CIA Files: Wherein Brandon helps us suss out the finer points of Russia's culture war shenanigans in America

<p>Brandon walks us through some of the misunderstood, overblown, and under-reported aspects of Russia's long-term efforts to sow derision and division among Americans. How involved was Russia with the NRA? Has the Kremlin been stirring up secessionist movements? And what's up with those crazy Russian dashcam videos? We don't really talk about that last question, but we're still curious.</p> <p>NRA Infiltrated</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-used-nra-to-help-trump-in-2016-says-senate-intelligence-committee?fbclid=IwAR0qMckztLmcsp7TzK0bmwVl5n3J_dSppQZwfsNp0mKd8ukEe7ykb8tHh74" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-used-nra-to-help-trump-in-2016-says-senate-intelligence-committee?fbclid=IwAR0qMckztLmcsp7TzK0bmwVl5n3J_dSppQZwfsNp0mKd8ukEe7ykb8tHh74</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/01/nra-russia-investigations-gun-lobby" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/01/nra-russia-investigations-gun-lobby</a></p> <p>Maria Butina</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina</a></p> <p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-sioux-falls-maria-butina-us-news-russia-bc8e1858b424ca5d5d6119a53facfcdd" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-sioux-falls-maria-butina-us-news-russia-bc8e1858b424ca5d5d6119a53facfcdd</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erickson_(activist)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erickson_(activist)</a></p> <p>CALEXIT infiltrated</p> <p><a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article264043131.html" target="_blank">https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article264043131.html</a></p> <p>Texas too (Troll Factory)</p> <p><a href="https