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Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown (www.wired.com)

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Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

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[-] limelight79@lemmy.world 96 points 2 days ago

Not that laws matter, but it's a pretty clear violation of the Hatch Act.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 65 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Call me when any future Democratic AG's do anything to prosecute any of this.

I'll be holding my breath.

[-] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago

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