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Sheldon Adelson’s Influence

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4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to Justin Elliott, a reporter at Pro Publica, about his new report on Sheldon Adelson, his donations to Donald Trump, and the influence he’s gained within the administration. Follow Trumpcast on Twitter: @realtrumpcast Podcast production by A.C. Valdez and Shirley Chan. Further Reading: Trump’s Patron-in-Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast, I'm Virginia Heffernan. Today we're talking about a major player in the

0:05.5

worldwide crime spree that goes by the name of the Republican Party. It's Sheldon Adelson,

0:11.2

Casino Sion in the tradition of murdering Bugsie Siegel, but in plain sight and with 35 billion

0:17.5

smackarews. Adelson is an ally to Benjamin Netanyahu and his sworn foe of the Palestinians,

0:23.6

and of course he's also a major donor to Donald Trump. Justin Elliott at ProPublica has a big

0:31.6

piece out on Adelson and how he's used Trump to expand his empire and advance his ideology.

0:37.6

This is one of those eye-popping stories that ProPublica has been doggedly telling

0:42.2

and Justin is among the best at getting the stories that would horrify and infuriate us to

0:47.6

apoplexy if we weren't already apoplectic from everything else. It's going to be a great show,

0:55.0

but ha, this is just a teaser of today's episode. We've made about every fourth episode of Trumpcast

1:02.7

exclusive to Slate Plus listeners. So to get every show in full and you know you want them,

1:09.2

sign up for Slate Plus at Slate.com slash Trumpcast Plus.

1:14.4

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1:21.3

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1:33.8

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1:37.7

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Subscription required 18 plus Trump's a conditions apply.

1:48.4

Justin is a reporter with ProPublica and his latest piece is titled Trump's Patron in Chief

1:54.1

Sheldon Adelson. He's joining me in the Slate studio today. Welcome Justin.

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