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The official White House website now lists a banner reading “Democrats Have Shut Down the Government” with a timer. https://www.whitehouse.gov/ https://www.whi

The official White House website now lists a banner reading “Democrats Have Shut Down the Government” with a timer. https://www.whitehouse.gov/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/ I fear this may longer than I originally suspected.

Terr_ 1y ago
Combined with the mass e-mails Trump appointees sent out within different departments, these are crimes under the Hatch Act, since they are using government resources for nakedly partisan purposes.
- buckle8017 1y ago
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  - calgoo 1y ago
    Stop with these what about isms. People have done bad things all the time, that does not mean we need to allow the current group of people to continue destroying the world.
  - Terr_ 1y ago
    No, the law is called the "Affordable Care Act" precisely to avoid making it partisan with an active politician's name getting free advertising on the side. If was Republicans who spent years promoting that unofficial nickname of "Obamacare" as an insult! > [2011] Arguing that Obamacare is at this point a derogatory term, House Democrats want to ban the term from mailers sent from Congressional offices [saying it] violates the rules against sending mailers for "personal, partisan, or political reasons." You are literally blaming the victim for something the other side did. __________ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2011/10/house-democrats-want-republicans-stop-saying-obamacare/336283/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2011/10/house-democrats...
    - johnnyanmac 1y ago
      >It was Republicans who spent years promoting that unofficial nickname of "Obamacare" as an insult! Thank you. It was picked up by many of the public as a popular term for a popular president. But I don't think I've ever heard any Democrat in policy call it Obamacare. Closest we get is maybe "Healthcare reform under Obama". The original purpose of the term was always to stroke the flames of people who people who hated Obama. So that they associate Obama with "giving handouts".
  - rahkiin 1y ago
    Isn’t that the government promoting government programs (the ACA)?
    - Terr_ 1y ago
      Yeah, it's no different than if the current administration printed up some flyers with "Overstaying your visa is a civil infraction and puts you at risk of deportation." I might not like them, but they wouldn't be a Hatch Act violation either. Naturally this assumes the flyer doesn't have something else on it like a photoshopped picture of Trump's head on Rambo's body shaking hands with Jesus, which would be wrong on... many different levels.
Freedom2 1y ago
Interesting - I don't see that all. What CDN does that site use? I wonder if there's a caching issue on my side...
- Terr_ 1y ago
 Most likely you (wisely) have something blocking the Javascript they're using. There's a big black bar across the top of the homepage, with a message that changes depending on the time, ex: <a id="announcement-bar" href="https://whitehouse.gov/government-shutdown-clock/" class="announcement-bar--link"> Democrat Shutdown is Imminent Democrats Have Shut Down the Government 3h 2m 21s </a> Clicking the link opens another page that claims: > Democrats Have Shut Down the Government > Americans Don’t Agree with Democrats’ Actions
flanked-evergl 1y ago
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HaZeust 1y ago
My favorite part is the Hero countdown timer on the index page (https://www.whitehouse.gov/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/) and the countdown timer graphic on the dedicated govt shutdown page (https://www.whitehouse.gov/government-shutdown-clock/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/government-shutdown-clock/) don't match: https://i.imgur.com/3SNa03R.png https://i.imgur.com/3SNa03R.png Not to mention, the graphic is extraordinarily ugly.

Terr_ 1y ago

Combined with the mass e-mails Trump appointees sent out within different departments, these are crimes under the Hatch Act, since they are using government resources for nakedly partisan purposes.

buckle8017 1y ago
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- calgoo 1y ago
  Stop with these what about isms. People have done bad things all the time, that does not mean we need to allow the current group of people to continue destroying the world.
- Terr_ 1y ago
  No, the law is called the "Affordable Care Act" precisely to avoid making it partisan with an active politician's name getting free advertising on the side. If was Republicans who spent years promoting that unofficial nickname of "Obamacare" as an insult! > [2011] Arguing that Obamacare is at this point a derogatory term, House Democrats want to ban the term from mailers sent from Congressional offices [saying it] violates the rules against sending mailers for "personal, partisan, or political reasons." You are literally blaming the victim for something the other side did. __________ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2011/10/house-democrats-want-republicans-stop-saying-obamacare/336283/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2011/10/house-democrats...
  - johnnyanmac 1y ago
    >It was Republicans who spent years promoting that unofficial nickname of "Obamacare" as an insult! Thank you. It was picked up by many of the public as a popular term for a popular president. But I don't think I've ever heard any Democrat in policy call it Obamacare. Closest we get is maybe "Healthcare reform under Obama". The original purpose of the term was always to stroke the flames of people who people who hated Obama. So that they associate Obama with "giving handouts".
- rahkiin 1y ago
  Isn’t that the government promoting government programs (the ACA)?
  - Terr_ 1y ago
    Yeah, it's no different than if the current administration printed up some flyers with "Overstaying your visa is a civil infraction and puts you at risk of deportation." I might not like them, but they wouldn't be a Hatch Act violation either. Naturally this assumes the flyer doesn't have something else on it like a photoshopped picture of Trump's head on Rambo's body shaking hands with Jesus, which would be wrong on... many different levels.

Freedom2 1y ago

Interesting - I don't see that all. What CDN does that site use? I wonder if there's a caching issue on my side...

Terr_ 1y ago
Most likely you (wisely) have something blocking the Javascript they're using. There's a big black bar across the top of the homepage, with a message that changes depending on the time, ex: <a id="announcement-bar" href="https://whitehouse.gov/government-shutdown-clock/" class="announcement-bar--link"> Democrat Shutdown is Imminent Democrats Have Shut Down the Government 3h 2m 21s </a> Clicking the link opens another page that claims: > Democrats Have Shut Down the Government > Americans Don’t Agree with Democrats’ Actions

flanked-evergl 1y ago

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HaZeust 1y ago

My favorite part is the Hero countdown timer on the index page (https://www.whitehouse.gov/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/) and the countdown timer graphic on the dedicated govt shutdown page (https://www.whitehouse.gov/government-shutdown-clock/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/government-shutdown-clock/) don't match: https://i.imgur.com/3SNa03R.png https://i.imgur.com/3SNa03R.png Not to mention, the graphic is extraordinarily ugly.