Lost Trillions, Optimism, and Closing on Weiner

• 56:25There are a lot of people in the government who are great, and Tim defends government workers and the post office against blanket vilification.
• 57:01People working in government know they could make more money in the private sector, and many got rich off the Iraq War, Afghanistan, and Syria.
• 58:02Tim's guest says he's an optimist and believes the country's future could be fixed if the media improved, people cared about elected officials, and honest candidates were protected.
• 58:48The real problem is a communication breakdown—people don't know who's on the ballot or what ballot measures are, even for political journalists.
• 59:34Family of Secrets digs into post-Cold War America, covering the CIA, FBI, Richard Nixon, and George H.W. Bush based on five years of interviews and door-knocking.
• 1:00:12An eight-thousand-word piece documents connections between Donald Trump and Russia, described as real investigative journalism.
• 1:00:37Research suggests Anthony Weiner was deliberately targeted to access emails on his computer so the FBI could find Hillary Clinton evidence and swing the election.
• 1:01:06Tim met Weiner once at the Hamptons and pegged him as a self-absorbed douchebag, but notes that his personal failings are separate from how he was used for political purposes.

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