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Pete Hegseth, confirmed mama’s boy

Pete Hegseth, confirmed mama’s boy

Asking the kids to “clean up” is going well, I see

You know, if I also were a billionaire this kind of insane productivity schedule might work for me…but as a lowly pion, I can’t afford the luxury of (1) simply not committing to meetings or (2) only checking email twice or (3) …purposely screwing things up. What a load of BS

I don’t know how anyone could put it more simply than this. Tariffs will harm US citizens. This will not create more jobs. Why would corporations hire more workers? Their response will be to pass the increases onto consumers.

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One of Vivek’s big points of support for his contention that SCOTUS *mandated* eliminating bureaucratic regulations is his citation to Loper Bright (ending Chevron deference). He says that 18k federal cases upheld regulations via Chevron that are “now null and void”.

This claim is dishonest…

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From @timothysnyder.bsky.social in his excellent and eye opening book “On Tyranny”:

Sorry, I gotta share 2; cause they go hand in hand (need to understand the law AND how to write about it effectively)