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Veteran: Russia bounty story is such a betrayal on many levels

AM Joy

English - July 04, 2020 21:22 - 1 hour - 80.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
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THIS EPISODE: Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech and July 4th event have been decried by Native American activists, and were protested by members of the Native American community at the spectacle, some of whom were arrested. Sarah Manning of the NDN Collective joins Tiffany Cross in for Joy Reid to discuss this protest, and the history of the Native American land seized to create Mount Rushmore. AND: Trump’s reaction to reports that Russia placed bounties on American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan has been slammed by many critics. Dr. Dan Barkhuff of Veterans For Responsible Leadership joins Cross to discuss. PLUS: Donald Trump was briefed on the intelligence that Russia paid Taliban-linked actors to kill Americans in Afghanistan at least twice reporter on the story Rukmini Callimachi believes. Callimachi, correspondent for The New York Times, joins Tiffany to question the intelligence community's new memo on the topic. ALSO: Trump ‘allowed masks to become political’ renounced GOPer and former Republican congressman David Jolly tells Tiffany. NEXT: Arizona and other states with Republican leadership are seeing surges in COVID-19 cases, leading many to slam some GOP leaders as failing to properly combat the coronavirus pandemic. ADDITIONALLY: Trump not adequately addressing reports that Russia placed bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan is analyzed by Nayyera Haq, former White House and State Department senior director. FINALLY: Is the NFL doing enough in the wake of the George Floyd protests and other calls for greater social equality? Black sports journalists respond to the NFL announcing that the black national anthem will be played at some games, plus news that the name of the Washington team is being reconsidered. All this and more in this Saturday edition of AM JOY, with Tiffany Cross sitting in for Joy Reid.