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I agree. One does not "throw the kitchen sink". I think the author is conflating it with the "throw the book" idiom.

They combined them. Throwing the kitchen sink means you're literally using everything you have, since you're even going to throw the sink too. Combine this with the "throwing the book at them" idiom, and you arrive at "throwing the kitchen sink".

> Throwing the kitchen sink means you're literally using everything you have

If that is true, the article is still misusing the expression because congress is in no way using everything that they have to regulate big tech.

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