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This is a popular and admirably patriotic idea, but to my mind a mostly misguided one.

Forcing the government shutdown was a classic Schumer gambit—flashy and misguided.

Google slammed the "misguided" probe as "without merit", defending the search platform's policies as necessary to protect users from spam.

For people like Trinidad Rodriguez, who sells food on Manta's streets, the idea is misguided.

It’s a high-tech version of the Jones Act—misguided protectionism that doesn’t enhance national security.