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

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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 8 points 1 day ago

It has been for 20 years. At least.

This is not unprecedented.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is this the same award that Kissinger received?

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Yep. Ford gave him one.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Probably. I don't know offhand.

[-] Figlizard@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day 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.

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