Weekly Roundup: June 25th

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Justice announced it is suing the state of Georgia over a restrictive voting law. The move comes as the Biden administration seeks ways to combat Republican efforts to limit ballot access. Plus, Vice President Kamala Harris visits the U.S.-Mexico border after mounting criticism for not going there sooner.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, Georgia Public Broadcasting's Stephen Fowler, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	This is Alyssa, calling in from what is finally, finally, the last day of the
0:06.4	longest school year. This podcast was recorded at...
0:10.2	12.45 pm Eastern time on Friday, June 25th.
0:16.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I will be celebrating my
0:20.5	summer vacation by not teaching anyone on Zoom. Okay, here's the show.
0:27.6	It feels like anybody who has spent ample time on Zoom school totally deserves a
0:34.6	break this summer. Absolutely, absolutely.
0:38.3	Well hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I must mahala that I cover the
0:43.0	White House. I'm Ryan Lucas, I cover the Justice Department. And today on the
0:46.7	show we've got a special guest, Stephen Fowler from Georgia Public Broadcasting.
0:50.5	Hey Stephen. Hey Osmo. And I was just saying I have so enjoyed so much of your
0:55.6	reporting that you did during the 2020 election for us on so many different
0:59.5	platforms than NPR that I feel like you had been on the podcast before, but
1:03.6	you're telling me you have a bit. No, this is the long-time listener first time
1:07.4	caller episode and it helps to be born in a state that is the center of the
1:10.9	political universe. Well welcome welcome. This morning the Biden
1:15.3	administration announced it is suing your state, suing the state of Georgia over
1:19.6	its restrictive new voting law. And Stephen, we have talked a lot on this
1:24.1	podcast about that law, but remind us what it does. And why frankly it
1:29.2	wrinkles so many Democrats? Well the shorter answer would be what it doesn't do.
1:34.0	It's a 98 page voting law that touches on nearly every aspect of how
1:38.4	elections are run in Georgia from the absentee by mail voting process where we
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