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Related: About this forumTrump 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 its 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 were 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This dude got his PhD 5 years ago and works at Heritage - here's his unpublished diss with 1 citation www.proquest.com/docview/2452...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
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Heritage originally sold itself as a wonky policy shop for conservative ideas, but these days its 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 were all seeing
Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
· 4h
This dude got his PhD 5 years ago and works at Heritage - here's his unpublished diss with 1 citation www.proquest.com/docview/2452...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 itâs more of an affirmative action program for mediocre white guys.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T00:40:14.625Z
Put âHeritageâ on your resume these days and you might as well affix the asterisk weâre 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This dude got his PhD 5 years ago and works at Heritage - here's his unpublished diss with 1 citation
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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· 5h
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
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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
@wsj.com
· 5h
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...
— Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) 2025-08-10T22:40:33.746Z
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...
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
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underpants
(192,412 posts)1. God. Seriously.
Im going to bed.
hedda_foil
(16,811 posts)2. He looks like his mother drank too much while pregnant with him.