Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it.

Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent.

Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic — they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers while preserving the nation’s most recognized banner.

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      3 months ago

      Nobody needs foreign propaganda when Congress feeds us literal crumbs as the answer to offshoring. Yay we created 10 jobs. This is the fucking Senate. Not a random Appalachian county council.

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      3 months ago

      dissuade the… tech progressives from voting

      Yeah they barely need a push they already feel superior enough that they think themselves above any of the work the rest of the world puts in.

      Look at the whole California, San Francisco Greys who thinks people should be color coded on political bias and those who are tech social progressives being put above all others.

      Like all they should do is sit around and complain until it breaks and then they can just tell people what to do and it will fix everything. A community ripe with apathy.