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Georgians watching how Donald Trump's hush-money case plays-out in New York, political precedents
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 25, 2024 14:13 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this week's second helping of Political Breakfast, the gang discusses opening statements that began this week for former president Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York. The trial centers around allegations the former president falsified his company’s internal records when mak...
Introducing Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 24, 2024 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsLaunching this Friday from the team behind "Gold Dome Scramble," "Plugged In" is a Georgia politics roundup from the WABE newsroom. From under the Gold Dome or across the state, reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali talk to politicians and experts to break down each week’s biggest headl...
Marjorie Taylor Greene says House Speaker Mike Johnson is a "lame duck" after he voted with Democrats to pass foreign aid package
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 23, 2024 11:08 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsIt's time for this week's Political Breakfast! Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of several GOP lawmakers threatening to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, now that he's voted with Democrats to send billions in aid to Ukraine, Israel and other nations. Gree...
Prosecutor finally tasked with investigating Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, for role as fake Trump elector
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 18, 2024 13:06 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this week's second edition of Political Breakfast, the conversation continues from news earlier this week about special prosecutor Pete Skandalakis being appointed to investigate Georgia GOP Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones. The case is over Jones' role in former president Donald Tru...
The Masters wrap up, Mark Meadows' attorneys square up against Fulton DA Fani Willis
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 16, 2024 14:09 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsThis week on Political Breakfast, the team responds to a recent Newsweek article that has attorneys for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows calling the Georgia election interference case "unglued." Meadows was indicted along with former president Donald Trump and others as ...
Georgia first lady Marty Kemp says she'd write Governor Brian Kemp's name in for the GOP nominee in November
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 11, 2024 11:38 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsGeorgia first lady Marty Kemp recently said she would not vote for Donald Trump in November - and she'd "write Brian Kemp's name in. He'd make a darn good president." Trump has targeted Governor Kemp for declining to help interfere with Georgia's 2020 election result. But despite th...
Biden, Trump and Black Americans
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 09, 2024 12:14 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this week's first episode of Political Breakfast, A Biden/Harris campaign ad declares they're "putting the work in for Black America." In turn, are they forcing the Trump campaign to amplify it's putting in the work? The Atlanta Civic Circle's Saba Long and Republican Strategist B...
Trump set to visit Atlanta for big money luncheon, Trump versus Biden campaign momentum in Georgia
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 04, 2024 12:06 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this week's Political Breakfast, it's Republican strategist Brian Robinson, host Lisa Rayam and Atlanta Civic Circle director Saba Long, who's filling-in for Democratic strategist Tharon Johnson. The crew discusses former President Donald Trump returning to Georgia for a luncheon i...
Bills bills bills, Georgia's 2024 legislative session wrap-up
Political Breakfast from WABE - April 02, 2024 11:33 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this week's Political Breakfast, the dust clears and the 2024 legislative session is over under the Gold Dome. But there's still business to hash through. The big question is, will Governor Brian Kemp sign all of the bills passed by the general assembly and sent to his desk? Some ...
Gold Dome Scramble: Lawmakers pass flurry of bills before last day of legislative session
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 29, 2024 16:57 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsLawmakers pass a flurry of bills before the last day of the legislative session, sine die, but not every big ticket item made it to the governor's desk. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sine Die is Thursday, Georgia lawmakers scramble to review hundreds of bills, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens delivers state of the city
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 26, 2024 10:19 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsWe'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 Strategi...
Gold Dome Scramble: Lawmakers rush to get bills through as legislative session comes to a close
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 22, 2024 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsWith just a few days left in this year's legislative session, lawmakers are jamming through bills any way they can. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas discuss the proposals they're tracking as the session starts wrapping up. Plus, a conversation with WABE'S environment ...
The U.S. Postal Service better have my money, package slow downs, and is the Biden campaign spending big in Georgia ahead of November?
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 21, 2024 12:21 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsIt'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 sev...
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
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 19, 2024 11:02 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn 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 ...
Gold Dome Scramble Update: Fani Willis can remain on Trump case, as Nathan Wade resigns
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 15, 2024 21:22 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsA 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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do...
Gold Dome Scramble: GA Republicans pass public subsidies for private school tuition, blindside Democrats with move to ban puberty blockers
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 15, 2024 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsGeorgia Republicans have passed public subsidies for private school tuition by the slimmest of margins. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas discuss all things education with WABE education reporter Juma Sei. Plus a look at a last minute move to ban puberty blockers and e...
Voter fatigue ahead of likely November presidential match-up between Biden versus Trump creates opportunity for 3rd-party candidate, in comes Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 13, 2024 14:20 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsHave Donald Trump's divisive MAGA movement and Joe Biden's low approval rates driven former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan to potentially run for president? Duncan could be running for president in November under the third-party, bipartisan movement 'No Labels.' Multiple national new...
Battleground voters keep Georgia on the minds of the Biden and Trump campaigns
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 12, 2024 10:46 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsThis week on Political Breakfast, Donald Trump and Joe Biden hosted two competing presidential campaign rallies in Georgia over the weekend. Democratic Strategist Tharon Johnson and Republican Strategist Brian Robinson join host Lisa Rayam to compare the turnout and excitement at both...
Gold Dome Scramble: Haley, Trump's last Republican challenger, bows out ahead of GA primary
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 08, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsFormer President Donald Trump’s last Republican challenger, Nikki Haley, has bowed out of the race ahead of Georgia’s presidential primary on Tuesday. Now the campaign is turning to the General Election, with Trump and President Joe Biden set to hold competing rallies in Georgia on Satu...
Strategists Brian Robison and Tharon Johnson talk politics from the Georgia Capitol on Crossover Day
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 05, 2024 12:25 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this special edition of Political Breakfast, Republican strategist Brian Robinson and Democratic strateigst Tharon Johnson sort through some of the bills and issues that were getting tossed around on the all-important Crossover Day under the Georgia State Capitol. Immigration and s...
Gold Dome Scramble: Lawmakers jostle to keep their bills alive as immigration takes center stage
Political Breakfast from WABE - March 01, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsLawmakers scramble to keep their bills alive on Crossover Day. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas discuss some of the major bills that are still making their way through the legislature and those that didn't make the cut this session. Plus a conversation about immigrati...
How did Georgia founder James Oglethorpe go from slave trader to abolitionist? DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond's new book uncovers gaps in our state history.
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 29, 2024 13:19 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this week's Political Breakfast, we're joined by special guest, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, who is also an author and longtime historian! His new book is titled, 'James Oglethorpe: Father of Georgia, A founder's journey from slave trader to abolitionist.' It's been a decade...
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp refers to the murder of a nursing student on the UGA campus as a point of "inaction" by the Biden Administration when it comes to protecting the nation's borders
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 27, 2024 11:24 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this Edition of Political Breakfast, we discuss the tragic murder of nursing student Laken Hope Riley on the UGA campus and the subsequent politicking that has followed. The suspect arrested in the murder case, 26-year-old Venezuelan national Jose Ibarra, unlawfully crossed the U.S....
Gold Dome Scramble: Haley and Trump campaigns head to SC ahead of 'First in the South' primary
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 23, 2024 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsThe “First in the South” Republican Presidential Primary is this Saturday in South Carolina. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas speak with South Carolina Public Radio's Maayan Schechter about the primary and more. Plus, a roundup of what's been happening at the Georgia ...
As Atlanta's population swells and wages don't keep-up wtih housing costs, state lawmakers talk rent control under the Gold Dome
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 22, 2024 17:21 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsOn this week's Political Breakfast, Republican strategist Brian Robinson and Atlanta Civic Circle Director Saba Long discuss Atlanta's housing crisis. Wages have not grown with housing costs. There's also an overall scarcity on the market. Are rent control and restrictions on landowne...
Fallout from Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis' raw testimony
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 20, 2024 12:36 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsAs a judge considers whether to disqualify Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis from the election interference case, Republican Strategist Brian Robinson and Atlanta Civil Circle Director Saba Long weigh-in on Willis's testimony during last week's hearing. Willis is accused of h...
Gold Dome Scramble: Fulton DA Fani Willis fights push to remove her from Georgia election case
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 16, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsFulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the stand in an Atlanta courtroom Thursday to defend her ability to continue helming the Georgia election interference case involving former President Donald Trump. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas discuss what ended up...
Georgia Democratic Congressman David Scott challenged by Marcus Flowers, who once challenged Marjorie Taylor Greene
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 14, 2024 21:33 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsGeorgia's long-serving Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott has a challenger in the party's May primary. Democrat Marcus Flowers raised more than 16 million dollars to challenge alt-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and represent Georgia's 14th Congressional Distict. He lost in t...
Atlanta represents at the Super Bowl, Kemp says Trump versus Biden will be "a race to the bottom"
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 13, 2024 13:12 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsThis week on Political Breakfast, Atlanta and politics mixed with the Super Bowl. Besides the 75-yard touchdown the Kansas City Chiefs pulled to win in overtime Sunday night, Atlanta's own R&B singer Usher put on a star-studded halftime performance at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. H...
Gold Dome Scramble: Bill awaiting Gov. Kemp's signature could keep more people in jail for longer
Political Breakfast from WABE - February 09, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsAdvocates are calling a bill headed to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s desk a step back from years of criminal justice reform. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas speak with criminal justice reporter Chamian Cruz about Senate Bill 63, which would add more than two dozen of...
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