A New Government Memo Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
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The memo also said recipients of federal transportation dollars must cooperate with immigration enforcement, a hit to so-called sanctuary cities.

Summary

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a memo prioritizing federal funding for communities with marriage and birth rates above the national average.

The directive, which applies to grants, loans, and contracts, also prioritizes projects benefiting families with young children.

A congressional aide criticized the policy, saying, “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be… It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’”

The memo also blocks mask mandates and requires compliance with immigration enforcement.

  • HalfSalesman@lemm.eeEnglish
    42·
    4 hours ago

    And now the genocide will get worse.

    We had multiple non-Trump candidates

    Do you understand how first past the post works?

    • dx1@lemmy.world
      25·
      2 hours ago

      No, somehow in my 16 years of primary education and going to college for political science/pre-law, I somehow managed to come out not understanding the most basic principles about the U.S. elections. Thanks for coming along to share that vital piece of information with me. This is really so helpful and productive and not a complete derailment of the conversation and waste of everyone’s time, that you came along to say that.

      And now the genocide will get worse.

      Let’s back up. Did you actually read what I wrote SPECIFICALLY? Because all I’m hearing is the same talking points again. Here it is, one more time:

      P.S., nobody said “the exact same”. You all just love rolling that out, but at the same time can’t even acknowledge exactly WHAT similarity it implies, that two “opposing” politicians both UNQUESTIONINGLY PARTICIPATE IN A GENOCIDE. Really, finally, at long last here - take a minute out of your life and seriously ask yourself - HOW THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN? What in god’s name brought us to that situation? Because if you can’t explain that, you don’t understand anything about what’s happening.

      Or in one sentence. WHY. DO. BOTH. OF. THEM. SUPPORT. A. GENOCIDE. You want to pretend you have some grand strategy to shape this society in the future? OK - THEN EXPLAIN HOW THIS HAPPENED, AND EXPLAIN HOW VOTING FOR PEOPLE SO IMMORAL THAT THEY SUPPORT GENOCIDE CAN EVER POSSIBLY RESULT IN FIXING IT. You wanna pretend you’re strategic, then explain your understanding of the situation, and assuming it has any relation to reality, explain how you you think your approach will fix it.

      • HalfSalesman@lemm.eeEnglish
        12·
        2 hours ago

        Having a strategy doesn’t guarantee ideal outcomes. It also clearly doesn’t guarantee you avoid the worst ones either. We were never inevitably going to the promised land. The key was to maximize good and minimize bad. We’ve maximized bad.

        It doesn’t matter that much anymore. I’m not advocating we continue any strategy because I think we’re doomed now. We’re on a sinking ship and you are arguing over whether we can swim across the entire ocean to safety.

        The new goal is to not die due to a fascist take over the United States. A lot of us are about to fail that. Maybe me, maybe you. We’ll see in 4 years.

        • dx1@lemmy.world
          21·
          43 minutes ago

          So you don’t have a strategy then. Then sit the fuck down. “I don’t know what the fuck is going on and I guess we’ll just try whatever the fuck” is not a strategy.