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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 11/12/2024
We have entered the AI companies advertising 'Stop Hiring Humans' phase. #UnionsForAll
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I’m going to start writing Boiling Frog Skeets: BFS #1: It is not normal for a President to fire an FBI Director who hasn’t done anything wrong #BoilingFrogSkeets
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I've reached a dire conclusion: The commercial news industry is incapable of fulfilling its constitutional duties presswatchers.org/2024/12/the-...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 11/12/2024
There are secret Justice Department documents covering rules related to presidential emergency powers, and presidents have relied on them for decades. Biden should make them public before leaving office.
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Biden’s Last Moves
Here’s what the president can do to cement his legacy.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
NBC News: “Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools, hospitals.” www.nbcnews.com/investigatio... We tried to warn that Project 2025 called for ending this long-standing policy americasvoice.org/blog/armed-a...
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Armed Agents Storming Churches, Schools, and Hospitals: The Potential Devastation of Project 2025’s ICE Raids - America's Voice
Tucked into the immigration priorities of the Heritage Foundation’s radical Project 2025 plan is a provision that, despite its two-sentence brevity, would have devastating consequences by allowing Ste...
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Lisa Gilbert @lisa-pubcitizen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Lisa Gilbert Sharing my new op-ed with my @Public_Citizen co-president @Rob_Weissman: Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE—A Cocktail of Corruption, Illegality, and Harm | Opinion www.newsweek.com/musk-ramaswa...
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Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE—A Cocktail of Corruption | Opinion
The ideas they are discussing would hamstring government agencies from protecting Americans against wrongdoing corporations, hurt regular people, and transfer massive amounts of wealth to the super ri...
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WilliamHaugh @williamhaugh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Not sure the public gets how dangerous the capricious deregulation of environmental & safety protections is gonna be…
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 10/12/2024
JUST POSTED: The line dividing Trump family business interests & DJT's power is gone. Eric Trump in Abu Dhabi today celebrates his dad's move to unleash crypto, as the family helps launch (& profit) from a new crypto investment. With Ismaeel Naar/Yaffe-Bellany www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/u...
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Eric Trump Promises the ‘Most Pro-Crypto President’ in History (Gift Article)
Speaking at a Middle East conference, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s son said his family had embraced cryptocurrency because some banks stopped doing business with them after Jan. 6.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Another REASON to contact your 3 members of Congress. For me and my disability community, Telehealth has been a LIFESAVER, improved quality of life, saving me time & energy from traveling to/from doctors appointment for follow-up results and other non-essential visits. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
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Telehealth Will Die In 3 Weeks Without Congressional Action
Urgent action is needed to pass the Telehealth Modernization Act before it expires, ending telemedicine on Dec. 31. This would be devastating for disabled and rural patients.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11/12/2024
On Friday, JD Vance asked the Supreme Court to overrule another precedent and make it even easier for the wealthy to dominate the political process I explained the case in @ballsandstrikes.org ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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JD Vance to Supreme Court: Please Make It Easier For Rich People to Buy Elections
A new cert petition asks the justices to further pare back what few limits remain on the influence of money in politics.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
ANYONE IN VAL HOYLE'S DISTRICT SHOULD CALL! THIS WOULD BE A DISASTER! SHE IS A DEMOCRAT.
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Nurses For America @nursesforamerica.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Making another push to get as many nurses/nursing allies to sign this statement explaining why Nurses for America opposes the nomination of RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary. #nursesky #medsky
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 11/12/2024
End pregnancy criminalization! Hospitals reported women for positive drug tests after giving them drugs for childbirth: medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. #lawsky www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/p...
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Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?
Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
new republican day one priority: making it harder and more expensive to file your taxes
NEW: Reps. Adrian Smith and Chuck Edwards wrote Trump a letter today urging him to terminate the IRS’s new free tax filing service, otherwise known as Direct File, on “day one” through an executive order. 

It’s co-signed by 27 House Republicans. 

https://adriansmith.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/adriansmith.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20to%20President-Elect%20Trump%20re%20IRS%20Direct%20File%20-%20Version%20%232%20-%2012-10-2024%20%40%2005-22%20PM.pdf
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
ANYONE IN THESE DISTRICTS, YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT TO JOIN THE DOGE CAUCUS IN THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO: CALL THEM AND TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT!!!!! 202-224-3121
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11/12/2024
It looks like bullying works. A frenzy of activity from the most determined MAGA acolytes appears to have moved the dial for some Republican senators who voiced their concerns about confirming television host Pete Hegseth to be the next secretary of defense. newrepublic.com/post/189248/...
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Trump’s Garbage Defense Pick May Get Approved After All
Pete Hegseth appears to have turned his floundering nomination around.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Republicans are coming for your Social Security benefits Bet the House on it Utah Senator Mike Lee before the election: “I am aware of NO REPUBLICAN..who has suggested any modification of Social Security” Mike Lee now: Social Security is “a Ponzi scheme” So Are you ready to fight?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/12/2024
Elon Musk makes billions from government contracts that taxpayers pay for, but wants to cut taxpayers’ Social Security and Medicare because it’s government waste. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/12/2024
In a series of secret offline memos and meetings, the justices toiled away over how they would formulate their code of ethics, and—crucially—whether it could actually be enforced. newrepublic.com/post/188974/...
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Stunning Memo Exposes Which SCOTUS Justices Want to Keep Being Crooks
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas weren’t alone in opposing an ethics code.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 07/12/2024
"I think a lot of people fear, you will lose quality of care, because now you’re switching over veteran care to the private sector, the private sector has an incentive to make money… health insurance makes money by denying care. Is that what we want?”
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'Massively disrespectful': Hegseth buried by veterans for plans to cut VA benefits
One of the primary targets for Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth is reportedly healthcare benefits for veterans provided by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA). But that plan is proving co...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
This should be making members of Congress really uncomfortable. Can Trump's followers invade the Capitol whenever they think there is insufficient loyalty to Trump? Do Senators & Reps really want to trade their personal safety for this? www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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Judges push back as Trump’s return sparks defiance from Jan. 6 defendants
In multiple sentencings Friday, judges saw firsthand how attentively some Jan. 6 perpetrators heed their reprimands. (Which is to say, not at all.)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/12/2024
In a clip uncovered by MeidasTouch, Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, suggested women share the blame for HIV exposure when a sexually promiscuous partner hides his diagnosis.
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Pete Hegseth Suggested Women Share Blame for HIV Exposure When Sexually Promisicous Partner Hides Diagnosis
Trump's Defense nominee: "Did these woman really think they were going to get a clean bill of health dealing with Charlie Sheen at this point?"
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Richard Reisman @rreisman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
AI systems must be composed of interoperating agents that faithfully serve their users & negotiate a broader alignment at both individual & community levels. The question is “whom does it serve?” In @techpolicypress.bsky.social w/ @richardswhitt.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/new-perspect...
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New Perspectives on AI Agentiality and Democracy: "Whom Does It Serve?" | TechPolicy.Press
Richard Reismand and Richard Whitt write that interoperability will enable agential relationships that serve individuals and communities faithfully.
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
“This is an enormous heist. They’re just backing the truck up to the government in front of all of us. A massive bailout to the crypto world,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the GOP crypto bill.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Maxwell Frost is correct. DOGE is a fucking joke. It's two rich dudes, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, cosplaying as government officials. 😳👇
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Robert Cooper @robertcooper-us.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
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Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
"Nazism/white supremacism has been mainstreamed to a degree that many people may not quite realize. This stuff isn’t just buried on obscure message boards. It’s just out there. And the social stigma about interacting with it is shrinking by the day." www.thebulwark.com/p/doxxing-na...
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Doxxing Nazis Is Good, Actually
In praise of social stigma.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
yeremi colino, a teenager stabbed to death in NYC last night by a group of men after he told them he didn’t speak english, deserves as much attention as the healthcare CEO, if not more. let’s give it to him. www.amny.com/new-york/man...
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
My thoughts on the insanity we’re witnessing: a shadow president, an unelected billionaire, working to dismantle our institutions with a fake, non-governmental agency, all while the media treats Musk's actions as if they’re perfectly normal.
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Elon Musk: Shadow President of the United States (But Sure, Totally Normal, Right?)
In the wake of the 2024 election, two unelected billionaires, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, have plans to reshape the United States government.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/12/2024
KEEP TULSI GABBARD FAR AWAY FROM NATIONAL SECURITY ‼️ NEW: Nearly 100 former national security officials slammed Trump’s pick of Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence. The letter, obtained by NBC News, urged senators to “carefully evaluate” whether Gabbard is fit for the role.
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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Set aside going to war on his own employees with really dumb tech, this is a terrible business strategy. Where is this is going to enhance readership or revenue??. What’s most revealing about billionaires owning papers is they don’t know how to run a news business at all www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/m...
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LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘bias meter’ on news stories, sparking newsroom backlash | CNN Business
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who blocked the newspaper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and plans to overhaul its editorial board, says he will implement an artificial intelligence-power...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Rand Paul: I'm for looking at the entitlements, the waste, everything because it's such an enormous problem that if you put military off the table, you put entitlements off the table, all you have left is 16% of the budget. If you eliminate that, you don't get anywhere close..
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
New pod: @amandamarcotte.bsky.social brilliantly argues that Trump is actively trying to create a cabinet that will empower misogyny and toxic masculinity. Tommy Tuberville said the quiet part out loud when he insisted Rs shouldn't vet Trump's picks at all. Listen: newrepublic.com/article/1890...
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MAGA Dimwit Tommy Tuberville Blurts Out Awkward Truth About Trump, GOP
As Senator Tuberville reveals too much about the GOP’s handling of Pete Hegseth, a shrewd observer of MAGA explains how Trump’s effort to build a cabinet of misogynists is backfiring.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
"Hours after ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced a partnership with weapons developer Anduril on Wednesday, some employees raised ethical concerns about the prospect of artificial intelligence technology they helped develop being put to military use." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI employees question the ethics of military deal with startup Anduril
Some employees of AI developer OpenAI expressed discomfort with a deal with a defense startup.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Donald Trump tells NBC News' Kristen Welker that Pete Hegseth is a tremendous guy that he knows from Fox News. JFC.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
You should call your member of Congress and ask if they support this plan for "hundreds of billions" of cuts. If they tell you please contact me at TPM and let me know.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Rep. Joe Kennedy's powerful testimony on 12/10/19 on our health care system where patients can't access care & beg strangers via crowdsourcing. He asked me, "Mr. Morley, how many MORE people have to tell your story(chronic illness)?" I fought back tears. You can never shut me up & I got choked up.😢
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 06/12/2024
~42 percent of hospitals, and ~52 percent of rural hospitals, no longer have a maternity ward www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...
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Most Rural Hospitals Have Closed Their Maternity Wards, Study Finds (Gift Article)
Labor and delivery units are losing money and struggling to find staff, in rural areas and large cities alike.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 06/12/2024
By threatening to hold back some of the money Congress tells him to spend, Trump is setting up a major challenge to the separation of powers in Washington. What you need to know
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Trump Vows to ‘Impound’ Money Congress Appropriates. Can He Do It?
President-elect Donald Trump says he has plenty of ways to shrink the federal government: get rid of the Department of Education; empower two wealthy allies to start an unofficial Department of Govern...
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Tokyo Sand @dhstokyo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Hegseth has been clear he thinks the U.S. should commit war crimes. He’s urged Trump to bomb cultural sites—a clear war crime—and 'rewrite the rules' of war to be 'advantageous to us'. And then to protect those folks, he wants Trump to pardon war criminals. We can’t let him be Defense Secretary.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/12/2024
"It is good news" -- now that Trump won, Fox Business is no longer trying to spin the latest good jobs report as bad to hurt Biden. Truly the end of an era.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/12/2024
UnitedHealthcare has been accused of using algorithms to deny treatments and refusing coverage of nursing care to stroke patients. UnitedHealthcare and its parent company now face a class-action lawsuit over its use of the algorithm.
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‘Delay, Deny, Defend’: United Has Faced Scrutiny Over Denying Claims
The company has been accused of using algorithms to deny treatments and refusing coverage of nursing care to stroke patients.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Government is about this thing called the "public interest." There is no such animal in the private sector.
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The Enduring Myth That Government Should Be Run Like a Business
The election of Donald Trump should remind us — again — of the vast difference between managing a company and running a government.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/12/2024
After being utterly denuded by the first Trump administration, the EPA has finally built itself back up & resumed doing serious enforcement of the law -- just in time for the second Trump administration to denude it again. apnews.com/article/epa-...
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EPA hails 'revitalized' enforcement efforts as Biden administration heads to exit
The Environmental Protection Agency says it concluded more than 1,850 civil cases this year, a 3.4% increase over 2023, and charged 121 criminal defendants, a 17.6% increase over the previous year.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
With additional funding, the IRS has cracked down on wealthy tax evaders, improved customer service, and launched a free tax filing program. Who did Trump pick to lead the agency? A former House rep who sponsored legislation to dismantle it. Hello?
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Trump Pick to Lead IRS Signals 'Open Season for Tax Cheats' | Common Dreams
Trump's pick to lead the IRS, Billy Long, lacks experience and has a history of pushing to dismantle the agency. This appointment could lead to longer wait times, a more complicated tax process, and…
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Cat Zakrzewski @cqzakrz.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
NEW: A month after securing the White House with populist promises to working class voters, Trump is stacking his administration with billionaires and ultra-wealthy business leaders. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump has assembled an uber-wealthy Cabinet, raising risks of ethics conflicts
President-elect Trump is stacking his cabinet with billionaires and centi-millionaires, whose financial entanglements pose conflict of interest challenges.
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