The Long View Of The Midterms

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.6 • 12K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Next year's midterm elections will dictate the future of voter rights, reproductive rights, climate change, pandemic recovery, and more. They may seem far off, but we can start getting ready for 2022 now. We spoke with Crooked's political director Shaniqua McClendon about the "No Off Years" campaign, which aims to support local organizers on the ground, register more people, and fight misinformation around the polls. And in headlines: the Dixie Fire continues to burn in Northern California, the Taliban seizes more regional capitals in Afghanistan, and Larry Page gets residency status in New Zealand. Show Notes: No Off Years by Vote Save America – https://votesaveamerica.com/nooffyears/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

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0:00.0	It's Monday, August 9th.
0:07.9	I'm getting ready.
0:09.0	And I'm Erin Ryan and this is What a Day.
0:11.3	Celebrating the USA for winning the most medals at the Olympics while we did the important
0:15.0	job of figuring out how to watch it.
0:17.4	Yes, that's right.
0:18.4	Successfully using peacocks should really be an Olympic sport, honestly.
0:22.0	Yes, and I would be disqualified for throwing a tantrum.
0:25.4	Same.
0:26.4	It's booted in the first 30 seconds, not a lot back up.
0:35.2	On today's show, the Taliban sees several cities in Afghanistan plus the Dixie Fire in
0:39.2	California becomes the state's second biggest wildfire in history.
0:42.4	But first, we introduce you to a new project by Crookit to protect our elections and help
0:47.1	you find out about how to get involved locally.
0:49.7	That's because, believe it or not, yet another major election season is on the horizon.
0:53.7	The midterms are coming in 2022.
0:55.8	I'm still writing 2016 on all my checks.
0:58.4	Can't believe 2022 is coming up.
1:01.5	The outcomes of these races from state legislative on up are going to be crucial on all sorts
1:05.6	of issues, voter rights, reproductive rights, climate change, pandemic recovery and more.
1:10.7	That's right.
1:11.7	And Crookit has a campaign starting today to support local organizers that are on the ground,
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