Episode 31 explores the humanitarian crisis that is Afghanistan and the politicians and grifting influencers who are using it to fan the flames of hate and conspiracy thinking, ignoring and even revising history, for their deranged agendas while leaving the Afghan people on the sidelines.

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SHOW NOTES:

Elections Official Accused of Helping Leak Data to QAnon Leader https://www.vice.com/en/article/88nbza/elections-official-accused-of-helping-leak-data-to-qanon-leader

Mike Lindell Is Hiding an Alleged Election Data Leaker Under FBI Probe https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyvjwa/mike-lindell-is-hiding-an-alleged-election-data-leaker-as-fbi-open-investigation

RNC quietly deletes webpage touting Trump's call for U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan https://www.salon.com/2021/08/16/rnc-quietly-deletes-webpage-touting-trumps-call-for-us-troops-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan/

How the Taliban Overran the Afghan Army, Built by the U.S. Over 20 Years https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghanistan-army-collapse-taliban-11628958253

Trump officials scramble for distance from his Taliban deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/19/trump-officials-scramble-distance-his-taliban-deal/

Biden administration embroiled in internal blame-shifting amid Afghanistan chaos https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/politics/biden-afghanistan-blame-shifting/index.html

Internal State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse https://www.wsj.com/articles/confidential-state-department-cable-in-july-warned-of-afghanistans-collapse-11629406993

Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/us/politics/afghanistan-biden-administration.html

Thousands of Afghans and Iraqis are under threat for helping Americans. Now they hope Biden will help them settle in the U.S. (2020) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-refugees-visas/2020/12/30/572c00fc-3e4f-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html

How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother and a U.S. Contractor Secure a Lucrative Mineral Processing Permit https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/how-afghanistans-president-helped-his-brother-secure-lucrative-mining-deals-with-a-us-contractor

With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/world/asia/cia-delivers-cash-to-afghan-leaders-office.html

The Afghanistan Papers https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/