How crib bumpers have paralyzed a U.S. consumer regulation agency

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🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Michael Scherer with a look into how Mike Bloomberg’s wealth could influence the 2020 race. Todd Frankel reports on an agency struggling with an internal dispute over crib bumpers. And Alex Horton on a powerful weapon’s role in the impeachment inquiry.

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0:00.0	Hi there, this is Jeff Edgers.
0:02.0	Fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones had lined a free concert that ended in chaos, violence,
0:07.0	and death.
0:08.0	It was called Altamont.
0:10.0	I spent the last eight months reporting on it to try to understand what it meant and
0:14.0	why everything went so wrong.
0:16.0	I talked to everybody I could, from Keith Richards to the guy who built the three-foot stage.
0:21.0	You can listen to the story now on the All-Told podcast, get it at WashingtonPost.com slash
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0:31.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:35.0	Hi, this is Vanessa Williams from The Washington Post.
0:39.0	Hey, it's Philip Rutger at The Washington Post. Do you have a minute?
0:43.0	Hi, this is Dan Zack.
0:45.0	This is Post Reports. I'm Martine Powers.
0:49.0	It's Monday, November 25th.
0:54.0	Today, Michael Bloomberg is the latest Democrat to run for presidents.
0:58.0	Why regulators can't keep a dangerous product off the market?
1:02.0	And Javilan's and Yucryyne.
1:07.0	Mike Bloomberg started as a middle-class kid
1:10.0	who had to work his way through college and build a business from a single room to a
1:15.0	home.
1:16.0	Over the weekend, Michael Bloomberg announced that he was going to run for president after months
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