I thought it was an Onion headline.
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I think we're going to have this particular issue with a great many forthcoming headlines...
Using the McKinsey model...
The disrespect is the hardest to overcome.
Interesting detail that their names have been withheld but that Musk has put his young family members in place at new acquisitions in the past. Wouldn't surprise me if the anti-DEI guys just want to replace people from diverse backgrounds with nepotism hires
Sliiightly misleading.
The director hasn’t been appointed yet… and this is just an advisor to the director.
A Peter Thiel protoge, it seems. Palantir, a thiel bro co.
lets hope that it turns into a romcom and the two dudes are too busy fucking to actually do their jobs
Oh, they'll be fucking! Fucking us over....
Doogie Himmler.
Bush did the exact same thing. They even made fun of it in the movie In the Loop.
The minds of younger people are easy to manipulate.
A.J. Brown: Your first point there, the offence? I'm afraid I'm going to have to take it. Your second point, I'm 22, but item, it's my birthday in nine days, so... if it will make you feel more comfortable, we could wait
-In The Loop
That was a little esoteric of a quote. In the movie, the British whip, I guess, is coming over for a meeting about a war committee. The British government wonk is in his 50s. He shows up to the meeting with his US counterpart and it is played by a young actor.
Another line from the movie: You know they're all kids in Washington? It's like Bugsy Malone, but with real guns.
Ianucci has drunk from the waters of prophecy
The only good thing out of this is that I truly believe anyone can get into government.
Low key tempted to see if I can pull a Candence and be their niggress of the month so I can start leaking shit. If blowjob-bobert can get in there, why can't I?
21 yrs old graduated in 2024?
So he was held back like 3 times?
They are talking about 2 different people