U.S. News

2436 readers

29 users here now

News about and pertaining to the United States and its people.

Please read what's functionally the mission statement before posting for the first time. We have a narrower definition of news than you might be accustomed to.

Guidelines for submissions:

Post the original source of information as the link.
If there is any Nazi imagery in the linked story, mark your post NSFW.
Advocating violence is not allowed on Beehaw in general.
If there is a paywall, provide an archive link in the body.
Post using the original headline; edits for clarity (as in providing crucial info a clickbait hed omits) are fine.
Social media is not a news source.

For World News, see the News community.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’ (www.politico.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

1 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.

The cable was sent out to embassies around the world under Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s name. The instructions also were released in a department-wide notice.

The cable encourages State Department employees to report on one another through a tip form that can be anonymous. “Reports should be as detailed as possible, including names, dates, locations (e.g. post or domestic office where the incident occurred,” the cable reads.

“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale'-esque,” said one State Department official, who was granted anonymity because the individual was not allowed to speak openly about internal department affairs.

top 1 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Instead of sharing parts of the document, I wish they had shared the document. I have no idea if there is a legal reason for the way they shared. If it's not creatively quoted, man, this is just...more of the shit. Handmaid's Tale indeed. I couldn't stand the show, but when I read the book 35 years ago, the possibility of it becoming real-life seemed pretty slim. Fool that I was.