Political Rewind: Student loan forgiveness; Pooches pushed into politics; Okefenokee Swamp saga
Thursday on Political Rewind: President Biden announced a student debt relief plan, partially meeting one of his campaign promises.\xa0Plus, two candidates on the top of Georgia's ballot get a boost from Sen. Mitch McConnell.\xa0Meanwhile,\xa0a settlement leaves the fate of a proposed mine at the Okefenokee\u2019s edge in the hands of the Georgia EPD.\n\nThe panel: \nChris Grant, political science professor, Mercer University\nFred Smith, @fredosmithjr, professor of constitutional Law, Emory University\nKevin Riley, @ajceditor, editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution\nSusan Catron, @sm_catron, managing editor, The Current\n\nTimestamps\n0:00 - Introductions\n2:40 - President Biden moves towards canceling some student loan debt\n19:00 - Officers who killed Rayshard Brooks will not face charges\n29:45 - Pooches brought into politics in anti-Warnock attack ad\n43:00 - Coffee County data breach\n45:00 - Okefenokee swamp litigation\n\nPlease sign up for Political Rewind's newsletter coming out later this afternoon: https://www.gpb.org/newsletters.\n\nFootnotes \nhttps://www.gpb.org/news/2022/07/25/political-rewind-can-georgians-get-relief-student-loan-debt-kemp-testify-in-fulton\nhttps://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-education-0fea030a0875c0e4e1a39b0c098bd48a\nhttps://twitter.com/HerschelWalker/status/1561763564129501186?s=20&t=MQC1IXdmqAZHcoCs_EnR6A\nhttps://thecurrentga.org/2022/08/23/fate-of-mine-at-okefenokee-swamps-edge-could-soon-be-cemented-by-georgia-epd/