Power Grab
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by Astead Herndon, national political reporter for The New York Times and host of their politics podcast The Run-Up, to discuss the stakes of the upcoming midterm elections, the fate of our democracy and the power of community organizing. They also talk about the rise of anti-immigration rhetoric and Christian nationalism within the Republican party.
ITT Staff Picks:
In this episode of The Run Up, Astead Herndon talks with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams about her organizing philosophy, and they discuss how this strategy can be a tool in this year’s midterm election.
Nicole Chavez reports on the growing political influence of Latino Evangelicals in this article for CNN.
“At this moment, America is being forced to look in the mirror at itself to see clearly who we are, and to determine who we really want to be,” writes LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, about what is at stake in the midterms in this piece for Own Your Vote, a campaign from the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Photo credit: AP Photo/John Locher, File
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| 0:22.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey, in the thick familia, Tulio, and just a quick note before we get to today's show, |
| 0:40.9 | we want to acknowledge the news from Friday about the violent attack on how speaker Nancy |
| 0:46.2 | Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, who was attacked in their home in California by an intruder. |
| 0:54.5 | Paul Pelosi was hospitalized, but is expected to make a full recovery. |
| 0:59.8 | As news unfolded over the weekend, sources said that the intruder was looking for speaker |
| 1:05.7 | Pelosi. |
| 1:07.4 | On Monday, the suspect 42 year old David DePap was charged by the Justice Department with |
| 1:13.5 | attempted kidnapping and assaulting a relative of a federal official. |
| 1:18.8 | There were also social media posts linked to him containing far right conspiracies. |
| 1:25.0 | So if you're a fan of the show, we're going to talk more about this on Friday when we |
| 1:30.7 | have our sound off show, particularly about the increasing threats of violence from the |
| 1:36.1 | right and also reactions by Republicans about this attack. |
| 1:42.2 | So a lot to unpack, Mariana and I will have our thoughts. |
| 1:46.1 | So I'm not going to share my takes right now. |
| 1:49.0 | So stay tuned for that on Friday. |
| 1:51.3 | Meanwhile, today's episode is a prerecorded conversation with New York Times reporter |
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