If you have to use selection bias just to conjure up interest, I'd say there's no fire amongst all that smoke. I read through 7 of those and while some of them were mildly interesting when they hit the news cycle, they're certainly not now. Grist for America's identity politics rumor mill, but certainly not remarkable in any other sense.

A financial institution hand-choosing Presidential administration employees is underwhelming to you.

Okay.

I skimmed through the list to find it but I couldn't find anything like you were describing. What I did find, was "Spirit Cooking". That's not selection bias, that's out and out making shit up.

It's not. Keep reading.