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Sun Aug 10, 2025, 11:03 PM Aug 10

Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics

Kevin M. Kruse
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Heritage originally sold itself as a wonky policy shop for conservative ideas, but these days it’s more of an affirmative action program for mediocre white guys.

Put “Heritage” on your resume these days and you might as well affix the asterisk we’re all seeing

‪Brendan Nyhan‬
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This dude got his PhD 5 years ago and works at Heritage - here's his unpublished diss with 1 citation www.proquest.com/docview/2452...

Here's the fired Comm. of Labor Statistics with 20+ years of government economics experience and an extensive publishing record
scholar.google.com/citations?us...
August 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM

Heritage originally sold itself as a wonky policy shop for conservative ideas, but these days it’s more of an affirmative action program for mediocre white guys.

Put “Heritage” on your resume these days and you might as well affix the asterisk we’re all seeing

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T00:40:14.625Z


Brendan Nyhan
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This dude got his PhD 5 years ago and works at Heritage - here's his unpublished diss with 1 citation

https://www.proquest.com/docview/2452442541?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses

Here's the fired Comm. of Labor Statistics with 20+ years of government economics experience and an extensive publishing record

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RPYwK8EAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

‪The Wall Street Journal‬
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including at least one longtime critic of the agency, according to a senior administration official.

Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency.
on.wsj.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM

This dude got his PhD 5 years ago and works at Heritage - here's his unpublished diss with 1 citation www.proquest.com/docview/2452...

Here's the fired Comm. of Labor Statistics with 20+ years of government economics experience and an extensive publishing record
scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) 2025-08-10T22:40:33.746Z


E.J. Antoni, PhD Chief Economist, and Richard Aster Fellow, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget
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Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 OP
God. Seriously. underpants Aug 10 #1
He looks like his mother drank too much while pregnant with him. hedda_foil Aug 10 #2
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