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Bunker USA: How Washington, DC became the Hollywood of politics

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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The Politics of Political Gambling

Sean McElwee was a longtime lobbyist in Washington who never really made it work before Donald Trump. He flew himself to Washington and spent, you know, four days partying there because he felt like he could be part of this new administration somehow or have a piece of the action. Another character who I was fascinated by, and this speaks to my own backstory is this guy Robert Strik in his own terms. You know, he's sort of privatizing American diplomacy.

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