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Podcast: I Hate Politics Podcast
Episode: Speaker Peña-Melnyk, ER Wait Times, Immigrant Protection, Crisis Call Response
Description: MD's new House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk on the new era and its challenges. The state's ER wait times problem. ICE action in Democratic jurisdictions leads Montgomery County, MD, to codify a 2019 immigrant protection executive order into law, says council president Natali Fani Gonzalez. A crisis call gone wrong leads to a call for police protection for mental health response. Music by Kara Levchenko.