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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I recently went to two different airports and didn't see this at either. I think local airports are just ignoring this shit.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 164 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the Hatch Act is only as effective as the White House decides it will be

Lovely

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 46 points 1 week ago

Same as the Sherman and Clayton anti-trust acts, which is a big reason why we're here now. So, so much of corporate America is patently illegal, and the feds have done fuck-all about it for decades.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 146 points 1 week ago

As well they should.

The Confederates are breaking the law, again.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 118 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Since when do airports show government propaganda?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When the people that operate them are all in. This is what Fascism is, when people want to give them their power.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Since Fox "News" has been running nonstop on monitors throughout airports for decades.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wasn't it a special version of CNN that avoided talking about plane crashes? Pretty sure that was in nearly every airport for a for decades.

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[–] RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 1 week ago (1 children)

... And all the other airports in the country broadcast it?

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 121 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It looks like they have capitulated, for now. It wouldn’t hurt to contact your local airport to object, and to organize peaceful demonstrations.

The airports that refuse to bend the knee have also released public statements condemning the video. Let’s show them our support! They are:

Portland International

Seattle-Tacoma International

Buffalo Niagara International

Niagara Falls International

Westchester County

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spokane international is on the list as well which is a little surprising as that is an area that favors Republicans in elections.

Source

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you for the Spokane update, SacralPlexus! Also adding:

Charlotte

Cleveland

Los Angeles

Phoenix

Denver

Aspen

Source

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Glad to hear Denver isn't doing it. It's bad enough that these evil pieces of shit are pushing government propaganda, but there is no reason that major airports in blue states should go along with it.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hell yeah Denver! Fucking love this state.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Same thing. I hope it stays blue. I know a few Taco-lovers that moved out of state because of all the "wokeness". Pretty fucking weird reason to be moving, if you ask me.

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“This is probably not a Hatch Act violation, because it's not tied to an election,” Cynthia Brown, senior ethics counsel at the non-partisan ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), told Forbes.

Not tied to an election? What? What rock are you living under?

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

There really isn't any opposition to the GOP anymore. Just variations of complicity.

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good god, the morons in office right now are so fucking stupid. They have to make videos to put out and blame the left for all the dumb shit they do. They did it! They did it! Despite having the minority in all branches of the gov, it's totally them.

Fuck off fascists

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 week ago

The video isn't for us.

It's for their followers.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well as long as its at least 7.

My only solace is that the boomers waited till they were so fucking old to try to stop the world from changing through fascism.

Hitler shot himself at 56 and had spent a lot of his 30-40s trying to gain power. A lot of the current generation of fascists are a light jog away or botched botox from their death. But fuck this.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

This is the part that burns me the most. All this, for a handful of years to sit atop the ashes.

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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the actual fuck man. We are turning into north Korea. Love the state obey the state praise supreme leader

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We are turning into north Korea.

Conservatives have been pushing to turn America into NK/Russia for a long time now. Looks like they're finally getting their wish, courtesy of stupid American voters/non-voters.

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[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this should really fall on the courts to enforce the hatch act & give laws governing officials more teeth.. this is insane 1984 level shit

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mean the courts controlled by Reps?

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Courts shouldn't be political. The status is not quo.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

It shouldn't, but these fuckers have shown they got people everywhere. Wouldn't be surprised that when the time comes they'll show their true colors.

[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What is the Republicans end game here? Democrats aren't going to vote for his bill without getting anything in return. Why would anyone think otherwise.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Have you ever known a child who could manipulate his parents by being stubborn and annoying. The parents are incapable of setting boundaries and caving to the child’s demands is easier than having difficult discussions.

Republicans are the children and Democrats are the patents. The parents are now trying to set a boundary. Expect an epic tantrum from the children.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The goal is complete vilification. Then it's "won't someone please rid me of these troublesome Democrats".

[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They are already vilified by Republicans, so it isn't like they have anything to lose. If the Democrats cave, they will just be vilified by Democratic voters, too.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They want/need more vilification. The further they vilify, the further they can go on things like project 2025.

Eg you can say they vilified the left 10 years ago, but 10 years ago they wouldn't have gotten away with deploying the national guard. They get away with it now because of the last 10 years of vilifying even more. Now imagine what they'll be able to do in the next 5 to 10 years.

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[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

It should be all of them. Get that fascist propaganda out of here.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The fucking Maggats are like a clown version of the NAZIs, trying to ape their practices whilst being total incompetent klutzes at doing it.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would be hilarious if america wasn't fucking stupid enough to fall for it. Every. Damn. Time.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd love to see a real instance of "The Storm" if Democrats were to get back in the WH....issue warrants for every single one of those responsible for shit like this.

Arrest every single one of those in his cabinet. Arrest everyone in his family.

I know the pearl-clutching "centrists" will cry about "tone" and "civility" and how this is only going to make Republicans worse. Fuck that. Make Republicans motherfucking SCARED to try this kind of shit again. As they should be.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Huge if the democrats go back to the white house: it's time to reconciliation, time to leave the past past and to heal wounds * do nothing *

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whatever happened to the fucking Hatch Act?

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago

Probably floating in some plastic container in the ocean with the rest of the rule of laws they threw out.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How many laws do they need to break in order for something to actually be done? They are clearly mentally ill and none of them are based in reality, so we need to get them out of office.

None of this is ok and none of this is normal.

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[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

For context, there are just over 500 commercial airports in the US.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

telling travelers “Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government” and claiming that is why “most of our TSA employees are working without pay.”

Honestly the TSA shouldn’t exist, it’s a graft and corruption scheme created by the Bush Jr administration so guys like Michael Chertoff could steal taxpayer money.

They can’t even perform their stated functions, there have been numerous instances of them failing to detect firearms and bomb parts during tests, they fail the majority by a wide margin.

It’s a “make-work” program. Those people should be building hospitals in rural communities, fixing roads and bridges. At least that would have a return on investment.

Same with ICE, and the entire DHS, frankly.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

The day I saw you could pay to get expressed through the TSA lines was the day it became 100% apparent it was nothing more than a grifting scheme.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Is this the one where she’s cranking Lewandowski’s ridiculous stub with her grizzled paws?

No? Different video then. I mean she blames Democrats for both.

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