A New Government Memo Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
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The memo also said recipients of federal transportation dollars must cooperate with immigration enforcement, a hit to so-called sanctuary cities.

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, “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be… It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’”

The memo also blocks mask mandates and requires compliance with immigration enforcement.

    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Both spellings are correct and do not impact the meaning. “Lede” has only this one meaning whilst “Lead” can mean a few different things.

      • stormdelay@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        I didn’t realize! I thought in this context lede was the only correct spelling, I suppose I should thank Cunningham’s Law for learning something

        • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          5 months ago

          Hello again,

          I’ve just been talking to my friend who is an editor of a US paper and she says (and I don’t doubt) that “lede” is the only correct spelling of the word in the US - but the rest of the English speaking world has the choice of spelling both ways with no hard and fast rule.

          Guess we were both right - and both wrong - at the same time.

    • Australis13@fedia.io
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      5 months ago

      Thanks. Just did a quick search and it seems that spelling is more prominent in the US than elsewhere, which is probably why I’m not familiar with it.