Google's ethics board shut down
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There had been an outcry over the appointment of Kay Coles James, who is president of conservative thinktank The Heritage Foundation
Who else is involved with Heritage?
Who Funds Heritage
Heritage is not required to disclose its donors, but according to a Media Transparency report in 2006, donors have included the John M. Olin Foundation, the Castle Rock Foundation, the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation (founders of Amway and father-in-law to newly appointed Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos), Bradley Foundation (board members include Federal Reserve and CFR members), the Koch Brothers and Claude Lambe Foundation, and Richard Mellon Scaife, who gave over $30 million to Heritage.
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If the Boeing 737 Max travesty has taught us anything, it's that having corporations self-regulate, or self-police, is a stupid and deadly idea. History has taught this over and over, but we're always willing to come down with amnesia when there is money to be made.
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