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Early Entitlement Predicts Later Behavior
- Stephen Miller expressed anti-janitor entitlement in high school, foreshadowing his later rhetoric and policies.
- His early attitudes in Santa Monica reveal continuity between his youth and his White House behavior.
Plenary Slip Reveals Bigger Goal
- Miller's October 7 CNN appearance revealed a rhetorical slip when he used the term "plenary authority."
- That moment hinted at the administration's push toward unitary executive power described in Project 2025.
Unitary Executive As Explicit Aim
- Plenary authority ties directly to the unitary executive theory and Project 2025's aims.
- Saying it aloud exposed the administration's legal ambition to centralize power in the presidency.