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"Several legal specialists raised concerns about the new guidance, warning that it would intimidate people into avoiding even casual discussions with colleagues that should not be deemed banned by the statute."

"The Dream Police they come to me in my head..."

1 posted on 11/29/2018 6:34:35 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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The ‘new’ and ‘improved’ Hatch Act Guidance:

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/500-osc-hatch-act-advisory-novembe/6255daba98ab1a42d079/optimized/full.pdf#page=1


2 posted on 11/29/2018 6:35:39 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

And the reason for the season. Oh no no no.


3 posted on 11/29/2018 6:36:17 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

"...but roughly two million people who work for the federal government..."


I think I see part of the problem now.

8 posted on 11/29/2018 6:40:21 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

How about, insult the boss, get fired. That’s how it works for the peasants.


9 posted on 11/29/2018 6:41:38 PM PST by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Half of Fed employees need to be shown the door.

I hear there are all sorts of real jobs going begging.


10 posted on 11/29/2018 6:44:03 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It’s so gay how they call themselves “the resistance”. They love the drama of pretending they are in France under the nazis.

It helps their loser boring lives seem important.


11 posted on 11/29/2018 6:45:25 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Interesting development. Quite a few people at the FBI and DOJ seem to have been in gross violation of this . . .


12 posted on 11/29/2018 6:47:05 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
On the classified JWICS network, there are blogs maintained by members of the Intelligence Community. For years, there have been cautions from bloggers (and Administrators) to not get too partisan in comments.

Then The Donald got elected. I routinely see stuff said about the POTUS that would have NEVER been tolerated under the past 2 Administrations.

The irony of the rules was not lost on me when I saw a bunch of blog posts about insider threats to intelligence disclosure--and no one talked about Hillary Clinton, the most publicly visible bad example.

15 posted on 11/29/2018 6:55:02 PM PST by Lysandru
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

For the Patriots in the Gov work force, who would they report seditious activities to?


17 posted on 11/29/2018 7:13:29 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Trump “resisters” should not be Federal Employees.


18 posted on 11/29/2018 7:23:56 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We came under tighter and tighter restrictions for the 8 years of the Obama administration, at least in my military unit. I suspect Commanders were feeling significant downward pressure to keep a lid on any dissent.

Any, and I mean ANY derogatory statement about Obama was dealt with swiftly. I received a Letter of Counseling for supposedly not reining in the speech of a subordinate, a conversation neither of us remember, in the presence of an African American subordinate. The point was quite clear.

They can just darn well suck it up, buttercup now. No sympathy from me.


20 posted on 11/29/2018 7:35:47 PM PST by ODC-GIRL (We live in interesting times)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

This is not new, just for Trump. I worked in a government building when O was president and trust me no one was allowed to say a word against him...or H and she wasn’t even running officially yet when I left.


23 posted on 11/29/2018 7:41:33 PM PST by Tammy8
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