A New Government Memo Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
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The memo also said recipients of federal transportation dollars must cooperate with immigration enforcement, a hit to so-called sanctuary cities.

Summary

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a memo prioritizing federal funding for communities with marriage and birth rates above the national average.

The directive, which applies to grants, loans, and contracts, also prioritizes projects benefiting families with young children.

A congressional aide criticized the policy, saying, “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be… It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’”

The memo also blocks mask mandates and requires compliance with immigration enforcement.

    • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
      196·
      19 hours ago

      How many more times do republicans need to win before protesters decide to get off their ass and participate?

      • DrDeadCrash@programming.dev
        138·
        17 hours ago

        Bullshit, the Democratic party blocked every non-establishment candidate and never once took a stand against the Republicans. It’s just not my party, I guess so they won’t be getting my vote in the future. Assuming fair elections will even be able to be held again.

      • theangryseal@lemmy.world
        142·
        16 hours ago

        Right or not, 6 million democrats/left leaning people stayed at home.

        I get that people want to vote for a candidate they actually believe in. I never felt more motivated than when I voted twice for Bernie Sanders in two primaries.

        I also felt damn good to vote against Donald Trump. I don’t understand why people just let this happen. I really don’t.

        I don’t want to blame voters, but SIX MILLION sat out this election that voted in the last.

        • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          91·
          16 hours ago

          The previous, COVID election was an outlier. Trump lost with a huge turnout. Biden had even more. Biden had the largest turnout ever in history. Biden.

          He’s not the second coming. He just happened to run in a very opportune election. Tons of people voted, especially by mail.

          COVID. This last election wasn’t apathy. It was a return to the norm. Statistics.

          • theangryseal@lemmy.world
            2·
            12 hours ago

            Well that fucking sucks too. You’d think someone would have made Election Day a federal holiday and maybe we’d be alright now. Gah.