Yo yo, what's up, what's up, it's Marilla In No,

Hosa and welcome back to In The Thick.

Now, as you might remember, this podcast is hosted by me,

oh my god.

But now we have a rotating group of three fantastic co-host,

Paola Ramos, Judy Reyes, and my dear friend who is joining me today political scientist bird nerder and I. T co-host

Dr. Christina Greer. What's up, what's up, Chrisy?

Hello there.

Also today I am so happy.

We're joined by an ITT all-star guest, the editorial director at Mother Jones

Jamila King, Janila!

Hello, hello, it's great to be back.

So in this episode, dear listener, we're going to break down the ways in which Vice President

Kamala Harris is being portrayed in the media and what all of this tells us about our country's

understanding of race. So this is politics unfiltered and we're going to get into

it right now. We are having this conversation in the midst of an

unprecedented moment in political history in this country. To add to that, this past Sunday

while presidential candidate Donald Trump was golfing in West Palm Beach, Florida,

authorities reported that secret Service agents opened fire on a suspect

who was hiding in the bushes with a rifle aimed at the former president.

Now, this marks the second assassination attempt, I mean if this was an assassination

attempt of the 2024 presidential election, I'm just saying because facts are being gathered as we

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