Russian bounties with Rep Adam Schiff

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Politics, News

4.8 • 25.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Explosive reports that the Russia military has been paying Taliban-linked militants to kill US forces in Afghanistan. Tommy and Ben try to figure out why Russia would do this and how the US should respond. China ends Hong Kong’s independence. The LGBT community is under attack in Chechnya. Social media platforms crack down on hate speech. A new strain of pig flu worries scientists. A reexamination of Belgium’s racist, colonial history. Congress tries to weaken encryption. The humanitarian situation in Yemen worsens, and progressive Democrats call out Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Then Congressman Adam Schiff joins to discuss reports of Russian bounties against US troops and the politicization of the US intelligence community.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Pottape the world I'm Tom and VTore.
0:13.0	I'm Ben Rhodes.
0:14.0	Ben, we got a really excellent timely show today.
0:18.7	Our guest is the House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schifft.
0:22.6	He is on to talk about these explosive reports that Russia has been paying Taliban-linked
0:27.4	militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan.
0:32.1	Always great to talk to him.
0:33.7	One of the most effective members of Congress in the institution and someone who knows
0:38.2	more about this than probably anyone else in the House right now.
0:42.2	We're also going to talk about dramatic updates from Hong Kong that may crush the protest
0:46.3	movement that has inspired so many of us over the last few years and any hope of democracy
0:50.7	there.
0:51.7	We're going to talk about social media companies finally taking some steps to eliminate
0:55.4	hate speech.
0:56.4	We'll talk about gay rights in Chechnya.
0:58.5	Attacks on encryption here in the US.
1:01.6	We're going to revisit some dark history in Belgium.
1:04.3	Talk about the situation in Yemen and much much more.
1:08.0	But before that, if you people have not listened to wind of change yet, you are only hurting
1:14.3	yourselves.
1:15.3	The final episode is out on all platforms.
1:18.0	It has been called one of the best podcasts of the year.
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