Weekly Roundup: August 14th

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 14 August 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

President Trump opposes funding for the U.S. postal service because he believes it will make voting by mail easier. Led by a major donor to the president's campaign, the postal service has made a number of changes that appear likely to slow election results. The president continues to advance baseless fraud allegations, as a new NPR/Marist/NewsHour poll shows him down double-digits to Joe Biden.

This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, voting reporter Miles Parks, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hi y'all, it's Hannah and Diana from St. Louis, Missouri.
0:04.8	We're about to spend our first night in our first home.
0:08.0	This show was recorded at.
0:09.7	Oh, congratulations. That's really great.
0:11.6	It is 108 Eastern on Friday, August 14th.
0:15.6	Things may have changed by the time you hear it,
0:18.1	but we'll still be paying our mortgage.
0:20.8	All right, here's the show.
0:22.8	Yeah, that's the least fun part of home-alarm show.
0:28.3	Yes, and then that first unsurprised twist, home repair.
0:32.1	But it's still really great.
0:33.2	Congratulations.
0:34.7	Yes.
0:36.7	Hey, there.
0:37.5	It's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:39.1	I'm Scott Detro.
0:39.8	I cover the presidential campaign.
0:41.3	I'm Miles Parks.
0:42.1	I cover voting and election security.
0:43.9	And I'm Ayesha Roscoe.
0:45.1	I cover the White House.
0:46.4	Yesterday, President Trump said he opposes funding for the US
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