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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 res

by 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.

by 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.