Donald Trump and the Counterrevolutionary War
The Intercept Briefing
The Intercept
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2018
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Columbia University professor Bernard Harcourt lays out the multi-decade history of paramilitarized politics in the U.S., how the tactics of the “War on Terror” have come back to American soil, and why no one talks about drone strikes anymore.
Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore talks about his recent visit from the FBI in connection to the pipe bomb packages and who he thinks should run against Trump in 2020.
Journalist and lawyer Josie Duffy Rice analyzes the battle over vote counts in Florida and Georgia, the Republican campaign to suppress black voters, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and why she isn’t protesting the firing of Jeff Sessions.
Jeremy Scahill explains why Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer need to go away.
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| 0:00.0 | The great American grizzly introducing the original Trumpi bear. |
| 0:11.0 | And what harms me is that in all the faces of all the bears, I discover no kinship. |
| 0:17.0 | CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. |
| 0:22.0 | No understanding, no mercy. |
| 0:25.0 | You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn't be working for CNN. |
| 0:30.0 | I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. |
| 0:33.0 | That's such a racist question. |
| 0:35.0 | Honestly, I mean, I know you have it written down and you're going to tell me, |
| 0:39.0 | let me say, that's a racist question. |
| 0:41.0 | This blank stare speaks only of a heart or an interest in food. |
| 0:46.0 | Where's the pizza? How good is the pizza? I've heard great things. |
| 0:50.0 | And all of a sudden this. |
| 0:52.0 | What a stupid question that is. |
| 0:54.0 | What a stupid question. |
| 0:56.0 | I want you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions. |
| 1:03.0 | Trumpi, the most fearless bear anywhere. |
| 1:20.0 | This is intercepted. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm Jeremy Skahill coming to you from the offices of the intercept in New York City. |
| 1:32.0 | And this is episode 74 of intercepted. |
| 1:35.0 | I really believe she deserves that position. |
| 1:37.0 | I also believe that Nancy Pelosi and I can work together and get a lot of things done. |
| 1:41.0 | Along with Mitch and everybody else that we have to work with, I think we'll get a lot done. |
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