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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Thursday, January 21st. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

Two years ago, the city of Flint, Michigan, began getting its water from the Flint River.

There were immediate reports of contamination, but authorities weren't really seriously called to account until now.

This past weekend, President Obama declared a state of emergency in the city. He was in Detroit

on Wednesday. If I was a parent up there, I would be beside myself that my kids' health

could be at risk. It is a reminder of why you can't shortchange basic services that we provide to our people

and that we together provide as a government to make sure that public health and safety is preserved.

Evan Osniz joins me to discuss the politics of the disaster.

So, Evan, people and businesses, for that matter, in Flint, have been complaining about the river water from the beginning.

A GM plant noticed that it was corroding car parts. And that's just one example.

Why was this considered an acceptable water source? And why was the governor, Rick Snyder,

so reluctant to do anything about it? His slogan, as I hear, is relentless positive action.

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