USDA website blames "Radical Left Democrats" for shutdown

https://www.usda.gov/

17•mtharrison•1h ago

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bediger4000•1h ago

Are "radical left" viewpoints a legally punishable crime?

Jsebast24•1h ago

Only when they incite to commit a crime.

yesbut•1h ago

lovich•50m ago

Yes, it’s illegal and not free speech. As per the President[1]

[1] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-fre...

bediger4000•38m ago

I see. Isn't President Trump said to have brought back free speech to the USA?

lovich•34m ago

He did, but this isn’t free speech. The other speech that agrees with him is free speech. It’s a very simple set of diagnostic criteria

grebc•16m ago

it’s free if you pay.

ChrisArchitect•1h ago

Similar to other sites https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45434146

Trasmatta•1h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act

mtharrison•1h ago

To what extent is this administration concerned with breaking laws?

Trasmatta•37m ago

Not in any way, but I think it's still important to be noisy about the violations as they happen

rchaud•59m ago

Another pithy statement from the party of personal responsibility.

josefritzishere•58m ago

It's pretty self evident at this point that the president has dementia.

mullingitover•53m ago

Listening to that speech he made to the captive audience of military generals a couple days ago it's painfully obvious that he's deteriorating rapidly. He sounded bad last year, and this year he sounds like he's ten years older. He sounds like he's had a few mini-strokes and I would not be surprised if he had a major one soon.

LarsAlereon•44m ago

I was wondering if it was just me noticing a severe and rapid decline from that speech. If I didn't know better I would have assumed he was drunk.

Trasmatta•35m ago

It's wild to go back and watch him in 2016 as a comparison. His manner of speech has always been so bizarre that it's easy to forget that it's not just him "being Trump", there's also a very obvious and severe decline since then.

Meanwhile, all the people who were screaming "Dementia Joe" every two minutes from 2021 to 2024 seem to be conveniently silent this time...

bediger4000•31m ago

To be scrupulous, Washington Post ran a Philip Bump analysis article on Trump's Age Problem last summer. I think the media believes it has therefore examined all possible angles, implications and ramifications of Trump's decompensation already. No need to belabor the point.

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