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White House Wants Big Balls to Get Same Medal as Rosa Parks (www.thedailybeast.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/43965177

An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa.

Somehow the dumbest timeline just upped the ante

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

George Tenet got one for roping us into an illegal war in Iraq.

The PMoF is meaningless.

[–] Figlizard@thelemmy.club 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It is now

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

It has been for 20 years. At least.

This is not unprecedented.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Is this the same award that Kissinger received?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Yep. Ford gave him one.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Probably. I don't know offhand.

[–] Figlizard@thelemmy.club 3 points 21 hours ago

Not gonna say it hasn't been a parade of celebrity and yah yah bs, but, Jose' Andre's. I'm good with that.