Portland Protests, Operation Legend, Census Concerns, Cancelled Convention, COVID-19

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Mike and Kristin discuss the Portland unrest that seems to have escalated with the arrival of federal officers, as well as the separate issue of Operation Legend in cities across the country. They also take on the issue of President Trump’s executive order to discount undocumented immigrants in the Census with regard to congressional redistricting, as well as cancellation of the in-person events at Republican National Convention and COVID-19 concerns. Mike’s Weekly Recommendation I Can Help (1974, Billy Swann) I Can Help (1989, The Replacements - featuring Tom Waits) Kristin’s Weekly Recommendation Missing in Alaska (podcast) Be part of the discussion on the Politics Guys ‘BipartisanPolitics’ community on Reddit. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the podcast, go to patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Atheists, agnostics, long-haired, weirdos, short-haired widows, vandal,
0:05.6	Gula.
0:05.8	I'm the government, hug the government, love, the government, hug the government, love, the government, hug the government, love, the government, hug the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:17.9	I'm Michael Baranowski, Professor of political science at North Kentucky University.
0:21.8	Joining me today is political and policy analyst, Kristen Mathini.
0:24.7	Hey, Kristen.
0:25.7	Hey, Mike.
0:26.4	How are you?
0:27.1	I'm hanging in there.
0:28.1	And you?
0:29.3	I'm good.
0:29.8	We had some tech issues, but I think they're cleared up now.
0:32.2	Yes, tech issues, a vein of our existence here for sure.
0:35.7	Amen. But yeah, anyway, that could get me into a
0:39.8	screen on broadband regulation and evil Trump FCC. But we don't want to go there. So, so yeah,
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