GOP retaliation, and a bad look for the Supreme Court

1 big thing

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

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Hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday on a resolution seeking to impeach President Biden. House Republicans voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif). And Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is defending his personal ties with billionaire hedge funder Paul Singer. It's the weekly politics State of Play. Plus, the sociocultural meaning of Barbie in 2023. Guests: Axios' David Lindsey and Jennifer Kingson Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Robin Linn, Fonda Mwangi, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: House GOP plans to bypass Biden impeachment vote House votes to censure Trump antagonist Adam Schiff Deconstructing Barbie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.0	Good morning, welcome to Axios today.
0:26.0	It's Friday, June 23rd.
0:28.0	I'm Nyla Boudou.
0:29.0	Today, deconstructing Barbie in 2023.
0:33.0	But first, GOP retaliation and a bad look for the Supreme Court.
0:37.0	Our weekly politics state of play is today's one big thing.
0:43.0	Yesterday, hard-right House Republicans who were eager to impeach President Biden forced a vote that sent the measure to congressional committees.
0:50.0	Axios' managing editor for politics, David Lindsay is here to talk about that and more.
0:55.0	David, what can you tell us about this brewing Biden impeachment push?
0:59.0	For some people, they probably not heard very much about this. What's behind this?
1:04.0	Well, this is basically campaign messaging disguised as impeachment.
1:08.0	They've been wanting to ring up Biden for something the conservative Republicans have.
1:13.0	There's a lot of Biden foreign business investigations going on.
1:18.0	Hasn't really led anywhere yet, so they're focusing on the border.
1:22.0	Historically, there haven't been impeachments based on policy differences.
1:26.0	It's based on conduct or breaking the law, things like that.
1:30.0	This is a policy difference.
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