One federal employee said in a court filing that they “cannot in good conscience pretend to agree with President Trump’s policies.”
Government employees asked a federal judge Wednesday to block the Trump administration from encouraging job applicants to demonstrate their loyalty to the president’s agenda.
In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, a group of federal labor unions argues that the White House’s “merit hiring plan” violates applicants’ First Amendment rights. The plan, put forth by the Office of Personnel Management, includes the following short essay question:
“How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.”
The authoritarianism on display is wild. The 2a “gotta fight mah gubment” folks looking like clowns HARD right now.
When you are loudly obsessed with fighting tyranny, but are maga-stupid and gullible. It is like walking around open carry and being the first one shot. Idiots.
MAGAs are beginning to wake up and they see that they were double crossed- they will most likely get violent.
You’re welcome to buy a gun and go fight authoritarianism. What’s stopping you?
I mean it’s time to put some stricter gun laws.
Guns have always worked as an oppressive force against Americans. The clowns that say otherwise are living in made-up fantasyland.
Restricting the second amendment isn’t going to take the guns away from cops. They typically shoot people the most.
There’s always lying on the application then being quietly, passively obstructive.
That’s how a lot of the deeply “set in” authoritarian empires have started you know.
A lot of people unhappy with the situation but just keeping quiet and pretending to go along with shit. Until years pass and a whole new generation of government workers who grew up with all this as normal come in and sign the oaths with a shrug and a smile.
That’s how you end up in a trial with your only defense being “I was just following orders.”
I’m surprised someone hasn’t automated checking that box, then filling in a paragraph of text that sounds like it agrees but ends with a full-left pivot. Would waste some time for sure.
Malicious compliance
Lying has always been an integral part of USAJOBS…
Idiots are overconfident and rate themselves 5/5 for everything, subject matter experts of everything under the sun who know everything…
Rational people know they have limitations and that not everyone knows everything.
But due to how the process works, if you don’t over-exagaratte your abilities, you’ll never get to an interview. Because your numbers aren’t as good as over confident idiots.
I can guarantee no actual fed is facing a crisis of ethics on if they can bs on an application
I hate this timeline so much. Pedonald is literally one of the worst people in the public eye since at least the 80s that we could have ever opted for “leadership”. The guy has always been a vainglorious jackass and this should have been clear to any normal human being that took even a quick look at his past…
Sigh.
Cambridge Analytica was just the tip of the iceberg conpared to what we are living ij now but it really all started with them.
It doesn’t matter what is obvious to you and me anymore. It’s all about influence and they have all the data about you and they know how to target a campaign ad directly to you for pennies.
“I will help the President’s agenda by swiftly facilitating the deportation of anti-America radicals that are under the orders from foreign enemies”
glances at elon musk
Just talk about how much you hope compiling TPS reports will lead to the death of a pregnant lady or how you hope your scrubbing documents of pedophilic taint makes it easier to deport people to torture prisons.
So you now have to profess your loyalty to your grand high commander? How The Land Of The Free working for you?
Not great, any suggestions from you or just here to be smarmy?
I genuinely wish I had any kind of answer. I wish there were one. I guess I’m just angry and frustrated for you all and it comes out in snarky comments.
“yes we proudly shit our pant, why aren’t you cleaning it up for us?”
