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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 | 4 comments | 02 Apr 25 11:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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guerrilla ◴[04 Apr 25 12:56 UTC] No.43581623[source]▶
The US has been corrupt for a long time with its revolving door but it's getting so blatant that frankly it's shocking. As a ruling class, you want to at least pretend to have some illusion of fairness. It's starting to looking some backwater Balkan nation or something.
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9283409232 ◴[04 Apr 25 13:15 UTC] No.43581878[source]▶
Why pretend any more? You go full mask off and half the country still cheers you. Trump could get on stage, say "there will be no more elections and I am now king" and half the country will be okay with it while the other half puts their hands in their pocket and feigns helplessness.
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1. spencerflem ◴[04 Apr 25 17:55 UTC] No.43585734[source]▶
His approval rating was 30% before the markets crashed. The only people supporting Trump are his cultists and the congressional Democrats.
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2. mrguyorama ◴[04 Apr 25 21:54 UTC] No.43588037[source]▶
It doesn't matter what his approval rating is as long as republicans that "don't approve of him" still show up at the polls. Which they do.

Because they will insist that "I don't like the guy" right before they participate in a "Trump vs generic democrat" poll where they vote for Trump.

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3. 9283409232 ◴[04 Apr 25 22:04 UTC] No.43588143[source]▶
If Trump was really so unpopular, Republicans would throw their weight behind getting rid of him or blocking him in Congress. They still believe that is political suicide with their base which means either he is still popular with their base or they believe he is popular with their base which results in the same inaction.
4. spencerflem ◴[05 Apr 25 01:08 UTC] No.43589388[source]▶
Tbf generic democrat has even lower poll numbers