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SKELOS CONVICTION TOSSED.  NYT.      “A federal appeals panel on Tuesday overturned the 2015 corruption convictions of Dean G. Skelos, once the powerful majority leader of the New York State Senate, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, toppling the final bookend of what had been historic, back-to-back convictions of two of Albany’s most entrenched […]

PAY TO PLAY SNAG.  CNBC.  “A senior BlackRock Inc executive made a donation to an unsuccessful U.S. presidential candidate last year, an action that may prohibit the world’s largest asset manager from collecting some fees from a state government, a company regulatory filing showed.” WHAT ADS SAID.  WP.  “The batch of more than 3,000 Russian-bought […]

GOOGLE RESISTANCE.  NYT.  “The politics for the companies in the United States began to change after the 2016 presidential election, when attention turned to the role social media sites play in shaping public opinion.” WHAT ABOUT RIDERS?  BNA.   “The spending package’s riders include a provision to lift or ease the IRS’s longstanding ban on […]