Roundup: Spending Bill Fight Continues; TikTok Ban Looms
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Then, a ban on TikTok heads to the Supreme Court, and we go back to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
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| 0:24.4 | Hi, this is Marcy from East Hampton, Massachusetts. |
| 0:27.5 | I am needing holladough to bring to a Shabbat dinner with family tonight. |
| 0:33.6 | This podcast was recorded at 12.20 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 20th, 20204. |
| 0:40.5 | Things may have changed by the time you hear it, |
| 0:43.4 | but hopefully this dough will have risen, |
| 0:45.5 | and I will have braided it into the beautiful Hala braided loaf. |
| 0:50.4 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:55.0 | I love Hala. |
| 0:56.2 | Me too. |
| 0:56.9 | Good luck. |
| 0:57.7 | Shabbat Shalom, almost. |
| 0:59.9 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 1:01.9 | I'm Sarah McCammon. |
| 1:02.9 | I cover politics. |
| 1:03.9 | I'm Deirdre Walsh. |
| 1:04.7 | I cover Congress. |
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