ITT Sound Off: Politics Is Transactional
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio discuss Justice Stephen Breyer’s decision to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court, and President Biden’s commitment to appoint a Black woman in his place. They also give an immigration update, and reflect on the heartbreaking killing of Mexican journalist Lourdes Maldonado López.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey dear listener, a quick favor. |
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| 0:22.8 | Gracias. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey what's up fam, welcome to In The Thick. |
| 0:34.5 | I'm Mariano Hosa and I'm Julio Riccala Varela and it's Friday and it's ITT Sound off. |
| 0:39.9 | All right. |
| 0:40.9 | So our first topic, this news, right, that broke in the middle of the week. |
| 0:45.0 | Big news. |
| 0:46.0 | Right? |
| 0:47.0 | Everybody's just like, wait, what's happening? |
| 0:48.0 | Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he's going to be retiring at the end of the court's |
| 0:51.5 | current term. |
| 0:52.9 | So President Biden is going to have the chance to appoint a justice and everybody remembers |
| 0:58.4 | that Biden made a campaign promise to put a black woman on the Supreme Court if there |
| 1:02.5 | was an opening. |
| 1:03.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:04.5 | On Thursday, he doubled down on that promise at the White House. |
| 1:06.9 | A person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, |
| 1:14.0 | experience and integrity and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated |
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