Politically Georgia AJC Podcasts

On today's epsiode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia podcast, AJC Washington reporter Tia Mitchell describes why Georgia Rep. Nikema Williams became one of only two Democrats in the U.S. House to vote against expelling Rep. George Santos. And discusses the reasons five members of the GOP Georgia delegation voted to keep Santos in office. 
 
We'll also explain how the new Georgia congressional map drawn by Republican legislators seems to defy federal Judge Steve Jones' order that they create an additional Black majority congressional district. The map threatens the tenure of Democrat Lucy McBath and could force other Democratic incumbents to run in different districts than those in which they now serve. 
 
Plus, The lawyer representing Donald Trump in the Fulton County election conspiracy criminal case makes his first appearance in court. Steve Sadow argues that the proposed August start date for trial is “election interference,” since Trump is likely to be running for the White House at that point in time. He also asserts that Trump had a Constitutionally-protected right of free speech to claim the 2020 election was fraudulent. 
 
Links to today's topics:
How Georgia Reps voted on George Santos expulsion...and why 
New congressional map maintains GOP power and may defy court order 
Trump. lawyer argues Fulton County trial dates would be "election interference" 
 
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Republicans are moving at a rapid pace to finalize new legislative districts. Democrats say GOP lawmakers are using “smoke and mirrors” to create a false impression they are complying with a federal judge’s order.
 
Meanwhile, we’re waiting to see how Republicans have drawn a congressional map to meet the judge’s order to create one additional majority-minority U.S. House district.
 
Then, Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis clashed on Fox News in Alpharetta last night in a most unusual debate.
 
Plus, an update from Washington D.C. as Marjorie Taylor Greene returns to her outsider tactics. And embattled Rep. George Santos is expelled from Congress minutes after the show goes off-air. 
 
And, we answer your questions from our listener mailbag, which you can call anytime with your question. The number for the 24-hour Politically Georgia podcast hotline is (404)526-AJCP . The team also shares our picks for ‘who’s up and who’s down’ this week.
 
Links to today’s topics:
 
Capitol Recap: Georgia redistricting may not give Dems the gains some expected
 
DeSantis and Newsom clash in messy ‘red vs. blue’ Georgia debate
 
Marjorie Taylor Greene returns to outsider roots
 
House expels New York Rep. George Santos. It's just the sixth expulsion in the chamber's history
 
 
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With the redistricting session ordered by a federal judge now under way at the state capitol, Politically Georgia hosts Patricia Murphy, Greg Bluestein and Bill Nigut welcome John Porter, a top aide to former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan to the podcast. Porter offers an inside look at the pressures that weigh on legislative leaders as they draw new maps, rewarding some incumbents, and punishing others. Porter was deeply involved in drawing the maps that came in the aftermath of the 2020 census, and which federal judge Steve Jones ordered be redrawn to give Black voters fairer representation.

You'll also hear are wrap up of the emotional three-day celebration of the life of Rosalynn Carter, who was laid to rest in the family burial ground in Plains yesterday.

Plus, we'll give you a look at the state senate’s passage of a resolution offering unqualified support for Israel in the war against Hamas and a preview of tonight’s unusual debate between GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
 
Links to today's topics:
Lawmakers begin fight over redrawing Georgia legislative maps
State senate map rewards Republicans but creates 2 majority Black districts
A look at new state house maps
Rosalynn Carter's journey comes to and end in her beloved Plains
‘Red vs. Blue’: Why DeSantis and Newsom are facing off in Alpharetta
 
Have a question for the show? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 404-526-AJCP. That's 404-526-2527.  We’ll play back your question and answer it during the Listener Mailbag segment on next Friday’s episode.  
  
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, click here to get unlimited digital access to the AJC. 
 
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In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Bill Nigut, and Tia Mitchell discuss the moving service for Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta. Former state representative Calvin Smyre joins the podcast to reflect on his early memories of meeting Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in the years leading up to the 1976 presidential campaign. 
Then: Republican insider Brian Robinson and Georgia State University professor of law Anthony Michael Kreis talk about the new political maps being drawn by the state legislature as lawmakers work to comply with a federal order to give Black voters fairer representation in state elections. 
 
Plus: A look at the strategy Donald Trump defense attorney Steve Sadow plans to use when the Fulton County election conspiracy case begins: it’s all about free speech, Sadow says. 
 
Links to today's topics: 
 
Glenn Memorial service: Jimmy Carter's 75-year-old love letter to Rosalynn 
Redrawn GOP house maps target rising Democrats 
Senate map creates 2 Black districts but targets Democrats 
Trump attorney plans First Amendment defense 
Have a question for the show? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 404-526-AJCP. That's 404-526-2527. We’ll play back your question and answer it during the Listener Mailbag segment on next Friday’s episode.  
 
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 Politically Georgia podcast.”  
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In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Greg Bluestein, Bill Nigut, and Tia Mitchell discuss the upcoming special redistricting session. Former Congressman John Barrow provides insights on the proposed maps. During his tenure, Barrow moved from Athens to Savannah, and then to Augusta as his districts were redrawn. 
   
Then, former President Jimmy Carter will attend his wife’s Rosalynn Carter’s memorial service at Emory University in Atlanta this afternoon. This marks his first trip out of Plains since going into home hospice earlier this year. The AJC's Martha Dalton also updates us from Sumter County as tributes pour in for the former first lady. Dalton tells us how Gen Z is remembering Carter at her alma mater Georgia Southwestern State University.    
  
Plus, host Tia Mitchell explains why U.S. Rep Buddy Carter is the latest member of Georgia’s congressional delegation to endorse Donald Trump.   
 
Links to today's topics: 
New Georgia Senate map targets Democrats and protects Republicans 
Rosalynn Carter’s influence is deeply felt at her college alma mater 
Georgia U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter endorses Donald Trump for president 
 
Have a question for the show? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 404-526-AJCP. That's 404-526-2527. We’ll play back your question and answer it during the Listener Mailbag segment on next Friday’s episode. 
 
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 Politically Georgia podcast.” 
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In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, Bill Nigut and Patricia Murphy preview three days of services and memorial tributes to Rosalynn Carter. Two veteran Georgia Journalists talk about their memories of covering Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter, from their days in the governor’s mansion to the White House and to the post-presidency work at the Carter Center. John Pruitt, former WSB-TV reporter and anchor, and Charlie Hayslett, former Atlanta Journal Washington correspondent, join the podcast. 
 
 
Then Eric Tanenblatt, national fundraising chair for GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley talks to the hosts about her rise in the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire and describes how he believes she can wrestle the nomination away from Donald Trump or other Republican candidates. 
 
Plus, Murphy and Nigut look at the recent Georgia Supreme Court ruling which blocks the new GOP-backed state law that created a commission to punish so-called rogue district attorneys. 

Links to today's topics: 
Live updates of Rosalynn Carter tributes 
Is Nikki Haley's momentum sustainable? 
 

Have a question for the show? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 404-526-AJCP. That's 404-526-2527. We’ll play back your question and answer it during the Listener Mailbag segment on next Friday’s episode. 
 
Subscribe to the AJC: If you aren’t a subscriber to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, click here to get unlimited digital access to the AJC.  
 
Listen and subscribe to our podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also tell your smart speaker to “play Politically Georgia podcast.” 
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