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As a freshman, Khanna asked the Defense Department’s inspector general to look into Transdigm, a defense contractor with a monopoly over spare parts.

Erik Prince now offers a complete mercenary supply chain: anything from military hardware to social media manipulation in partnership with Project Veritas.

Mark Kelly has taken a “no corporate PAC money” pledge in his run for Senate in Arizona, but has given dozens of speeches to corporate clients.

Keith Humphrey was brought in to reform a department riven by race. His opponents accused him of bias and sexual improprieties.

SKDKnickerbocker is running communications for NSO Group, an Israeli company known for selling surveillance technology to authoritarian governments.

Ryan Grim guest hosts this week’s Intercepted and is joined by The Intercept’s James Risen, Murtaza Hussain, and more.

At a Palm Springs fundraiser, Buttigieg said former Vice President Joe Biden is polling ahead among black voters in South Carolina because of “familiarity.”

Ro Khanna warned the Pentagon two years ago that it was being ripped off by a monopolistic supplier. Turns out he was right.

The Obama administration initially dithered while for-profit colleges preyed on students, but eventually it cracked down on the sector. Not Betsy DeVos.

The weaknesses in the federal government’s ability to produce vaccines fast enough to avert a crisis have been evident for more than a decade.