, it “would be a blatant violation of the Hatch Act.” The Hatch Act is a law that sets limits on the kinds of political activities government employees can engage in and protects “federal employees from political coercion in the workplace.” Violating the Hatch Act could result in a government worker losing their job. “It feels like coerced speech where the government is forcing employees to spread its propaganda in communicating with the public,” says Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. SBA did not respond to a request for comment (and none of its press team members appear to have used the suggested out-of-office reply template).

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · last week

Federal workers are being told to spread GOP propaganda:

#Trump #Lies #Propaganda #Disinformation #GOP #USPol #Politics #News #USNews #US #USA #America

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · last week

#fascism #genocide #yaddaYadda

@blogdiva@mastodon.social · last week

"America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms…”

"The ones that are run by the radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… It's a war from within."

"I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military…”

via Erik Jonker
https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker/115294264182983428

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/115294682139271362

Trump & his #MAGA goonsquad #shutdown the federal government back in January. #Project2025 is about completely dismantling the federal government, including #USMIL

when #corporate #mainstreamMedia write about this moment, make sure they don’t miss the most important points of Trump’s #tv #media #propaganda moment:

1. Trump is, as POTUS, openly declaring a #civilWar against unarmed civilians

2. Trump is asking USMIL generals to commit TO #genocide. he is asking for LOYALTY TO GENOCIDE.

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Lydia Conwell :mastodon:

@lydiaconwell@todon.nl · 2 weeks ago

#JonathanCook | How the media tears up its own rulebook to hide Israel's atrocities

"The goal here, of course, was to distort the audience’s understanding of a simple news event – Israel’s attack on a hospital in violation of international law to kill journalists and emergency workers – to ensure any loss of sympathy with Israel was kept to a minimum.

The media’s role in artificially sustaining support for Israel, in the face of all the evidence of its crimes, has been absolutely essential to smoothing the path, over the past two years, to genocide."

https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-the-media-tears-up-its-own-rulebook

#Gaza #Genocide #Media #Propaganda

How the media tears up its own rulebook to hide Israel's atrocities

The news cycle has rules every rookie journalist understands. When the media choose to break them, you can be sure it is for entirely non-journalistic reasons

@blogdiva@mastodon.social · last week

#fascism #genocide #yaddaYadda

@blogdiva@mastodon.social · last week

"America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms…”

"The ones that are run by the radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… It's a war from within."

"I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military…”

via Erik Jonker
https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker/115294264182983428

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/115294682139271362

Trump & his #MAGA goonsquad #shutdown the federal government back in January. #Project2025 is about completely dismantling the federal government, including #USMIL

when #corporate #mainstreamMedia write about this moment, make sure they don’t miss the most important points of Trump’s #tv #media #propaganda moment:

1. Trump is, as POTUS, openly declaring a #civilWar against unarmed civilians

2. Trump is asking USMIL generals to commit TO #genocide. he is asking for LOYALTY TO GENOCIDE.

bhaugen boosted