The Preamble

The Preamble

Pay to Play?

Big donors are lining up for jobs in Washington.

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Sharon McMahon
Dec 03, 2024
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In the waning days of the campaign, the richest man in the world poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s campaign. It was an attempt to help him win the state of Pennsylvania, which political prognosticators predicted could be the state that decided the election.

In the end, Trump didn’t need Pennsylvania to beat Kamala Harris, but Elo…

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