Donald Trump, the Democrats and the Illusion of American Greatness
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The Intercept
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🗓️ 12 September 2018
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Constitutional law professor Zephyr Teachout is running to be the New York Attorney General, and has vowed to put Trump and his organization in her legal sights if she wins. She talks about why she believes Trump may have violated the emoluments clause and her plan to undermine his potential pardons.
Socialist academic Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor talks about socialism, capitalism and what real resistance looks like in Trump’s America.
On the 17th anniversary of 9/11, the longest continuous U.S. war in history continues in Afghanistan. Rep. Barbara Lee tells the story of her historic lone vote against the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, and the harassment and death threats she received after her speech on September 14, 2001.
We speak with Nathan Robinson, the editor of Current Affairs magazine, and Intercept senior politics editor Briahna Joy Gray about the state of left politics, the midterm elections and the reappearance of Barack Obama.
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| 0:00.0 | A reading rain boy, a reading rain boy, a reading rain boy. |
| 0:07.0 | Fear. |
| 0:12.0 | Trump in the White House. |
| 0:14.1 | By Bob Woodward. |
| 0:16.1 | Chapter 1. |
| 0:18.0 | A meeting was finally arranged at Mueller's office. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm going to tell you about my conversation with the president of the United States on |
| 0:25.7 | the subject of testimony, Dowd said. |
| 0:28.0 | Well, Mueller said, I guess that's it. |
| 0:31.6 | And I'm telling you, Bob, the president really wanted to testify and answer a few questions. |
| 0:36.4 | He just made something up. |
| 0:37.8 | That's his nature. |
| 0:38.8 | People call it Britain. |
| 0:39.8 | They call it Great Britain. |
| 0:40.8 | They call it. |
| 0:41.8 | They used to call it England, different parts. |
| 0:44.4 | This is Horths' shit. |
| 0:46.1 | Dowd thought. |
| 0:47.1 | How did you come... |
| 0:48.1 | Come here. |
| 0:49.1 | You're not nervous, right? |
| 0:51.1 | Speak perfect English. |
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