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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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