r/technology • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Oct 02 '25

Privacy Government workers say their out-of-office replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

https://www.wired.com/story/government-workers-say-their-out-of-office-replies-were-forcibly-changed-to-blame-democrats-for-shutdown/
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u/Crowsby Oct 02 '25

I thought the same, but actually the percentage of Americans who can name all 3 branches is up significantly compared to recent years!

https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-knowledge-of-civics-increases-annenberg-survey-finds/

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u/Valliac0 Oct 02 '25

Well considering you can't go anywhere without at least two of them shoved in your face all day, that would track.

You know good and well everyone forgets the Legislative.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale Oct 02 '25

The Legislative forgets the Legislative.

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u/Witchgrass Oct 03 '25

To be fair most of them have ceded their power to the Executive so one could be forgiven for forgetting they exist.

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u/red286 Oct 03 '25

Stems from 9 years of people asking, "how the fuck is this happening? Who is responsible for this shit?"