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Julia Curlee and Errin Haines: Cowards Are Running This Country

Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 14m

Summary

Tim Miller urges listeners to contact Senator Katie Britt to release detained Venezuelan asylum seekers who followed self-deportation orders. He then interviews Erin Haynes on Democratic primary results, the impact of the *Milligan* decision, and key races in the South. Finally, Miller speaks with former intelligence official Julia Curley about her firing from the CIA after a transphobic witch hunt in the second Trump administration.

Topics discussed

M&M's Popped Caramel commercial Host plea: Help Venezuelan family Ed Griani Intro: Julia Curley interview and show preview Florida primary results and DSA vs. moderates Democratic prospects in the South and voting rights Ad: AVEN home equity loans Jon Ossoff's coalition and South Carolina Senate race Scott Jennings crying on CNN over Ossoff Ad: Americans United for separation of church and state South Carolina GOP primary and Nancy LaCorte AOC, 'woke' discourse, and media representation Mississippi/Kansas races and Ad: Venmo debit card Julia Curley: Trans CIA officer's resignation Curley explains White House intelligence briefing role Ad: ChatGPT Work Curley's experience briefing Mike Pence The smear campaign and purge of trans officials Curley's legacy and correcting the record Outro and Ad: Shell app
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