Indonesian Tsunami, Violence Against Women, and Yet More Kavanaugh (with Abigail Spanberger)

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🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A tsunami has killed more than 800 people in Indonesia. The Violence Against Women Act is set to expire, and the FBI is investigating the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. We discuss all of those things and also share our wonderful conversation with Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operative who is now running to represent the Virginia 7th in Congress. Recommended Resources: Indonesian Tsunami Violence Against Women Act Explained Violence Against Women Act Expiration March for Black Women The Kavanaugh Nomination Continues: Jeff Flake Explains Himself FBI Investigation Into Brett Kavanaugh Lindsey Graham Wants to Investigate Democrats The Hearings Were Never About Truth Abigail Spanberger: Abigail Spanberger for Congress Democratic House candidate Abigail Spanberger suffers the kind of election year smear John McCain would recognize This Democrat Is Running as the Tough Guy We are so thankful to our wonderful patrons who support the show. If you'd like to join the ranks of our faithful supports and get access to bonus content, visit our Patreon page. Our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), comes out in February! But - you can preorder it now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Asunami has killed more than 800 people in Indonesia.
0:03.3	The violence against women act is set to expire, and the FBI is investigating the allegations
0:07.6	against Brett Kavanaugh.
0:09.0	We discuss another intense news cycle and talk with Abigail Spanberger, former CIA operative
0:14.6	running for Congress in Virginia.
0:17.1	This is Sarah from the left, and Beth from the right.
0:19.8	You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.
0:21.5	No shouting, no insults, plenty of nuance.
0:30.0	Welcome to another episode of Pantsuit Politics.
0:37.9	Thank you for joining us.
0:38.9	We've got a lot to talk about, so we're just going to dive in.
0:41.3	Over the weekend, Asunami and Indonesia killed more than 800 people.
0:46.0	This actually happened on Friday.
0:47.2	A series of earthquakes was followed by an earthquake that was a 7.5 magnitude and then an 18-foot
0:54.4	wave tsunami that was so devastating.
0:58.0	It caused a hotel to collapse.
0:59.9	That's the image that most stayed with me from the coverage that I read because I feel
1:03.7	like we're even Kentucky.
1:05.6	It's hard to understand what Asunami really means.
1:08.3	But picturing a wave collapsing a hotel, that helps me put my mind there.
1:15.3	It is expected that that death toll is going to rise significantly as they start the cleanup.
1:20.2	Effort here.
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