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.

  • dx1@lemmy.world
    31·
    3 hours ago

    “In Congress or the Senate”? Congress INCLUDES the Senate. Congress is the combination of the House and the Senate.

    Yes you do. You support him via advocating for a completely ass backwards promotion of third party voting.

    This is the most fucking backwards logic I’ve ever seen. I talk about “leftists want to make a better world” by using a completely different approach than voting for fascists. You frame the false choice of “anyone but fascists is impossible” again. And then by your logic, not supporting fascists is equal to supporting fascists, because “it’s like voting for fascist B, because either fascist A or B has to win!” THIS LOGIC IS NOT SOUND.

    If you can’t actually add something that’s not completely fucking insane to the conversation, then DO. NOT. REPLY.

    • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      2 hours ago

      If you want to get an actual left winger into office in the us you have exactly three options, entryism into the democrat party and pushing a left winger in the primaries (ie bernie, maybe AOC in the future), building up a new party starting by taking local offices in progressive places until the dems either have to pivot to the left or are replaced by you, revolution.

      Ignoring reality and voting for a third party in the presidential election is nothing more than posturing at best and actively enabling the worst elements in society at worst.

      • dx1@lemmy.world
        21·
        2 hours ago

        For the ten millionth time. The population has the option to vote for anyone. Preemptively narrowing the options down to two parties is self-defeating circular logic. I have addressed this exact point on this website about a thousand times already. Stop bringing it up. It is incorrect - misinformation/disinformation.

        • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 hours ago

          So why dont you just vote for yourself? Clearly thats the only way to agree with your candidate 100% and it clearly doesnt matter to you what the odds of winning are.