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		potato3732842 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government ... >I and that’s enough to illicit the backlash we’re seeing. Gee, it's almost like we're re-learning what the origin of the phrase "even the appearance of impropriety" is.

TimorousBestie 1 day ago [–]

Unfortunately, it’s trivial these days to gin up the appearance of impropriety even where there is none.

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