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In This Episode
This week Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco are joined by Stacey Abrams to discuss her work combating voter suppression and her stint as a romance novelist. Then Grace Parra joins to discuss the COVID-19 infiltration of the White House and, relatedly, if shitty people deserve sympathy when bad things happen to them. Plus, Melania Trump fucking hates Christmas, and we hate that…in I Feel Petty.
Show Notes:
More on Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight:
https://fairfight.com/
Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America (her book)
All In: The Fight for Democracy (her doc)
Erin’s book recommendation:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer