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Hunger Games; Power of Deregulation

Hunger GamesDonald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are unconventional, far more so than in his first term as president. It could result in a shakeup of staid and static policy prescriptions, or it could amount to nothing more than a bunch of four-year-olds attempting to play soccer. The DNI nominee questions American power and the likely next Secretary of State is an advocate of aggressively using it. Isolationism appeals to the number two in the White House, but the Treasury Secretary is a conventional neoliberal. Then there is the food portfolio. RFK, Jr. was reportedly blind-sided by the selection of Brooke Rollins to run USDA. He had hoped for an ally that would help him break everything her agency does. That includes stopping big farms,...

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