And the Money Kept Rolling In
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English - December 04, 2018 17:46 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 644 ratingsNews Government military politics war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week Erin, Loren, and Radha read the G20 tea leaves, opine on continued chaos in Afghanistan, and remind you about all the White House mayhem from Saudi politics to a Moscow Trump Tower. Radha gets way too excited about USMCA (pronounced U-Smack-Ah) and all things trade before the ladies round some pop culture.
Keeping Up Foreign Relations
Afghanistan
Rahim Faiez, "At Least 40 People Killed in Deadly 24 Hours Across Afghanistan," TIME John Bacon, "3 American service members killed in Afghanistan roadside bombing," USA Today Jessica Purkiss and Abigail Fielding-Smith, "Uptick in U.S. Air Strikes on Buildings in Afghanistan Raises Questions," Just SecurityUkraine
Andrew Higgins, "Ukraine, on a War Footing, Looks Westward for Help," New York Times Andrew Osborn, "Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants," Reuters Alex Ward, "Russia just openly attacked Ukraine. That could mean their war will get worse." Vox
It's Aghast
G20
USMCA
Jen Kirby, "USMCA, the new trade deal between the US, Canada, and Mexico, explained," VoxWhite House Mayhem
Yemen
New START
Joe Gould, "US lawmakers tangle over nuclear arsenal, Russia treaties," Defense News
L'Affaire Russe
Border
Emily Kopp, "Immigration Experts: Tear Gas Has Been Used at the Border for Years, But Never on Children," Roll Call Government Shutdown Niv Elis, "Border wall bickering raises odds of shutdown," Hill Michael Collins, "Another government shutdown? Congress has a week to pass a spending bill to keep the lights on," USA TodayPop Culture
Orli Matlow, "Woman's fake viral pic with Michael B. Jordan turned into reality. Anything is possible!" Someecards Owen Gleiberman, "Film Review: 'The Favourite,'" Variety