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This week the Bombshell crew preps for the eclipse from opposite corners of the world to ask why we haven't all perished in the Fire and the Fury (alternate title for our next romance novel). Along with North Korea we talk India-China donnybrooks, military 'options' in Venezuela, and are somehow not overwhelmed by all the mayhem emanating from the White House. We go once more with feeling in Afghanistan, ask what Bannon's departure will mean for foreign policy, and debate the Chiefs subtweets on Charlottesville. Loren heads off to Porto, Radha chases the totality, and Erin enjoys the second order effects of good cocktails.

Reading:

• Robert Windrem and Corky Siemaszko, \u201dNorth Korea Crisis: How Events Have Unfolded Under Trump,\u201d NBC
• Robert Kelly, \u201cAttacking North Korea Would Be a War of Choice,\u201d National Interest
• Robert A. Manning and James Przystup, \u201cStop the South China Sea Charade,\u201d Foreign Policy
• Nicola Smith, \u201cIndia-China border brawl: Superpowers throw stones at each other as tensions heighten,\u201d The Telegraph
• Ben Westcott, \u201cIndian video mocks Xi Jinping after Chinese state media posts 'racist' clip,\u201d CNN
• Declan Walsh, Raphael Minder, Eric Schmitt and Rukmini Callimachi, \u201cSpain, a Leader in Foiling Attacks, Falls Victim to One Anyway,\u201d New York Times
• Dan Deluce,\xa0\u201cInside Trumps' Tortured Search for a Winning Afghanistan Strategy,\u201d Foreign Policy
• Andrew Exum,\xa0\u201cWhy the Military Chiefs are Condemning White Supremacy,\u201d The Atlantic
• Terrence McCoy, \u201cThe road to hate: For six young men, Charlottesville is only the beginning,\u201d The Washington Post
• Alan Sepinwall, \u201c\u2018Halt And Catch Fire\u2019 Takes Another Leap In Its Final Season Premiere,\u201d Uproxx

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