Kevin McCarthy, Hercules of Capitol City

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the debt-ceiling deal; the Russia-Ukraine war with the Atlantic’s Kori Schake @KoriSchake; and the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: John Wagner for The Washington Post: “Senate racing to pass debt ceiling bill ahead of Monday default deadline” The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future by Franklin Foer Kori Schake for The Atlantic: “Biden Is More Fearful Than the Ukrainians Are” Anatoly Kurmanaev, Ivan Nechepurenko, and Eric Nagourney for The New York Times: “Drone Strike in Moscow Brings Ukraine War Home to Russians” Erin Douglas and Robert Downen for The Texas Tribune: “God, money and Dairy Queen: How Texas House investigators secured the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton” Succession theme song by Nicholas Britell Here are this week’s chatters: John: New York Post: “Woman wins bizarre ‘cheese-rolling race’ – despite being knocked unconscious”; Cheese Rolling in Gloucester Emily: I’ve Just Seen a Face: A Practical and Emotional Guide for Parents of Children Born with Cleft Lip and Palate by Amy Mendillo, MPP David: Nat Hentoff for The New Yorker: “What Bob Dylan Wanted at Twenty-Three”; join David at a live taping of City Cast DC on Saturday June 3 at 1 p.m., Right Proper Brewing's Brookland production house and tasting room. Tickets are free. RSVP here. Listener chatter from James Carey: Recipe of Dwight D. Eisenhower for Vegetable Soup For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, Emily, and John discuss HBO’s “Succession”. In the latest edition of Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with Curtis Sittenfeld @csittenfeld about her book, Romantic Comedy. Join us for a live taping! Political Gabfest Live in Washington, D.C., Wednesday June 28, 7:30 p.m., Sixth & I, 600 I St. NW. Tickets are on sale now. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected] or Tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Hosts Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz This Pride Month, make an impact by helping Macy’s and The Trevor Project on their mission to fund life-saving suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. 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 Fest.
0:07.0	June 1st, 2023, the Kevin McCarthy Hercules of Capitol Hill edition.
0:22.0	I am David Plots of CityCast in Washington, DC.
0:25.0	Kevin McCarthy City.
0:26.0	Kevin McCarthy's town, I'm honored to be here.
0:29.0	John Dickerson of CBS Prime Time is far away New York City.
0:32.0	Love John.
0:33.0	Hello David, hello Emily.
0:35.0	Emily Baslon, further still, fully out of Kevin McCarthy's Titanic shadow of the New York Times magazine in Yellow University Law School, is a new haven.
0:44.0	Hello Emily.
0:45.0	Hey David, hey John.
0:46.0	This week on the Gab Fest, the House passes a bill to extend the debt ceiling for two years.
0:51.0	How bad was this whole business for the whole country or maybe how good was it for the whole country?
0:55.0	Then the Ukraine counteroffensive is coming.
0:58.0	We will talk to Corey Shock of the American Enterprise Institute and the Atlantic about where the war stands today.
1:05.0	Then the fascinating fracture in the Texas GOP where Attorney General Ken Paxson was just impeached for an incredible immense set of corruption charges.
1:17.0	Plus of course we'll have cocktail chatter.
1:19.0	And a reminder, Gab Fest listeners, that we will be live with you on June 28th here in Washington, DC.
1:25.0	It's 6th and I historic synagogue at 730.
1:28.0	That's a Wednesday.
1:29.0	You can get tickets at slate.com slash Gab Fest live.
1:32.0	There's still a couple of tickets left for our pre-show cocktails and there are tickets left for the show.
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