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Virginia Heffernan: The first round of the Trump impeachment hearings was goons versus diplomats

The current administration, it seems, has privatized statecraft in Ukraine. But don't worry, my anti-corporate friends: This high-stakes diplomacy isn't run by some monstrous global oligopoly like Ford Motor Company or even Facebook.

It's actually way, way worse than that.

Taking the wheel in Ukraine has been, no joke, the motley crew of that creepy little pop-and-pop, Fraud Guarantee. That's the dubious outfit - even if you let the name pass - run by a ridiculous couple of goony Soviet-born

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