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US labour watchdog halts Apple cases after group’s lawyer picked for top job

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275 points belter | 2 comments | 02 Apr 25 11:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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duxup ◴[04 Apr 25 13:22 UTC] No.43581973[source]▶
It feels like every pick of this administration is just someone who has a motivation for corruption.
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nine_zeros[dead post] ◴[04 Apr 25 13:38 UTC] No.43582200[source]▶
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wodenokoto ◴[04 Apr 25 14:44 UTC] No.43583174[source]▶
> Seriously, what does one really expect from an unethical convicted criminal?

I expected a repeat of his first term. Which honestly was quite uneventful. This is not.

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accrual ◴[04 Apr 25 14:46 UTC] No.43583203[source]▶
Things felt pretty tame by the end of the first term, almost like the structure of the existing system kept things at bay. It feels very much so like influence from abroad is heavily affecting the current course.
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1. dylan604 ◴[04 Apr 25 15:01 UTC] No.43583460[source]▶
The lack of repercussions from the first term all added together to give a sense of could do no wrong. Impeached twice, no convictions. Proposed the concept that a president cannot be held accountable except via conviction after impeachment. Pretty much proven true by SCOTUS.

Now, they've taken that cue and just turned the dial to an 11. There's currently very little resistance, and in the places where there is, they've just flat out ignored it. Of course the snowball is going to pick up speed

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2. moate ◴[04 Apr 25 16:02 UTC] No.43584368[source]▶
It's not just the sense of "could do no wrong" but "DID no wrong". Is he a Criminal who committed Crimes if he never went to jail or was he a "criminal" the same way "we all are" (this is to say, we all speed or disobey minor laws on a daily basis but that could have major repercussions if they were prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law, and doesn't it seem like The Deep State just weaponized edge cases and technicalities to entrap him?)

I don't personally buy into this framing, but it sure seems like millions of people do since points at results