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Every Tuesday and Thursday morning on the Political Breakfast podcast, veteran Atlanta journalist Lisa Rayam, Democratic strategist Tharon Johnson, and Republican strategist Brian Robinson deliver Georgia’s best analysis of local politics with a weekly dose of informed, respectful and lively discussion.
During Georgia’s state legislative session, Political Breakfast presents the pop-up podcast Gold Dome Scramble every Friday morning as host Lisa Rayam talks with reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali from the WABE newsroom to break things down for our listeners — the issues being considered, and the bills getting sorted through various committees at the Georgia State Capitol.
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Sine Die is Thursday, Georgia lawmakers scramble to review hundreds of bills, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens delivers state of the city
We're two days away from Sine Die, the last day of the 2024 Georgia legislative session.
It's a chaotic race to the finish where lawmakers are reviewing and voting-on hundreds of bills.
Host Lisa Rayam is out this week. But Democratic Strategist Tharon Johnson and Republican Strategist Brian Robinson take us through a few bills they're focused on, and some insight they're getting from walking the halls of the Gold Dome.
That includes one bill that would compensate exonerated people who lost years of their lives in prison.
Plus, this week's episode comes on the heels of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens' state of the city address. Dickens touched on the future of building light rail and connecting MARTA to the Atlanta BeltLine, building more housing and building the city's public safety training center, which police say is on-track to open by the end of this year.
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Gold Dome Scramble: Lawmakers rush to get bills through as legislative session comes to a close
With just a few days left in this year's legislative session, lawmakers are jamming through bills any way they can.
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The U.S. Postal Service better have my money, package slow downs, and is the Biden campaign spending big in Georgia ahead of November?
It's time for this week's second edition of Political Breakfast, where strategists Tharon Johnson, Brian Robinson and host Lisa Rayam address Democrats' fears about President Joe Biden's chances in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution published an article this week that cited several lawmakers voicing concerns, that Georgia won’t get the same focus as battleground voters in other states like Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux says Biden’s campaign is likely to focus more on the “white working class” in the Midwest than more diverse Georgia voters.
U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams says she is not worried at all, and warns that local election advocates need to do the grassroots work.
Plus, Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is getting involved in delays and complications with the U.S. Postal Service.
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After judge splits Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, both still face GOP, public scrutiny in handling of Georgia election interference case
On this week's Political Breakfast, we're still seeing calls from the right for Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis to step aside from the Georgia election Interference case - even though her former special prosecutor Nathan Wade resigned from the case on Friday.
A judge ruled one of them would have to go last week, because of a conflict of interest and their past romantic relationship.
In a letter accepting Wade's resignation, Willis complimented him for his QUOTE "professionalism and dignity."
Then over the weekend, Wade canceled a highly-anticipated live interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday .. citing a family emergency. The interview would have been the first chance to hear Wade's take on the ruling. Democratic Strategist Tharon Johnson, Republican Strategist Brian Robinson and host Lisa Rayam weigh-in on the latest in the election interference saga.
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Gold Dome Scramble Update: Fani Willis can remain on Trump case, as Nathan Wade resigns
A judge ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could remain on the Georgia election interference case, but only if special prosecutor Nathan Wade stepped aside.
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Gold Dome Scramble: GA Republicans pass public subsidies for private school tuition, blindside Democrats with move to ban puberty blockers
Georgia Republicans have passed public subsidies for private school tuition by the slimmest of margins.