It's pretty clear the president has dementia.
Gov workers say their shutdown out-of-office replies were forcibly changed
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
“Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of HR 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations.” Come on. The message is overtly political (blaming democrats for the shutdown when republicans control the presidency + the house + the senate) and 100% of the people pretending it’s not would be outraged if the same thing was posted under a different administration.
Which part of the statement is false or campaigning? Is it not true Democrats have blocked the passage of the bill? Of course it is.. and people should know that, shouldn't they?
It is also a well-known right wing tease to call them Democrat as opposed to Democratic, like calling someone Jew instead of Jewish.
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#43It's pretty clear the president has dementia.
I’m skeptical. I think he’s just always been pretty nonsensical.
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#44DOGE f-kery it's pretty obvious they can now search and replace across most if not all government websites now let's hope that backdoor is locked down and not available for foreign entities and this is of course a massive Hatch-Act violation but we're way past law breaking this far into the regime
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> It's factual.
Nobody asked why Republicans, which control every branch of government, need Democrats to cooperate with them to pass a budget, which only requires 50% to pass due to the special process for budget bills.
Oh, right. Because they mislabeled the One Big Beautiful Bill as a budget bill, which means they've used up their one special budget bill for the year and now the actual budget bill has to play by the rules for non-budget bills.
Skill issue.
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#45This weaponization of public resources for partisan purposes is hardly surprising, but given the government is shut down, I would imagine black or even grey hats might feel like it's open season on .gov, so I would be surprised to see much durability in their attempts.
This post from Reddit’s Redding, California community is definitely weaponized. https://old.reddit.com/r/Redding/comments/1nvgu8b/guess_i_wo...
Nothing to do with Redding. It's all over the USDA website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/
> The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.
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The question is not if Democrat senators stopped the bill from passing. Republicans have 53 seats and needed 60 votes.
The question is if the Democrats were justified in doing it. Right now there is a lot of double speak going on.
Ultimately this dynamic always works out the same way. The minority party caves because they have no leverage.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
The laws are different when you work for the government. A private employee can fire you for something you said a lot easier than the government. https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/free-speech-a...
>The laws are different when you work for the government. Which laws? Because every government job I've come across has pretty strict rules on what you can and cannot say in public, or at least they way in which you have to frame it apart from your job.
I added the link in my comment in an edit before you replied to be fair
https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/free-speech-a...
But from the ABA for a more reliable source.
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/publications/yourab...
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No actually the Republicans blocked the Democratic bill:
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fy26_dem...
(See, we can both play stupid games!)
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which part of the statement is false or campaigning? Is it not true Democrats have blocked the passage of the bill? Of course it is.. and people should know that, shouldn't they?
It is also a well-known right wing tease to call them Democrat as opposed to Democratic, like calling someone Jew instead of Jewish.
"Democrat" is a slur now? Come on people...
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
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I couldn't read the article on Wired, but I found this one at MSN https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/education-department... It says: The altered email messages included language saying: "Thank you for contacting me. On September 10, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to…
Yes. I also hate this "is it factual" question because it ignores the underlying problem.
It could still be factual and read "Senate Republicans have blocked voting on S 2882" instead, or more extreme "Registered Republicans have lower education rates than democrats". Just because something is factual does not mean it is not a political statement, and one that would not have been made by the employee whose communication was changed. Let's all not play dumb here.