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Episode 7

Rachel Maddow, War with Iran, The Borg of

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow ( @Maddow ) joins Angry Americans and Paul Rieckhoff ( @PaulRieckhoff ) for a fascinating and intimate conversation like you’ve never heard.

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
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Why Paul says the closed primary system isn't broken. it's rigged, with parties acting as both players and referees

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How open, voter-driven primaries in California, Washington,. How open, voter-driven primaries in California, Washington, and Alaska point to a fairer playing field

03

Maine, Angus King, and why independents. not progressives — will decide the Collins–Platner Senate race

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The 'worst ceasefire ever'. forty percent of the Navy in the region and missiles still flying

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (@Maddow) joins Angry Americans and Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) for a fascinating and intimate conversation like you’ve never heard. Maddow talks candidly with her old friend Rieckhoff about America’s possible war with Iran, what it’s like interviewing the 2020 candidates, her unusual first car, her expertise in mixology, and whether or not she’ll ever run for elected office. She takes us inside her early days of radio at Air America, through her time as an AIDS activist and shares what really makes her happy. It’s a timely, candid and extended interview with one of the most important and most fascinating people in America.

Rieckhoff breaks down rising tensions with Iran, John Bolton’s agenda in the Middle East, and all the places in the world America is fighting wars that you might not know about. It’s the latest episode of the groundbreaking new political podcast that was recently featured in Variety Magazine and is making waves nationwide. Listen now and step inside an innovative and entertaining show that takes you behind the media and politics at the highest levels.

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