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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21h21 hours ago

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Jeff Mason

    The fact the only way to get any damn thing done in the United States is through the purview of national security is going to have strange consequences.https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1533630308515446784 …

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    Jeff MasonVerified account @jeffmason1
    SCOOP: @POTUS will use executive action Monday to kickstart solar projects in the U.S. that are stalled by a Commerce Dept tariff probe, and he will invoke the Defense Production Act to spur domestic production of solar panels and other clean energy projects, sources tell me
    8:20 PM - 5 Jun 2022
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      1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21h21 hours ago

        2034, President AOC uses Defense Production Act to seize automatic guns, implement Green New Deal, & launch medicare for all.

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      2. melissa “cancel student debt” byrne‏Verified account @mcbyrne 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Health care is national security

        4 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. Lazan‏ @Lawman_0 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @mcbyrne @HeerJeet

        many people are saying this

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      1. Rian Watt‏Verified account @rianwatt 21h21 hours ago
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        Reinstating The Child Tax Credit through the Defense Production Act

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      1. Ryan J. Suto‏ @RyanJSuto 21h21 hours ago
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        I had a similar thought when the military was involved in securing baby formula.

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      2. Lazan‏ @Lawman_0 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        more like a literal return to the fiscal-military state? I dunno where I'm going with this.

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      3. Mia McCall  🇺🇸 🗳 ✍🏻 😎 💉 🇺🇦 🌻‏ @MiaMcCall18 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @Lawman_0 @HeerJeet

        I don’t know where any of us are going with this.

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      1. Mia McCall  🇺🇸 🗳 ✍🏻 😎 💉 🇺🇦 🌻‏ @MiaMcCall18 21h21 hours ago
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        Very weird. ✅🙁

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      1. eraserhead‏ @Eraserh62334710 21h21 hours ago
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        Congress is filibuster-frozen

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      1. Unbreakable Peter‏ @Loki1001 21h21 hours ago
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        The fact that all legislation has had to be tailored to be specifically about the budget and revenue neutral has had deeply strange effects already. This is what happens when politicians prioritize processes over policy.

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