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Think government of, by, and for the people really is just that, despite the predatory threats that stalk it. Unfortunately, the mood didnt last. So help me, every now and then, as the cameras panned upward to that great dome towering above the ceremony, i was reminded of something the good feeling of the moment could not erase. Its the journalists curse to have a good time spoiled by the reality beyond the pageantry. In particular on this crisp january day, i thought about the latest revelation of the skullduggery that often goes on in the shadows below that dome. Just a couple of days before the inaugural festivities, the New York Times published some superb investigative reporting by the team of eric lipton and kevin sack, and their revelations kept running through my mind. The story told us of a pharmaceutical giant, amgen, and three senators so close to it they might be entries on its balance sheet. Republican minority leader mitch mcconnell, Senate Finance Committee Chair max bau
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Company i want to get the taxpayers their money back. And this is a half a billion dollars, more than that. It is vintage crony capitalism at the Eleventh Hour. They literally accomplished in the back room with their access to important people, what they could everyhave accomplished on the floor of the house or on the floor of the senate. And every inch of our freedom, including our reproductive freedom, has been hard won, and there has been a backlash, and were in a very big backlash now. And its so problematic, and i think this election told us a story that we are not going to put up with that. Announcer funding is provided by Carnegie Corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. The kohlberg foundation. Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of criti
The kohlberg foundation. Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Like just about everyone else, i enjoy a good show, and the inauguration of a president is one of those spectacles of democracy that can make us remember were part of Something Big a