0:00 Intro
6:21 Post-elections
16:21 Independent
25:47 Social media
32:20 Jamil Al Sayyed
41:02 Charbel Nahas
1:02:56 Curiosity in politics
1:08:29 Syria in the background
1:16:52 2000
1:24:53 2005
1:28:56 July 2006
1:38:11 May 2008
1:41:13 2019
1:48:45 The last chapter
2:02:02 Q&A
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61. James Rubin: Working for Biden, American intervention, and the fight against Russian disinformation
“You took me to one side and said be very, very careful of these people, these neo-cons. Because they’re going to use this to do all sorts of stuff that you shouldn’t be involved in.”
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