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Trump paused his raft of reciprocal tariffs for 90 days earlier in the day, leaving in place massive duties on Chinese imports over a purported "lack of respect."

The purported goal is to give parents more flexibility over their students’ education and enable working-class families to attend non-public schools.

“The removal was carried out in good faith based on the existence of a final order of removal and Abrego-Garcia’s purported membership in MS-13.”

Leaving aside that in 2023, 23andMe disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.9 million customers, there’s obviously no guarantee that any potential buyer will share its purported commitment to privacy.

The problem with this logic, though, is that all these purported benefits were seemingly already in place.