Re: Antoni

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

This all gets so meta.  In some ways, perhaps we should thank Trump for
making us think about these things.

By "meta" I mean that if this person is installed in the BLS and then
Trump gets to nominate the Fed Chair, you could imagine the
Trump-nominated BLS feeding misinformation to Trump-nominated Fed Chair
for setting rates and so on.  Things could go down into a weird feedback
loop.

The real problem is that most of this would happen after Trump is dead and
gone and the American Amnesia would kick in and we'd all forget why things
got so screwed up in the first place.  Let's hope that things crash and
burn way before that so most disappointed U.S. citizens have time to act
before it gets too bad.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:23:30 -0700 (PDT)
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 > https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Items/Aug13-2.html
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 > and from HCR:
 > Yesterday Trump nominated E.J. Antoni, a 37-year-old economist from 
 > the right-wing Heritage Foundation, to replace McEntarfer. Heritage 
 > was the driving force behind Project 2025, and in keeping with that 
 > institution’s drive toward Christian nationalism, Antoni’s doctoral 
 > dissertation from Northern Illinois University thanks his “spiritual 
 > patrons: Our Lady of Victory, St. Joseph, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. 
 > Jude, St. Joseph of Cupertino, and Sts. Peter and Paul. Thank you, 
 > most especially, to Our Lord, with whom anything is possible.” 
 > Antoni is known primarily for media work, including appearances on 
 > the Fox News Channel, where he has relentlessly cheered on Trump’s 
 > policies.
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