Whoa.

FYI: https://www.dictionary.com/e/politics/1488/

Via religious studies professor Sam Brody:

having their executive order to combat antisemitism be order number "14188" is the kind of thing they do to make us look crazy for pointing it out.

@GottaLaff Are they daring people to indulge in conspiracy theories? I was verifying EO number and accidentally learned the ASCII code "88" translates to "X." ???

@rgbenderkc @GottaLaff The dictionary.com piece doesn't get into WHY it's a white-supremacist trope, but this one does:

https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/1488

1488

1488: 14 words and the 8th letter of the alphabet. Combined this creates a powerful symbol for white supremacists. Find out the true meaning of these numbers.

ADL