"The Firings Will Continue Until Morale Improves" Edition

Rational Security

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News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

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🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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President Trump fires the country’s top election security official because he won’t go along with his lies about a stolen election. Promising news about coronavirus vaccines raises important questions about who should get it first, and where. And President Trump prepares to draw down troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:32.0	So Ben, knowing that you are not a lawyer, good news, apparently you too can argue cases in federal court in Pennsylvania, even if you're not a very good lawyer. I am as up to date on my bar fees, licensed fees, as Rudy Giuliani is.
0:38.0	Which is to say?
0:39.0	Which is to say, well, I owe none.
0:44.0	So I'm a little bit more up to date than Ruby is.
0:48.0	Because my non-payment is expected for a non-member.
0:54.1	I mean, look, the non-member of the bar part was pretty good.
0:57.4	I thought the real love point was whenever he told the judge
1:00.5	that he didn't know what he meant by strict scrutiny.
1:04.0	Yeah, it was really the Cherry.
1:07.0	I'm not a lawyer either, but even that.
1:10.0	How strict is your scrutiny?
1:13.0	The normal one.
1:14.0	Anyone can be anything, you guys.
1:16.6	You two can be an election lawyer, a COVID advisor, or the president of the United States.
1:25.0	I believe I can fly.
1:28.0	Hello and welcome to rational security. The firings will continue until
1:38.1	morale improves edition. I'm Shane Harris. We could have called this to
1:42.2	believe and you can achieve edition. I'm Shane Harris. We could have called this to Believe and You Can't Achieve Edition.
1:45.0	Like, you know, like a slogan that you would have seen like on like a poster in your high school guidance counselor's office.
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