bsmall2<p>A Hannah Arendt quote/meme comes to mind<br>> The question right now is whether the administration can get away with this sort of absurd gaslighting on an issue that ordinarily would be seen as being of the utmost importance. If they can tell boldfaced lies about this, they can get away with anything.<br> <a href="https://cepr.net/publications/five-alarm-fire-on-signal-gate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepr.net/publications/five-ala</span><span class="invisible">rm-fire-on-signal-gate/</span></a><br> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/DeanBaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeanBaker</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/BakerOnSignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BakerOnSignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>