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Kamala Harris visits Atlanta, more arrests and protests against Israel-Hamas war on Atlanta college campuses
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
Plugged In: On the right and left, activists and organizers prep for the campaign ahead
With less than 200 days until Election Day 2024, right-wing grassroots activists and progressive organizers are gearing up for the campaign ahead.
Georgians watching how Donald Trump's hush-money case plays-out in New York, political precedents
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 com
Introducing Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast
Launching this Friday from the team behind "Gold Dome Scramble," "Plugged In" is a Georgia politics roundup from the WABE newsroom.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says House Speaker Mike Johnson is a "lame duck" after he voted with Democrats to pass foreign aid package
It'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,
Prosecutor finally tasked with investigating Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, for role as fake Trump elector
On 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' rol
The Masters wrap up, Mark Meadows' attorneys square up against Fulton DA Fani Willis
This 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 presi
Georgia first lady Marty Kemp says she'd write Governor Brian Kemp's name in for the GOP nominee in November
Georgia 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 e
Biden, Trump and Black Americans
On 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
Trump set to visit Atlanta for big money luncheon, Trump versus Biden campaign momentum in Georgia
On 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 retur