Originally published at: Trump White House Withdraws Nomination for Controversial BLS Pick After GOP Senators Decline to Meet With Him - TPM – Talking Points Memo
President Donald Trump has withdrawn his controversial pick for Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, E.J. Antoni, after it became apparent he did not have support from enough Republican senators. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) declined to meet with Antoni ahead of his not-yet-scheduled hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions…
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What’s with the guy’s prison pussy? All of Trump’s appointees have a really weird affect.
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Well, we dodged a bullet on this one. Who will he nominate next? Kid Rock? Erika Kirk? The possibilities are endless.
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Why have the media and Republicans quit talking about Charlie Kirk so soon?
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Funny how The Heritage Foundation will keep him on, even after Antoni’s scum has been exposed to the light.
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And how BOUT those Epstein Files?
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Because two weeks was all that was required to erase Jeffrey Epstein from the short memories of the American people, aka, nature’s eternal chumps.
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Allen Weisselberg.
Donnie can be confidant of his ‘loyalty.’
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Well, there’s a beautiful ballroom at the White House. It’s really terrific. Chris or Colin or whoever that guy was really would have loved it. Wherever he is, I bet there are tears in his eyes as he admires the beautiful parquet floor.
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Billed as a moment of leadership, in reality it felt more like bad dinner theater, where the actors forget their lines, and the audience refuses to clap.
The silence in that room told a bigger story than anything coming out of the speaker’s mouths.
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The Heritage Foundation should be remembered for its Outline for Couping in the United States [Project 2025.]
Including work for them should be the kiss of death for the employment prospects of anyone ideologically blinded enough to include that gig on their resume.
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It’s quite the distinction to have your nomination pulled in Trump 2. Matt Gaetz, Elise Stefanik (slightly different, though equally humiliating, circumstances), this sentient Civil War re-enactor goatee…
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“Please ensure that every member of your team is aware that this is the latest list of words to avoid – and continue to be conscientious about avoiding any terminology that you know to be misaligned with the Administration’s perspectives and priorities,” says an email from an agency acting director seen by the Guardian.
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