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Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail. They don't just tell you what happened. They tell you why it matters. Every afternoon.Political wonks - get wonkier with The NPR Politics Podcast+. Your subscription supports the podcast and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/politics
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How House Republicans Are Responding To Campus Protests
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson visited Columbia University with fellow members of the House Republican conference and met with students who said they felt unsafe on campus in the midst of protests calling on the university to shed its investments related to Israel. Now, Johnson is moving forward with legislation aimed at combating campus antisemitism — though some Democrats are criticizing the effort as a political stunt that could curb legitimate criticism of the Israeli government.
This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and congressional reporter Barbara Sprunt.
This podcast was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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Can Arizona GOP Prevent Dem Surge By Allowing Some Abortions?
A handful of Arizona Republicans are expected to join with Democratic lawmakers in order to repeal the state's near-total abortion ban. The move is an apparent effort to blunt the power of a November abortion access ballot measure that strategists say could spark a Democratic wave election in the state.
This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and KJZZ senior editor Ben Giles.
This podcast was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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Tick-Tock, TikTok: What Makes It A National Security Threat
After a series of classified national security briefings, Congress passed a law that will ban TikTok if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company. It is not clear what specific risks they're reacting to, but experts point to a widespread, if ineffectual, state-backed disinformation effort and other data-privacy concerns.
This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political correspondent Susan Davis, and disinformation correspondent Shannon Bond.
This podcast was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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Weekly Roundup: Hush Money, Pocket Money
The first week of testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York centered on David Packer, the tabloid mogul who says he helped quash stories in order to benefit the then-candidate's presidential bid. And in a Pennsylvania county where voters expressed concerns about inflation ahead of the 2022 midterms, people say they're still frustrated by high prices but that the economy is not necessarily the top factor in who they'll vote for come November.
This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Ximena Bustillo, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
This podcast was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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Absolute Immunity?
Months after Special Counsel Jack Smith first asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on Donald Trump's claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, the Supreme Court finally heard the former president's appeal. At least a few of the conservative justices seemed receptive to Trump's argument. What is unclear is whether the court will act in time to allow the federal cases against the former president to be resolved before the 2024 election.
This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.
This podcast was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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Donald Trump Won Montana By Double-Digits. Can Its Democratic Senator Keep His Seat?
Sen. Jon Tester is an experienced political strategist and capable campaigner whose reputation as a working farmer has helped him to defy the odds as a Democratic in ruby-red Montana. But can he win re-election in a year that one of opponents, Republican Tim Sheehy, could benefit from Donald Trump's coattails?
This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political correspondent Susan Davis, and Montana Public Radio Capitol Bureau Chief Shaylee Ragar.
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Election Day Exit Polls
I have concern about Election Day exit polling, and mainstream broadcast networks’ traditional role of ‘calling’ election results on election day.
How will these predictions - supposedly based on exit interview results - be made for this election? If we consider that already HALF of the 2020 votes have been cast by remote ballot and in person voting and there are days left to run for more votes to be submitted, then what votes will be left to count from the universe of in-person voting on election day?
How can pollsters interview mail-in ballots or early in person voters to get a statistically significant confidence level to factor in that data and better predict the outcome (rhetorical question - they can’t)?
Any election calls made on the day that are based on in-person exit interviews from targeted polling stations will be skewed and unrepresentative of the larger voting public. Those calls, if made, will formulate the backbone of any claim to the office of the Presidency and weigh HEAVILY on the public’s perception of who ‘won’ the election - well before the count is complete.
We can already see the candidates’ around the nation telegraphing their election day and post election day game plan, and its hinging largely on the widely but erroneously propagated idea that the result ‘must be known on the day’.
I’ve not heard anything about this, and hope that it can be addressed and get into the public psyche so we don’t end up with 2000 repeat from the Florida experience, and show the ability to be patient and wait for the true count of all votes to be completed before jumping to any wrong conclusions.