End Of Summer Update

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🗓️ 5 September 2019

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As the summer winds down, we're taking a look at the latest developments in two of our recent series. What's the story behind #MoscowMitch? And why have Kentucky coal miners been camped out on a set of train tracks for more than a month?

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is Embedded from NPR.
0:04.5	And we're back today for an end-of-summer update.
0:08.7	What we're doing is looking back at a couple of recent episodes we've done
0:13.3	and telling you what has happened with those stories since.
0:18.1	To start, there's this hashtag that's been going around.
0:21.3	You might have seen it.
0:22.8	Hashtag Moscow Mitch.
0:25.8	The headline of a Washington Post-Outfit labeled Mitch McConnell a Russian asset.
0:30.2	Senator Mitch McConnell recently disparages Moscow Mitch.
0:33.6	Moscow Mitch.
0:34.8	Moscow Mitch.
0:35.8	Moscow Mitch.
0:37.6	It's all about the subject of our latest episode, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
0:42.5	But the meaning behind the Hashtag is kind of complicated.
0:45.6	So we thought we would look into it.
0:48.0	This is another one of those ridiculously unfair ways to summarize a complex
0:54.3	individual in just two words, but it happens that it resonates with recent and memorable history.
1:02.0	Turns out it has a lot to do with an aluminum plant, a dinner one night in Switzerland,
1:08.2	and a critical vote in the US Senate.
1:11.8	A story that seems to have gotten under Mitch McConnell's skin.
1:16.0	I'm proud of my record.
1:17.6	I'm proud that it's right there in black and white.
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