UNLOCKED 287 - Killy Elliott feat. Jon Schwarz (2/7/19)

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🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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UNLOCKED Matt and Will discuss the life and career of Elliot Abrams, the newly appoints "special envoy" to Venezuela who may be the most evil person to ever serve in the US government, with The Intercept's Jon Schwarz Read Jonathan's piece here: https://theintercept.com/2019/01/30/elliott-abrams-venezuela-coup/

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0:00.0	Okay, hello friends, we're back again.
0:28.2	It's me and Matt with you here today.
0:30.2	Hey, but we have a special guest joining us today.
0:34.7	We've got Jonathan Schwar is from the intercept.
0:37.4	Jonathan, how's it going?
0:39.2	Well, it's great.
0:40.6	I'm so glad to be on one of the very few outlets in the United States that is willing to
0:46.2	tell the truth about Elliott Abrams.
0:48.6	Well, you're spoiling it.
0:51.7	We're talking about the life and times and career of one Elliott Abrams.
0:56.3	If you've been paying close attention to the news lately, you will have noticed that
1:02.2	Elliott Abrams has just been named by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as America's special
1:08.2	envoy for Venezuela.
1:10.8	And I would like to have it pointed out that I believe it was a week or two weeks before
1:15.8	this that on the show when we were talking about Venezuela right after they recognized
1:20.1	the opposition as the legitimate government.
1:22.7	I said, what are they going to get to be the point man, Elliott Abrams as a joke, as
1:29.2	one of those absurd things that wouldn't happen because it's too on the nose, psychotic
1:33.7	and depraved.
1:35.8	And then boom, they just went ahead and did it.
1:38.0	They just they just went and did it, John.
1:40.5	And here's the thing.
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