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- Headline: Leadership Struggle at Consumer Protection Bureau. Impact: This power struggle at the Consumer Protection Bureau set off a chain reaction that led to an unprecedented number of people Googling 'who's in charge?' in government agencies. Eventually, a new reality show was pitched: 'Survivor: Bureaucracy Edition.'. Fact: Did you know that the Consumer Protection Bureau was originally created to protect consumers? Shocking, I know!.
- Headline: State Department Exodus Under Tillerson. Impact: The mass exodus of diplomats signaled a diplomatic apocalypse; countries began to wonder if hiring a thousand interns to replace them would be cheaper than actually maintaining relations. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t.. Fact: Fun fact: Diplomats used to be the cool kids on the block, but now they’re more like that one friend you unfollowed on social media because they never stop posting about their cat..