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https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/ike-perlmutter-bruce-moskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va<\/a><\/p>\n

How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administration\u2019s veterans policies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/ike-perlmutter-bruce-moskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administration\u2019s veterans policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,352,369,379],"class_list":["post-1787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-corruption","tag-the-mar-a-lago-crowd","tag-trump","tag-va","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1342,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/23\/tahrir-square-crowd-rejoins-revolution-as\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787,"position":0},"title":"Tahrir Square crowd rejoins revolution as protesters turn out en masse","author":"aslam","date":"November 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties Egypt is thrown into fresh turmoil as hundreds of thousands of protesters reject the military rulers\u2019 promises of reform\u2026Via guardian.co.uk","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":82,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2016\/12\/13\/trump-homeland-security-adviser-helped-contractors\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787,"position":1},"title":"Trump Homeland Security Adviser Helped Contractors Profit Off Harsh Deportation Policies","author":"aslam","date":"December 13, 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Another bad program started by Bush and retained by Obama is set to go into overdrive under Trump.Trump Homeland Security Adviser Helped Contractors Profit Off Harsh Deportation Policies","rel":"","context":"In \"Bush\"","block_context":{"text":"Bush","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/tag\/bush\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2018\/05\/11\/trump-is-a-horse-in-a-hospital-from-rich-porter-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787,"position":2},"title":"Trump is a horse in\u2026","author":"aslam","date":"May 11, 2018","format":"video","excerpt":"Trump is a horse in a hospital from Rich Porter on Vimeo.(Source: https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/)","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":67,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2017\/03\/19\/ministry-of-trump-facts-information-from\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787,"position":3},"title":"Ministry of Trump Facts &\u2026","author":"aslam","date":"March 19, 2017","format":"video","excerpt":"Ministry of Trump Facts & Information from MarkFiore on Vimeo.Keep an eye on my work behind-the-scenes here: patreon.com\/markfiore Everything is coming up Russia these days. 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