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It is March and the lovely EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "turn".

Oh no! The USA clown President Trump (egged on by his buffoonish adviser Elon Musk) needs to appoint cabinet members and agency heads! He certainly doesn't want to choose based on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, because that's liberal code for excluding failsons such as himself. Instead, he will choose based on merit. But, to fit the theme of this puzzle, he must give the meaning of merit a 180-degree turn.

For each dunderhead listed below, choose a job for them based on their qualifications. Write the four-letter job code in the blanks. You can see we already wrote ECON in for Kevin Hassett. When you're done, the circled letters should spell out another word for "turn".

EO N   :
Kevin Hassett
He coauthored Dow 36,000, a book which predicted a 4x rise in the stock market (a year before the market fell 37%). In early 2020, he predicted coronavirus deaths would be near-zero by May and thus encouraged the administration to re-open the economy.
_ _◯_   :
Linda McMahon
When vetted for the Connecticut Board of Education, she lied about having a bachelor's degree in education.
_◯_ _   :
Sean Duffy
His understanding of climate change could explain his later elimination of electric vehicle incentives: "If you say the climate's changing, is it coming from CO2 or is it coming from the sun?" (Must have been a strong contender for head of NOAA, but that job went to the Sharpiegate guy, so find another job.)
◯_ _ _   :
Pete Hegseth
Encouraged Trump to pardon soldiers convicted of war crimes.
_ _ _◯   :
Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Spread anti-vaccine misinformation and disinformation.
_◯_ _   :
Billy Long
During his time representing Southwest Missouri in Congress, he pursued legislation to abolish the Internal Revenue Service.

Job codes (and full titles)

DEFE : Secretary of Defense

ECON : Director of the National Economic Council

EDUC : Secretary of Educaction

HEAL : Secretary of Health and Human Services

REVE : Commisioner of Internal Revenue

TRAN : Secretary of Transportation

Hints:

Solution, rot-13'd:

Xriva Unffrgg        : rPba
Yvaqn ZpZnuba        : rqHp
Frna Qhssl           : gEna
Crgr Urtfrgu         : Qrsr
Eboreg S Xraarql We. : urnY
Ovyyl Ybat           : eRir

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