Thursday on Political Rewind: President Biden announced a student debt relief plan, partially meeting one of his campaign promises. Plus, two candidates on the top of Georgia's ballot get a boost from Sen. Mitch McConnell. Meanwhile, a settlement leaves the fate of a proposed mine at the Okefenokee’s edge in the hands of the Georgia EPD.

The panel:

Chris Grant, political science professor, Mercer University

Fred Smith, @fredosmithjr, professor of constitutional Law, Emory University

Kevin Riley, @ajceditor, editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Susan Catron, @sm_catron, managing editor, The Current

Timestamps

0:00 - Introductions

2:40 - President Biden moves towards canceling some student loan debt

19:00 - Officers who killed Rayshard Brooks will not face charges

29:45 - Pooches brought into politics in anti-Warnock attack ad

43:00 - Coffee County data breach

45:00 - Okefenokee swamp litigation

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Footnotes

https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/07/25/political-rewind-can-georgians-get-relief-student-loan-debt-kemp-testify-in-fulton

https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-education-0fea030a0875c0e4e1a39b0c098bd48a

https://twitter.com/HerschelWalker/status/1561763564129501186?s=20&t=MQC1IXdmqAZHcoCs_EnR6A

https://thecurrentga.org/2022/08/23/fate-of-mine-at-okefenokee-swamps-edge-could-soon-be-cemented-by-georgia-epd/