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Podcast: Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Episode: The War on Terror with Spencer Ackerman
Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman joins to discuss catalysts for the War on Terror, inflection points, recent developments in Kabul, and the role of U.S. hegemony in continued global combat. Ackerman also talks about his new book, “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump,” which tells the story of how the weaponized bigotry that fueled the war on terror after 9/11 created the conditions for Trumpism and increased threats to American democracy. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and
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