Political Hot Topics with Ashley Etienne: Lindsey Graham's Empty Seat, Trump's Iran Mess, and the Bill the Democratic Party Owes Black America
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🗓️ 15 July 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Ashley Etienne, former senior advisor to President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, joins Mimi Brown for a round of political hot topics. Lindsey Graham's sister just got appointed to his Senate seat with zero experience. Democrats still don't have a midterm message, even in an affordability crisis. Trump is set to address the nation Thursday night; Ashley tells us what to listen for and why the war in Iran is his biggest headache. Plus, her viral Essence op-ed, "The Party We Built. The Bill Has Come Due," on why the Democratic Party invests only one percent of its money back into Black communities, and what we need to demand next.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:09.4 | Lindsay Graham's sister just got his Senate seat. |
| 0:12.8 | I thank the governor for selecting me to serve the remainder of Lindsay's term. |
| 0:17.2 | It is such an honor. |
| 0:18.8 | The president is set to address the nation and the Democrats still can't find their footing heading into the midterms. |
| 0:25.1 | And they can't just run on an anti-Trump platform. |
| 0:28.3 | We're breaking it all down on a special political hot topics episode with insider Ashley Ettonine. |
| 0:34.4 | It's Wednesday, July 15th. |
| 0:36.8 | From the Black Effect podcast network, I'm Mimi Brown. |
| 0:39.8 | This is Front Page. |
| 0:41.4 | Stay with me. |
| 0:45.8 | There's a lot happening in Washington right now and a lot of questions about what it all means. |
| 0:51.1 | So joining me is Ashley Ettonine, CEO of Ettonin and Saint. She's an NBC, |
| 0:57.6 | Meet the Press contributor, and former senior advisor to presidents Obama and Biden, Vice President |
| 1:03.2 | Kamala Harris, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Ashley, thank you so much for joining me |
| 1:08.6 | today. How are you? I'm well. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:12.1 | Absolutely. So, you know, I wanted to jump into the news of the week. Senator Graham passed away over the weekend. |
| 1:20.3 | Governor Mcaster appointed Lindsay's sister to temporarily fill his seat, even though she has no experience in elected office. |
| 1:28.6 | How unusual is an appointment like this? |
| 1:31.3 | It's fairly unusual, but it does happen. |
| 1:33.9 | You know, they used to call it, historians will call it the widow secession. |
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