The Bluest Eye

The great Meg Guliford joins Erin and Radha for this week's episode of Bombshell, while Loren enjoys a much deserved vacay. The ladies take a tour of world hotspots with a discussion of North Korean missile tests, the Kashmir crack down, and ongoing protests in Hong Kong. Radha schools us all on currency manipulation before we turn to Director of National Intelligence drama. The show wouldn't be complete without an exploration of domestic terrorism and white supremacist violence — alongside a heartfelt celebration of Toni Morrison   Links Meg Guliford North Korea Dagyum Ji, "Kim Jong Un Guided Test-Fire of New "Superior Tactical" Weapon on Saturday: KCNA," NK News, August 11, 2019 Josh Smith, David Brunnstrom, "US Still Hopes for Talk After Latest North Korean Missile Tests," Reuters, August 12, 2019 Kashmir Sameer Yasir, Susasini Raj, and Jeffrey Gettleman,"Inside Sashmir, Cut Off from the World: A Living Hell of Anger and Fear," New York Times, August 10, 2019 Atul Singh and Manu Sharma, "What Lies Behind India's Bold Bet on Kashmir?" Fair Observer, August 10, 2019 Ashan I. Butt, "India Just Pulled Jammu and Kashmir's Autonomy. Here's Why That is a Big Deal for This Contested Region," Washington Post, August 7, 2019 Hong Kong Alice Fung and Yanan Wang, "Tear Gas Fired in Hong Kong With No End In Sight to Protests," AP News, August 11, 2019 Michael C. Davis and Victoria Tin-bor Hui, "In Hong Kong, What Happens Now That Beijing Has Called the Protests a 'Color Revolution?" Washington Post, August 10, 2019 "Hong Kong Protests: Key Dates as Peaceful Rallies Against Extradition Bill Turn to Violent Clashes," Channel News Asia, August 8, 2019 Andrew Thomas, "What's the Economic Cost of Hong Kong Protests?" Aljazeera, August 7, 2019  Ho-Fung Hung, Thomas Kellogg, Antony Dapiran, and Victoria Tin-Bor Hui, "Will Hong Kong Unravel?" China File, August 7, 2019 DNI Zachary Cohen, "Top Intel Official Interrupted Meeting to Urge His Deputy to Resign," CNN, August 9, 2019 Alison Durkee, " John Ratcliffe Is Already Out As Trump's DNI Pick," Vanity Fair, August 2, 2019 Amy Zegart, "The Next Director of National Intelligence: A Thankless Job is Getting Even Harder," Foreign Affairs, August 9, 2019 Terrorism Brian Pascus, "What is "Domestic Terrorism" and What Can the Law Do About It," CBS News, August 10, 2019 Charlie Savage, "What Could a Domestic Terrorism Law Do?" New York Times, August 7, 2019 Trade Scott Lanman and Enda Curran, "Why the US Labeled China a Currency Manipulator," Washington Post, August 7, 2019 Doug Palmer, "New IMF Report Doesn't Back Trump's Currency Manipulation Charge Against China," Politico, August 9, 2019 Paul Krugman, "China Tries to Teach Trump Economics," New York Times, August 9, 2019 Shawn Donnan and Jenny Leonard, "Trump Still Has Plenty of Ways to Escalate His China Trade War," Bloomberg, August 9, 2019 Pop Culture Yohana Desta, "Yes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is Really Writing for the New Veronica Mars," Vanity Fair, September 26, 2018