44. Susan Rice. Reactions to Kobe Bryant’s Death, The Grammy Awards and Mike Pompeo. Race in the Military. The Truth Behind Casualties in the Middle East. Tough Love For America. The Most Political Super Bowl Ever. Lizzo, Prince and P Funk.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 133 minutes

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In this groundbreaking episode, you’ll hear a side of Ambassador Susan Rice that you’ve likely never heard before. This is Rice uncensored, frank and with the gloves completely off. She candidly shares her thoughts on the recent attacks on US troops in Iraq and the Trump impeachment, but also on the Grammy Awards, the death of Kobe Bryant, her first car, her favorite drink and what music makes her dance. Rice lays out the single greatest threat facing America and shares what it was like to grow up as the daughter of an Army Air Force Officer who served with the legendary Tuskegee Airmen in a segregated military with restaurants that served German prisoners of war but not black soldiers like him. She opens up about what it taught her about leadership, about tenacity and about race in America. She also talks about if she’ll run for the US Senate in Maine and whether she’ll endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary. Recorded before a live audience in New York with independence, experience and wit, host Paul Rieckhoff leads a fascinating and unique conversation with the former United Nations Ambassador, National Security Advisor and bestselling author of Tough Love. Rieckhoff also breaks down the politics of the Grammy Awards and the Super Bowl, the latest evolution of the scandal around Traumatic Brain Injuries in Iraq, and why Joe Rogan’s praise for Bernie Sanders has liberals going nuts. And in the wake of the Kobe and Gianna Bryant tragedy, we focus on the inspiring work of After School All-Stars. Check them out and be a helper in whatever way you can. This episode Angry Americans takes you behind the highest stakes of foreign policy, politics and global military conflict. Download the podcast that has been featured by Variety, CNN, The New York Times, Vice and has recently topped the News and Politics podcast charts in America. Join the Angry Americans community for upcoming event tickets and free behind-the-scenes video with guests like Susan Rice, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Bradley Whitford, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tulsi Gabbard, Rachel Maddow, Samantha Bee and more. Get details on upcoming live events in NYC and Los Angeles with Meghan McCain and Henry Rollins. Angry Americans is connecting, uniting and empowering independent people nationwide. It’s changing the podcasting landscape. And powered by Righteous Media. Watch the Conversation: https://youtu.be/Q0nToM_VEuk

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0:00.0	Welcome to Angry Americans.
0:16.6	Welcome to episode 44.
0:19.7	I'm your host, Paul Reikoff.
0:22.3	It's the episode after the Grammys.
0:25.6	The episode after I went to Monster Jam.
0:28.4	The episode after another week of the impeachment trial.
0:32.4	And the episode before the Super Bowl.
0:35.2	And the episode before the Iowa caucus.
0:38.7	There's a lot happening in America right now.
0:41.0	And in this episode, we've got an inspiring 2020 soundtrack to take you through all of it.
0:46.8	And the title of this song, as always, if you're not angry, you're not paying attention.
0:52.3	Every public official that I know believes that his
0:55.6	election is in the public interest. And mostly you're right. Your election is in the public
1:02.4	interest. And if a president does something, which he believes will help him get elected in the
1:10.2	public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro
1:15.5	quo that results in impeachment. What? That's Trump's attorney Alan Dershowitz, who's like the most
1:25.5	obnoxious professor you ever had or ever saw on TV.
1:29.0	He said, if a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the
1:32.8	public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.
1:38.8	But wait, there's more. He went on to argue that abuse of power is not an impeachable offense because he believes
1:46.4	it's not a crime. So he argues that a crime is required for impeachment. So since it's not a
1:52.9	crime, it's not impeachable. That's what he said. That's the argument Dershowitz is making. That's the
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