Trump’s torched credibility on Iran

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Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

First, Tommy and Ben talk about the rapidly escalating tensions with Iran, some good news for the protestors in Hong Kong, Mohamed Morsi's death in Egypt, a new Secretary of Defense, a trade war update, why Facebook is still being used for incitement, a 2020 update about Mayor Pete and Tulsi Gabbard, and whether Snapchat filters are the future of government press conferences. Then Avril Haines joins to discuss what it was like going from NSC lawyer to Deputy CIA Director and the legal basis (or lack thereof) for war with Iran.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Potsade of the World.
0:12.7	This is Tommy Beethor.
0:13.7	Thank you guys for tuning in as always.
0:16.0	Ben and I just wrapped a packed show about a whole bunch of news that's happening in the
0:21.2	world.
0:22.2	There are rapidly escalating tensions with Iran that we are covering closely.
0:26.8	There are some good news after the massive protests in Hong Kong, some sad and weird updates
0:31.2	that have egypted, a major leadership change at the Department of Defense, quick trade
0:36.1	war update, why Facebook is still being used in some places for incitement.
0:41.0	Then we did a quick 2020 update talking about some policies and comments made by Mayor Pete
0:45.9	and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and then finally why Snapchat filters may be the future of
0:51.4	government press conferences.
0:53.0	Our guest today is a real hains, she's our former colleague, she's joined to talk about
0:57.6	what it's like transitioning from being a lawyer on the National Security Council to
1:02.4	going to be deputy director of the CIA and then she helped us understand the legal case
1:08.4	or lack thereof for a war with Iran.
1:12.1	So a lot going on in the world today but before we get to the news, two quick things.
1:16.2	One, please subscribe to this land.
1:18.1	It's fantastic show.
1:19.1	The third episode is out and it gets better and better and better.
1:21.7	Two, there's new Potsay the World merch live on store.cricket.com.
1:26.6	We got t-shirts, tank tops for some reason, mugs, a pop socket, all the things you know
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