318: A World In The Shadows with Shane Harris

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

James and Al pay tribute to legendary journalist Dan Balz, examine the state of the country, analyze Trump’s performance so far, and announce the top vote-getter for the title of the most dangerous member of the administration. Do you think you know who it is? Then, they welcome Shane Harris of The Atlantic to discuss the battle between Trump and the intelligence community. They look at the validity of the Steele Dossier, his multiple impeachments, and game out what comes next. They also review the political impact of 47’s failure to release the Epstein files, and break down the effects that it has on the MAGA base.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt. This week, our guest is the National Security Writer and Intelligence Writer for the Atlantic magazine Shane Harris.
0:22.8	Then later in the show, now listen carefully, we're going to be announcing the winner of our
0:28.5	poll on who is the most dangerous, who is the worst member of the Trump appointees.
0:34.5	You guys have responded tremendously, and we're going to tell you the winner very shortly,
0:39.3	so stay tuned. Remember, we love taking your questions, so write to politicsworm at
0:44.1	email.com or for next week's show, and we'll get to as many as we can, but please don't forget
0:49.8	to tell us where you're from. You can also get text updates about what's next for Politicon and
0:55.3	Politics World Room by signing up at Politicon.com. Tell your friends about us and remind them to
1:01.3	subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. And please check out the
1:07.9	links to our sponsors, Miracle Made, Trust and Will, and Faye Nutrition
1:12.9	in our show notes. We thank you for supporting these sponsors because it really helps make this
1:17.7	podcast happen. James, we are witnessing the most delicious saga of poetic justice that I might have ever seen.
1:28.6	Few have spread lives and conspiracies more than Donald Trump and company.
1:32.6	The birther lie about Barack Obama, that the Russian interference in the 16 election
1:37.6	was to help Hillary Clinton, the stolen 2020 election.
1:41.8	Now, the January 6th riot was a peaceful protest. Now the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy
1:47.9	is coming to bite him. Epstein, the sexual predator and supplier of young girls, died by suicide
1:54.7	six years ago, but MAGA, J.D. Vance, FBI, head, Cash Patel, and Dom Pagina. They have been spreading the story that he supposedly
2:04.2	had a list of prominent, undoubtedly establishment Democrats involved in this underage sex capade.
2:12.1	Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, even said a few months ago, she had that list on on her desk we couldn't wait to get it out
2:19.8	then james what happened this past week bondy said she really had nothing that epstein on his own
2:27.8	committed suicide when trump was president so maga has gone wild released the the list. What are Bondi and Trump hiding?
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