ITT Sound Off: Havoc on Our Democracy

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🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Maria and guest co-host Christina Greer, political scientist, professor at Fordham University and co-host of the FAQ NYC podcast, talk about the latest on the House Committee’s January 6 hearings. They also discuss new details on the law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting in Uvalde. Plus, Maria shares her thoughts on the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

ITT Staff Picks:

For The 19th, reporter Shefali Luthra explains how the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will impact abortion rights around the country.
Witnesses at the January 6th hearings are testifying about what it’s like to be targeted by Trump’s machine of hate-mongering and harassment, writes Evan Osnos for The New Yorker.
“Now, after a long procession of funerals, the collective grief here is turning into collective rage,” write Silvia Foster-Frau and Teo Armus in this piece on a group of mothers and activists in Uvalde, for The Washington Post

Photo credit: AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe

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0:00.0	Hey dear listener, a quick favor.
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0:22.9	Gracias.
0:23.9	Hey ITT fam, it's Maria, listen, I know I sound a little bit weird, like I'm in a tube
0:46.7	or something.
0:47.7	It's because I'm recording from my hotel room.
0:50.4	As this morning, we recorded a beautiful show for you, our weekly sound off, and then
0:57.2	Rovey Wade was overturned while I was on a train on an Amtrak coming down from New York
1:03.3	to Washington D.C.
1:05.9	I'm with my daughter who is accompanying me as I get ready to be in front of the American
1:11.1	Library Association event here on Saturday morning, and my 24 year old daughter is filled
1:16.7	with so much rage.
1:20.5	And I'm trying to process this, you know, those of you who know me know that my life would
1:25.1	not be the same, had I not had access to not one, but to abortions.
1:31.7	So look, we're trying to process, it is officially known as the decision on the case of DOBS
1:39.4	versus Jackson Women's Health Organization.
1:43.5	It effectively overturns decades of precedent established by Rovey Wade.
1:49.0	Now we've been expecting this day, of course, as we know right now, there are going to
1:53.4	be states that will be banning abortion, Missouri has already done that.
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