Putin Is Hacking America on Trump's Watch

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🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The midterm elections are in serious danger of being hacked. Why has the White House and its GOP allies in Congress done so little to combat the threat? On this week's episode, reporters Pema Levy and AJ Vicens discuss their new investigation into the escalating danger Russia poses to the 2018 elections. Also on the show, MoJo DC bureau chief David Corn breaks down the biggest misconception about Robert Mueller's endgame.

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0:00.0	This is the Mother Jones podcast.
0:02.0	I'm Jamila King in New York.
0:04.0	Today on the show,
0:08.0	today on the show, in action, confusion, contradiction.
0:17.0	Trump says one thing.
0:18.5	It's a witch hunt, that's all it is.
0:20.3	Foney witch hunt.
0:21.3	It's like a witch hunt.
0:22.1	This witch hunt. Witch hunt, it's a This witch hunt.
0:23.0	Witch hunt.
0:24.0	It's a total witch hunt.
0:25.0	I've been saying it for a long time.
0:26.4	His intelligence officials say the exact opposite.
0:29.4	We continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by Russia.
0:34.0	Today on the show, America is getting hacked again.
0:37.2	Everyone is basically freaked out.
0:39.0	And the midterm elections are in serious danger.
0:41.5	The Russians are back. Honestly, the nightmare scenario. are in
0:43.0	honestly the nightmare scenario.
0:45.0	Why is the White House and its GOP allies in Congress
0:48.0	done so little to combat the threat?
0:50.0	They can get into our registration databases.
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