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A presidential document dated August 20 and filed for Federal Register publication on August 26 is another reminder that the administration is governing through a stream of militarized and highly unusual paperwork. The substance matters, but so does the signal: this White House keeps normalizing emergency-style language and process.
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A presidential document dated August 20 and filed for Federal Register publication on August 26 is another reminder that the administration is governing through a stream of militarized and highly unusual paperwork. The substance matters, but so does the signal: this White House keeps normalizing emergency-style language and process.
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