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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: 0.498s | 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. ryandrake ◴[04 Apr 25 15:35 UTC] No.43583956[source]▶
I'm not sure what your definition of "tame" is, but mine definitely does not include "A pandemic raging through the population with leadership calling it a hoax and proposing to fight it with bleach and horse dewormer, and encouraging the population to defy public health efforts to stop it." 2017 to 2020 was a steady increase in chaos and incompetence, coming to a crescendo with COVID. And after 4 years, voters said "Yea, we want that chaos again!"
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2. accrual ◴[04 Apr 25 17:24 UTC] No.43585393[source]▶
I agree, I meant "tame" as in comparison to where we are now. The first term felt incompetent and maybe a bit malicious, but the current term feels outwardly malicious and extraordinarily corrupt.

I could put on a mask and stay at home for COVID, but I can't do much about shunning our allies, disrupting the world economy, disappearing people, electing a cabinet of highly unqualifed individuals, putting the SCOTUS in pocket, etc. I can advocate, stay informed, support my community, etc., but this feels on another level than the first term and that's what I meant by my comment.