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Hot take: Will Black voters resonate with Kamala Harris' outreach efforts? May 16, 2024

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On this week's second episode of Political Breakfast, the team talks about Vice President Kamala Harris playing a vital role in Joe Biden's push for a second presidential term this November.

A recent Biden/Harris campaign ad declares they're "putting the work in for Black America".

In turn, what does outreach look like on Donald Trump's side?

America's first Black VP has already come to Georgia several times this year. Recently she kicked off a swing state tour in Atlanta.

The team talks about if the Biden Administration's efforts will work, and Black voters' enthusiasm for Biden – or lack of.

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Georgia's former GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan endorses Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene's tough week in Washington May 14, 2024

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This week on Political Breakfast, we've got a full spread of politics.

Strategists Tharon Johnson and Brian Robinson join host Lisa Rayam and start with the fallout in Washington, after Georgia GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to oust fellow GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson.

It was quite a sting for Greene when the House swiftly turned down her effort to remove Johnson. Tired of chaos, many fellow Republicans, including Georgia representatives, took aim at Greene. She's still loved by Donald Trump, but has her star begun to fade?

Plus, former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan endorses Joe Biden. The team discusses what that may mean for his political future.

And former Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow is using abortion rights to campaign in the race for a seat on Georgia's Supreme Court. Right or wrong? Brian and Tharon share their thoughts.

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Plugged In: Trump's on the ballot this year. So are the judge and prosecutor on his Georgia case. May 10, 2024

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Former President Donald Trump, the top defendant in the Georgia election interference case, isn't the only one on the 2024 ballot. So is the judge, Scott McAfee, and the prosecutor, District Attorney Fani Willis. In this week's episode, WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas discuss these and some of the other big candidates you can expect to see on the ballot in Georgia's May election.

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A Georgia GOP congressman says he does not tolerate discrimination, backtracks praising a campus protest at the University of Mississippi where students made racist jeers May 09, 2024

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From Emory University, to Columbia, to Ole Miss, where's the line between a peaceful protest and when demonstrations start to go south?

On this week's Political Breakfast, the gang discusses the fallout of one recent protest at the University of Mississippi.

Republican Georgia U.S. Congressman Mike Collins recently re-tweeted a controversial video on X, formerly known as Twitter, that has many crying foul.

The video of a pro-Palestinian protest and a group of mostly-white, counter-protesters at Ole Miss has circulated all over social media. One was making monkey noises and gestures at a Black student.

Collins quoted the tweet, with "Ole Miss taking care of business."

Collins later came out with a statement, saying that he does not tolerate any form of discrimination, and there seems to be potentially inappropriate behavior in the video that no one should seek to glorify.

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Former Fulton special prosecutor Nathan Wade goes on national TV, talks about romantic relationship that led to him resigning from Donald Trump's election interference case May 07, 2024

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On this week's Political Breakfast, Nathan Wade is breaking his silence on his past romantic relationship with Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, and the gang is back to talking about the prosecution team, and former lovers.

The former special prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump is speaking out for the first time.

Wade resigned from the case after Fulton Judge Scott McAfee ruled his past romantic relationship with Willis created a conflict of interest.

Many Republicans and Democrats believe that relationship put the Georgia election interference case against Trump and alleged co-conspirators in jeapordy.

In an interview with ABC's Linsey Davis on Good Morning America, Wade said he hated how his "personal life began to overshadow the true issues" in the case, and that workplace romances are "as American as apple pie."

Trump and others charged have appealed the ruling that allowed DA Willis to stay on the case.

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Plugged In: An inside look at the growing campus protests May 03, 2024

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Protests against the war in Gaza are continuing at Emory University and other campuses across the country. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas speak with criminal justice reporter Chamian Cruz, who was at Emory as law enforcement began removing protestors, and education reporter Juma Sei, who's been tracking the fallout at Emory and other colleges, where students are calling on their schools to divest from companies that do business with Israel.

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Fulton Sheriff Pat Labat, District Attorney Fani Willis and other key races across metro Atlanta ahead of May primary May 02, 2024

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On this week's second helping of Political Breakfast, the gang talks about how early voting is underway for Georgia's primaries and non-partisan elections on May 21st. The early voting period ends on May 17th.

That's as elections officials and voters also face complications with lost mail and delays with the U.S. Postal Service.

Host Lisa Rayam, Democratic Strategist Tharon Johnson and Republican Strategist Brian Robinson break down some key races here in metro Atlanta.

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Kamala Harris visits Atlanta, more arrests and protests against Israel-Hamas war on Atlanta college campuses Apr 30, 2024

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This week on Political Breakfast, strategists Brian Robinson and Tharon Johnson talk with host Lisa Rayam about Vice President Kamala Harris' most recent visit to Atlanta.

Hours before her arrival Monday the gang analyzed her timing, her target audience and above all, her messaging.

Harris' visit comes amid a divisive time on college campuses nationwide as demonstrators gather to protest against the Israel-Hamas war -- and Atlanta has been no different over the last week, with protests at Morehouse College, Emory University and on the University of Georgia campus in Athens.

How will these protests reverberate in November?

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Plugged In: On the right and left, activists and organizers prep for the campaign ahead Apr 26, 2024

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With less than 200 days until Election Day 2024, right-wing grassroots activists and progressive organizers are gearing up for the campaign ahead. WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas bring listeners along as they attend two events, just forty miles apart but on polar opposites of the political spectrum.

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Georgians watching how Donald Trump's hush-money case plays-out in New York, political precedents Apr 25, 2024

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On 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 making alleged hush payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign.

Some folks in Georgia are watching this case very closely, like Democratic strategist Tharon Johnson and Republican strategist Brian Robinson.

There's always the chance it will set a precedent for Trump's election interference case here.

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