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		actionfromafar 20 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sens... But bringing in the mob sector? Is that new?

throw0101d 13 hours ago | [–]

> But bringing in the mob sector? Is that new?

No. But getting rid of cronyism/nepotism did happen at one point:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service_reform_in_the_Un...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system

rsynnott 20 hours ago | | [–]

Not entirely, though under rather different circumstances: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Underworld

asciii 20 hours ago | [–]

We let the word PayPal Mafia get to their head

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