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Countdown with Keith Olbermann

EPISODE 21: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN 8.29.22

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News, Sports

4.74.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

GRAHAM THREATENS RIOTS IF TRUMP IS PROSECUTED

A BLOCK: SPECIAL COMMENT (1:47) Senator Lindsay Graham (R-NC) has actually gone on television and threatened the peace and security of this nation with "riots in the streets" if Trump is prosecuted for mishandling classified documents (3:03) He must resign, be expelled, or censured (4:10) If you get your "riots in the streets, Senator, who has the law on their side, and the National Guard? These insurrectionists never stop to think their acts of violence would not be crushed (5:35) It's being done to try to blackmail the Department of Justice into letting Trump escape though he has compromised the "Human Intelligence Control System" and risked the lives of countless American agents and sources around the world (6:20) and must be prosecuted under 18 USC Code 794, the Espionage Act. (7:20) CIA notified all its stations last September of high number of agents and sources being "captured or killed" (8:26) This is not the first timeline suggestive of Trump jeopardizing American lives. 2019 Trump/Putin/List of Spies timeline detailed. (9:26) Trump/Putin/Helsinki 2018 timeline, plus the nearly simultaneous FBI tweet about the Rosenbergs, detailed. (10:50) 2017 MBS/Jared Kushner/Saudi round-up timeline detailed. (11:26) History of US traitor/Russian Spy Robert Hanssen and his 15 consecutive life sentences (12:10) History of US traitor/Russian Spy Aldrich Ames and his life sentence without the possibility of parole (12:30) DOD employee who without malice mishandled classified documents got three months (13:07) DNI Haynes warns Congress of damage to National Security and analysis she is referring to saving lives of agents/sources whose identities have been compromised (13:57) Mar-a-Lago affidavit by itself virtually convicts Trump of Obstruction and Attempt to Conceal Classified Documents (14:30) "Anna de Rothschild" cons her way into Mar-a-Lago to play golf with Trump - and Lindsay Graham (14:24) "Special Master" filing may backfire on Trump (17:37) If you get the riots you want, Senator, make sure you're near the front where we can all see you.

B BLOCK: EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY (20:26) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS (21:51) Biden approval, new "Covid Shot," Doug Mastriano in Confederate Uniform, Marsha Blackburn and "The Taiwans," anti-abortion leader charged with soliciting sex from minors, Ron Johnson says people in Wisconsin thinks he's a "tool of Putin." (25:03) IN SPORTS: No I didn't buy it; Adidas doesn't believe Fernando Tatis Jr; new MLB 2023 schedule underscores how baseball killed The World Series by killing the independence of the two Leagues. (33:43) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Junior Trump, Kim Crockett, Marco Rubio vie for honors.

C BLOCK: THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL (38:00) How James Gandolfini influenced the conception and the writing of the first "Special Comment" 16 years ago, and the horrible night I knew of Gandolfini's passing before it was announced. And I apologize: I discovered too late I misidentified Lorraine Bracco as "Elaine."

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0:00.0

Where were you in 92 bouncing your butt to Sir Mixla?

0:03.9

Wondering if you like Billy Ray Cyrus could pull off a moment?

0:06.7

Now I had as a podcast all about it.

0:09.0

I'm Jason Longfie and on my new show Where Were You in 92,

0:11.6

we take a ride through the major hits,

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one hit wonders and shocking scandals

0:14.7

that shaped the wildest 12 months in music history.

0:16.9

You know, the president came after me,

0:18.9

everybody time-warner was madness.

0:21.5

Music was magic and I had completely burned that to the ground.

0:25.8

I realized I'm the forbidden fruit.

0:28.6

So listen and follow Where Were You in 92 on the IHR Radio app,

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0:35.9

Hey, I'm Joel Stein.

0:37.5

I want you to close your eyes and imagine a pocket watch.

0:41.1

It's moving from side to side.

0:43.6

You're getting very sleepy.

0:47.0

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0:49.1

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0:51.4

like so much.

0:53.5

You're gonna listen to a podcast where the host

0:55.6

interviews a writer about their long-form story every week.

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