ITT Sound Off: Fire in the Belly

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Maria and Julio talk through the latest with the upcoming midterm elections, including the heated Senate debates in Georgia and Florida, and the record-breaking early voter turnout in Georgia this week. They also discuss the newly released body-cam footage of voter fraud arrests in Florida, and unpack recent polling about the decline in democracy.

ITT Staff Picks:

With three weeks left before the midterm elections, Lisa Lerer breaks down the “state of the races for the House and Senate,” in this article for The New York Times.
Mark Follman writes about research showing a troubling number of Americans believe violence is justified in order to “stop voter fraud” and advance other political objectives, in this article for Mother Jones.
Jeet Heer writes that strong messaging on issues like reproductive freedom has “kept the Democrats competitive—but they have not been sufficient to close the deal. To win over the crucial body of wavering voters, an economic message is necessary,” for The Nation.

Photo credit: Thomas Cordy/The Palm Beach Post via AP, Pool

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0:00.0	Hey dear listener, a quick favor.
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0:23.8	Hola ITT familia, what's up, what's up, what's up?
0:35.9	So listen, sometimes on Friday mornings we record the show super early.
0:40.5	We just do it and sometimes news breaks.
0:44.2	So we have some breaking news and we wanted to get it to you before you hear the show
0:48.6	that we recorded.
0:50.2	So on Friday morning, a U.S. federal judge Carl Nichols sent in Steve Bannon, a former
0:55.4	White House adviser under former president Trump, to four months in prison along with a $6,500
1:01.2	fine for contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House
1:06.2	Committee investigating the January 6 attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol.
1:11.2	Bannon's attorney said that they're going to file a notice of appeal.
1:14.6	I'm just going to underscore what he was sentenced to.
1:19.2	Four months along with a $6,500 fine for contempt of Congress.
1:23.8	Okay.
1:24.8	The judge said that Bannon does not have to serve any time until the appeal of his conviction
1:30.8	plays out in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.
1:34.3	The January 6 committee also announced on Friday afternoon that they have officially sent
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