Podcasts
IMPORTANT STUFF with Matt Lewis & Shoshana Weissmann #1
Aug 2, 2018
issues:
Cybersecurity Policy, Federal Government Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Governance, Judicial Governance
originally published in
IMPORTANT STUFF with Matt Lewis & Shoshana Weissmann
On the pilot episode of “IMPORTANT STUFF,” Matt and Shoshana discuss Brett Kavanaugh’s coming Supreme Court nomination fight, as well as Maria Butina, accused Russian spy/honeytrap.
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