#59: The Power of the Swamp
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2017
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump promised early on to “drain the swamp,” but what is the swamp actually like? What kind of power do lobbyists have, and who is actually a part of those backroom conversations? Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion on the secret power of Washington DC with Jimmy Williams, former lobbyist and host of the political podcast, DecodeDC.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of In Thethake is brought to you by 1,800 Flowers. |
| 0:03.4 | Have we passed immigration reform? No. Have we passed criminal justice reform? No. |
| 0:08.4 | In the end, the people who end up making those decisions. |
| 0:12.1 | Well, that would be the white guys. |
| 0:13.6 | Hey welcome to In the Thick, this is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC |
| 0:21.6 | perspective. I'm Maria Inu Hosa and I'm Julio Riccales. race and |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Maria Inu Hosa and I'm Julio Ricaldo Barela. And oh my God in the thick on the road. |
| 0:28.0 | So with me right here in Washington DC is Jimmy Williams. |
| 0:31.0 | He's a former lobbyist who's worked on both sides of the aisle |
| 0:34.8 | and he's a host of my new favorite political podcast, Deco D.C. Welcome to In the Thick Jimmy. |
| 0:41.1 | So glad to be here. We're going to start with Fox News. |
| 0:44.0 | What are we going to choose from the panoply of the insanity of last week? |
| 0:48.0 | Fox News, totally aware of the fact that Bill O'Reilly had settled five sexual harassment lawsuits |
| 0:55.4 | for a total of 13 million dollars. Finally, Fox News dismissed O'Reilly, arguably |
| 1:02.0 | the cable news personality with the biggest reach in the country. |
| 1:06.0 | The no-spin zone is no more. |
| 1:09.0 | Bill O'Reilly, the controversial face of Fox News for 21 years, was fired today by the network he helped put on the map. |
| 1:17.0 | And now, this week, another lawsuit against the company, not about sexual harassment but race. |
| 1:23.0 | New York magazine is reporting that several black employees of Fox News |
| 1:27.2 | are planning to join onto a racial discrimination lawsuit that's already been |
| 1:31.5 | filed by two employees. |
| 1:33.6 | So Jimmy, do you think this might lead to a real shift at Fox News? |
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