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Sirens: A Bombshell production

Makes We Wonder Why I Even Bring the Thunder

Sirens: A Bombshell production

Bombshell

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8719 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Bombshell returns in 2019 with a new set of Bombshell questions and a guest, Dana Stroul, to give our best shot at explaining US-Syria policy. Secretary Pompeo has finished a whirlwind tour (while his staff are unpaid) trying to do the same, and at least one of the parties to potential US-North Korea summit seems to be doing its homework (guess which). The team digs deep into the longest government shutdown in history and considers just what kind of emergency it would be if Trump used national emergency powers to build a wall. Plus, lots of pop culture for the new year. Syria Policy Robbie Gramer, "Mike Pompeo Is Flying Solo in the Middle East," Foreign Policy Keeping up Foreign Relations North Korea Jon Herskovitz and Youkyung Lee, "North Korea's Nuclear Program Quietly Advances, Pressuring Trump," Bloomberg It's Aghast Brexit "Theresa May Facing Crunch Vote on Her Brexit Deal," BBC China Marilyn Haigh, "US Trade Representative's Office Will Have Only About 30% of Its Staff Due to the Shutdown As China Talks Approach March Deadline," CNBC "China's Annual Trade Surplus With U.S. Hits Record Despite Trump's Tariff Offensive," Wall Street Journal White House Mayhem Shutdown Javier Zarracina and Li Zhou, "The Astonishing Effects of the Shutdown, In 8 Charts," Vox "Everything You Need to Know About the Government Shutdown," Washington Post National Emergency Elizabeth Goitein, "What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency," Atlantic Quinta Jurecic, "Everyone Calm Down About That Declaration of National Emergency," Lawfare

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0:00.0

Welcome to Bomchelle. I'm Erin Simpson.

0:11.6

I'm Lauren Nyang Shulman.

0:13.4

And I'm Rada Aigar.

0:14.6

And we are all in the same place today, which is awesome.

0:17.9

And we're also drinking an excellent bottle of Vuv which Rada bought for me some time ago

0:23.5

and we're now drinking altogether. It came with its own Vuv Kuzi. It really did and I kept it.

0:30.3

I'll be honest, but I don't, I should have used it today. It didn't even occur to me. I just

0:33.8

wrapped it in a towel and put it in my bag and got on the metro. Who needs a Vuv-Cozy for that long? Like, don't she just drink it? Everyone needs a Voov-Coosie.

0:41.1

But don't she just... You know what I'm gonna leave on.

0:42.8

Replacement bottles. Back-up bottles. There are a be my birthday. Yay. So we're all celebrating in the

0:56.8

real spirit of the day by. Aaron is a Capricorn. I really am. We have an excellent guest with us

1:05.1

here today. We have the wonderful Dana Struill with us here today, who is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute

1:12.0

for Near East Policy, newly from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and also former colleague

1:17.9

of Rada and I in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of Policy. So, Dana, welcome.

1:23.2

We're so happy to have you here. Thank you so much for having me. We have, and this is very exciting for us all,

1:29.4

a brand new set of bombshell questions. The first of which is what do you follow like a sport

1:35.6

that is not a sport? So I have to admit, I only acknowledge this to a select few colleagues before today.

1:42.9

So now the secret is going to be out. I, at least

1:45.9

once a day for my mental health break from the national security news, which is ever depressing,

1:51.8

check entertainment news. And I have noticed over the past year that my entertainment news is

1:57.0

focusing very much on royalty news. Oh, so you follow the royals like sports, royals.

2:03.9

Just like sports. Which is also a sports team. Exactly. Is there really a fight between Kate and

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