Summary
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a memo prioritizing federal funding for communities with marriage and birth rates above the national average.
The directive, which applies to grants, loans, and contracts, also prioritizes projects benefiting families with young children.
A congressional aide criticized the policy, saying, āConsidering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will beā¦ Itās absolutely creepy. Itās a little āChinese government.āā
The memo also blocks mask mandates and requires compliance with immigration enforcement.
^You donāt like it but this personās right^
Right or not, 6 million democrats/left leaning people stayed at home.
I get that people want to vote for a candidate they actually believe in. I never felt more motivated than when I voted twice for Bernie Sanders in two primaries.
I also felt damn good to vote against Donald Trump. I donāt understand why people just let this happen. I really donāt.
I donāt want to blame voters, but SIX MILLION sat out this election that voted in the last.
The previous, COVID election was an outlier. Trump lost with a huge turnout. Biden had even more. Biden had the largest turnout ever in history. Biden.
Heās not the second coming. He just happened to run in a very opportune election. Tons of people voted, especially by mail.
COVID. This last election wasnāt apathy. It was a return to the norm. Statistics.
Well that fucking sucks too. Youād think someone would have made Election Day a federal holiday and maybe weād be alright now. Gah.