cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30703278

Those seeking a job in the federal government will now have to write an essay in support of Donald Trump’s executive orders, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Vince Haley, the White House’s head of domestic policy, wrote in the May 29 memorandum that all civil service applicants must answer a series of essays as part of the job recruitment process, including one about how they would “help advance” Trump’s policy priorities.

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    1 year ago

    The Trump Administration’s entire modus operandi appears to be “Ferret out transgressive deep state leftists by assigning the bureaucracy tasks an LLM can easily accomplish.”

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    1 year ago

    The people who actually review the job applications and decide who gets hired probably won’t even read these.

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        1 year ago

        No but see if i keep the right details about the room in my minds eye, and point my magic hammer at my enemy, and chant the laws just right, they have to do it. Or you shoot a fireball.

        Thats why you keep your focus the fringe on the flag; that keeps you firmly in earth magic; if you get distracted and think about the benches while chanting the law youre gonna do either fire or wood magic, and you do not want to accidentally summon a tree in a court room. Especially not if youre citing a powerful law when you do.

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          If I had a dollar for each time I’ve had an excellent ratio decidendi argument ruined by the sudden appearance of a fucking weeping willow, I’d have enough for a Costco hot dog!

          (The second time, I managed to work it into my closing statement with some difficulty)

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        1 year ago

        The courts have been telling him no for the most part. They just take awhile because they actually follow the law.

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          1 year ago

          When the BBB passes it will be illegal for courts to enforce the law

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        1 year ago

        I’m still waiting for all the promises that USanians kept saying over the years that guns would save them all…

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      1 year ago

      Not a lawyer but I actually don’t think so.

      I assume all government figures never thought this kind of act could ever happen here so they had no reason to make a law about it or one that covers it.

      P.S. Even if it is, who is going to stop them. They haven’t followed any law they don’t want to unless forced by the courts and even then they still do it.

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        I’d expect there’s applicable laws concerning discrimination in hiring practices. It’s probably not a legal stretch to argue that mandating idealogical support for one party’s policies will run afoul of political discrimination laws. In fact, this might generate a bunch of lawsuits from people who get turned down for jobs.

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        1 year ago

        If it is illegal a judge will stop it. Just because he sprays and prays doesn’t mean it’s sticking.

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    Such efficiency. All these man hours spent reading shitty essays that don’t accomplish anything except titillating Trump’s ego.

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    Hmm, let’s see… I like Trump cause he totally doesn’t smell like shit like people say. He’s also the smartest man in America and not incredibly stupid like his college professors wrote. He’s also as ethical as an oil corporation. His spray tan is a lovely orange and does not make him look cheap, fat and trashy.

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      1 year ago

      Especially not trashy. Trash is not his middle name, despite what the majority of people think.

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    On the plus side, this will really make people think about what they’re getting into, and clarify exactly what type of machine they’re willingly becoming a cog in.

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    1 year ago

    Should end up with a lot of unqualified sycophantic drones running the government. If sense ever returns to the US, it will take years to fix.

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    You know you’re a pathetic weakling when you have to force people to say nice things about you.

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    What a weak, pathetic excuse for a human being. He has knowingly and willfully broken his oath of office and if anyone in our government had a spine (or a moral code), he’d already be gone and we could start mending what he has broken. Unfortunately, he and his henchmen have done so much damage, it could take years. If ever.