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The Gist

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Mike talks about the consequences of fast-tracking a major tax overhaul. In the interview, how did the team behind The Daily manage to create a show that's unlike anything we've heard before and also oddly perfect for this moment in news? Host Michael Barbaro and managing producer Theo Balcomb say they talked extensively about what they didn't want to sound like. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never want to do a jobs report,' " says Balcomb. " 'Can we promise we're never going to do a jobs report?' " In the Spiel, Republicans aren't necessarily committing political suicide with their $1.5 trillion tax plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit materials.
0:07.8	It's Tuesday, December 19th, 2017.
0:11.2	From Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.
0:14.2	Just got a little bit of the tongue pain.
0:17.3	Trying to figure out the old tongue pain.
0:20.6	You'll bear with me.
0:21.4	My insights are just so valuable.
0:24.0	The fact that I don't have my full linguistic glottal range
0:28.8	won't get in the way.
0:30.1	When I tell you that but for a procedural snag,
0:34.5	the house has passed tax reform.
0:36.4	Now, if Trump had a Rose Garden ceremony
0:39.1	for passing Trump care out of one chamber,
0:42.2	what is he going to do if they pass this entire bill out
0:45.6	of both chambers?
0:46.8	I've got it.
0:47.8	Trump Baku booked the junket as a pass-through entity.
0:52.0	Woohoo.
0:53.1	And we're just learning some of the fun details
0:55.3	about what's going on in this tax bill,
0:57.5	like the big broad details are known.
0:59.5	Lot of money back for the rich guys.
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