Biden: 'Let’s Finish the Job'

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the kick-off of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign; the firings of Tucker Carlson from Fox News and Don Lemon from CNN; and the Bud Light marketing misstep with Insta influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Joe Biden Campaign: “Let’s Finish the Job” Aaron Zitner for the Wall Street Journal: “They’re the Happiest People in America. We Called Them to Ask Why.” Brian Stelter for the New York Times: “I Worked at CNN and Reported on Tucker Carlson. He Was Never Invincible.” Dylan Mulvaney on Instagram: “Happy March Madness!!” Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine: “The Battle Over Gender Therapy” John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr on being blocked from debating an anti-trans bill” Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: Matthew Hendrickson, Fran Spielman, and Andy Grimm for the Chicago Sun-Times: “Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won’t seek reelection” David: Jeff Maysh for The Atlantic: “The Wedding Sting” John: Bob Weir’s song “Only a River” Listener chatter from Elizabeth Trovall: Jen Rice and Alexandra Kanik for the Houston Chronicle: “Harris County 2022 election: Investigation reveals new details” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss the new Utah laws intended to restrict children’s access to social media. In Gabfest Reads, David talks with Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri about her latest book, Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up). Email your questions and chatters to [email protected] or tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Jared Downing Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Vest.
0:16.0	April 27th, 2023, the Let's Finish the Job Edition.
0:20.3	I'm David Pots of CityCast.
0:21.6	I'm in Washington, DC, joined by John Dickerson, CBS, Primetime.
0:27.1	Hello, David.
0:28.1	Hello, Emily.
0:29.1	I'm so happy to be with you.
0:31.1	Then Emily Bazzlon of the New York Times magazine, Yale University's Law School.
0:35.2	Hello, Emily.
0:36.2	Hey, David.
0:36.9	Hey, John.
0:37.7	Great to be with you.
0:40.1	This week on the Gab Vest, Joe Biden begins his re-election campaign.
0:44.7	Is he the favorite for 2024?
0:47.7	Then what to make of Tucker Carlson's surprised
0:51.1	demonstration from Fox News?
0:54.3	And then the backlash against Bud Light's marketing campaign,
0:57.7	involving Trans Influencer Dylan Mulvaney and other episodes of corporate America
1:03.3	and political America, community conflict.
1:06.0	Plus, of course, we'll have cocktail chatter.
1:09.1	This episode is brought to you by Royal Mail, the UK's greenest delivery company.
1:14.4	This is the sound your parcels could make.
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