People should start filming and livestreaming all this shit asap
ACLU has an app for police encounters that sends it directly to them for if the cop tries to delete from your phone
Unfortunately that app is for an old version of Android and I can't actually download it on my phone. It has a lot of negative reviews saying it keeps crashing or freezing which sucks because I'd really like an app like that that works.
Doesn't the citizen app do that as well?
I truly believe that anyone that believes that it's already happening will have their beliefs cemented, the people that reject any notion of fascism will reject it, and the people that are on the fence are too old or too dumb to actually make an informed decision
Yeah, that's why the whole Trump program to "Report any suspected DEI hires" is so scary.
It's straight up a call to report any
jewstranspeople to the secret police.Though I wonder what they would have done if they found any "DEI Material", especially since it's hard to quantify.
Where I work we have instructions on the walls to legal immigrants warning them that discrimination is illegal and what their supervisor is and is not allowed to do. The rules apply to everyone, but the way they're written it sounds like they're ESPECIALLY there to make sure folks from out of town don't get lied to about what the laborforce is REALLY like.
Would that count as DEI? I don't know, I'd assume so because it makes reference to people who aren't male or white and that's all "DEI" seems to mean.
It doesn't actually qualify as DEI, but it's not like definitions have ever mattered. Trump got rid of the (first female) commandant of the USCG, presumably because she's a woman, or maybe because she went after sex offenders. To my knowledge, she wasn't a DEI hire or anything. She earned that position, as much as anyone has.
They added the
Aletter for "Accomodations", so the disabled is also getting this treatment.Accomodations? That's not good
People still have no idea how bad it's going to get. People are still acting like this is just normal bad, a unfortunate moment in our otherwise decent system and society. This is not the reality. Things are going to get bad. This isn't doomerism, this is reality.
Please, take the necessary steps to secure and provide for you and your loved ones, and genuinely consider developing some kind of exit strategy. Do not downplay this until it's too late; be prepared before the sky turns red.
One of the biggest lies of my life is hearing, "never again". It's happening again and nobody is stopping it. Everyone is asleep at the wheel.
"never again" = "never again, to us"
Got nowhere to go.
Yeah, America is a overtly fascist nation now.
Now even sporting a GeStaPo (Geheime Staats-Polizei or Secret Federal Police). They were the ones who rounded up the "enemies of the state" in Nazi Germany.
In the words of the late great David Lynch, "Fix your hearts, or die"
They’re literally going to schools and going “Papers, please”.
Ring any bells?
Is it illegal to disobey an executive order? It's not a law so what happens if one refuses to comply?
It's not illegal, but most government employees work for the executive branch, so you can theoretically be fired for not obeying the chief executive (president). Just like someone at a company can be fired for disobeying the CEO, unless there is actually a law protecting the specific behavior.
Yeah, I got an email in my gov address encouraging me to disclose any DEI stuff within the next ten days without any penalties or face penalties of it's discovered after that.
It's important to resist this in any way you can. One of the strengths of democracy is that because so many people are part of government, it requires a lot of people to participate in making dictatorship work. It can happen, as in Russia or North Korea, but it isn't supposed to be easy.
The first step I'd suggest is to establish private communication with others in your department so you can coordinate a response without your supervisors knowing. A mass walkout/general strike in the case of firings should be a consideration.
What is VA?
Probably Veterans Administration, a federal agency that would be expected to comply with the executive orders.
Veterans Administration
I love democracy
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Original source (reddit)
They're talking about the federal Veterans Administration, in case that's unclear.
Edit: I've also confirmed with a federal employee I know that this is happening at the SBA as well, this is probably happening throughout the federal government.
Too much acronyms for me.
I think it's the Opus Dei, some kind of hard line catholic group from the Vatican.
Oh God... For a second I thought this was an answer to my post about recognising a bird!
There are women and people of color in the Trump administration. I think people need to start reporting him for his DEI hiring.
What does a "VA police officer" do? Or look like?
Basically the federal version of the hospital security guard. They look like regular cops but with a fed badge.
become staufenberg
Maybe become Stauffenberg sooner than Stauffenberg did. He actively served the Nazis for quite a while until he finally snapped out of it and he discovered his conscience only after Germany was about to lose
