The story seems designed to repel your attention, like the wrong end of a magnet; the story is, at the same time, exactly what this election ought to be about. It is a perfectly formed artifact of conservative misrule, a little gem of market-based merde.
It seems that, over the years, an obscure Federal agency called the Minerals Management Service--a public agency, remember, that supposedly serves you and me--grew quite chummy with the private businesses it dealt with. Specifically, these...
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