ITT Sound Off: The Embrace

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 11:16 p.m.

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Julio and guest co-host Ren\\xe9e Graham, opinion columnist and associate editor at The Boston Globe, discuss the latest with the House GOP, including the recent House committee assignments under new Speaker Kevin McCarthy. They also get into the arrest of Republican ex-candidate Solomon Pe\\xf1a in New Mexico and the response to the new sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston.\\xa0

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  • Eric Cortellessa writes about why Congressional Republicans are comparing their select committee to investigate the Biden administration to the Church Committee of the mid-1970s in this piece for Time Magazine.\\xa0

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  • \\u201cThe scale of the conspiracy makes this case unusual \\u2014 this was not a lone wolf, but someone seeking elected office who engaged multiple people over several weeks in planning targeted attacks on Democrats,\\u201d writes Nicole Narea about the attacks on New Mexico Democrats in this piece for Vox.\\xa0

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  • \\u201c\\u2018The Embrace\\u2019 is majestic, standing 22 feet high, but also more intimate than I imagined it would be,\\u201d writes Ren\\xe9e Graham about the new memorial to the Kings in a column for The Boston Globe.\\xa0

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Photo credit: AP Photo/Steven Senne

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