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/
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"“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.”
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“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/
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