Live in Washington D.C. with Governor Wes Moore

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are live and on stage with Maryland Governor Wes Moore and also discuss the Supreme Court’s legitimacy problem and the not-Trump Republican candidates’ struggle. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: C-SPAN: “Maryland State of the State Address” Jeffrey M. Jones for Gallup: “Trust in Federal Government Branches Continues to Falter” and “Confidence in U.S. Supreme Court Sinks to Historic Low John Dickerson and Anthony Salvanto for Face The Nation: “CBS News poll: GOP primary voters are more concerned Trump’s indictment is political” Rich Lowry for Politico: “The Trump Divide that Should Have Republicans Terrified” Here are this week’s chatters: John: Donald H. Kent for Pennsylvania History: “The Erie War of the Gauges" Emily: Adam Liptak for The New York Times: “Supreme Court Puts First Amendment Limits on Laws Banning Online Threats” David: Elliot C. Williams for WAMU’s The DCist: “Fans Revel In The Atlantis As Foo Fighters Open Venue With ‘Long, Hot, Loud’ Performance”; Matt Richtel for The New York Times: “The Refries That Bind: A Cavernous Cantina Returns, Cliff Divers and All”; and Amazon Prime’s movie “Air: A Story of Greatness” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, Emily, and John answer audience questions and talk about “Gabfest Reads: The Case for Treating Animals With Dignity”. In the next edition of Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with Monica Potts @MonicaBPotts about her book, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America. 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 Cheyna Roth and Patrick Fort Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, Gapfist listeners. This is our live show that we recorded on Wednesday night. That was before
0:05.6	the big affirmative action decision came down from the Supreme Court on Thursday morning. If you want
0:11.1	analysis on that case, check out the Slate site and the Amicus podcast.
0:20.4	Hello and welcome to the Slate
0:23.5	Clinical Gap Fest. June 29, 2023, the live in Washington, D.C.
0:35.6	I am David Flott of CityCats. I'm staring at a huge and beautiful crowd at the 6th and I
0:44.0	historic synagogue in downtown Washington, D.C. A bigger crowd, I would note that
0:49.2	Braun DeSantis can get in New Hampshire and probably not so angry to my far left, the only gentleman left in America.
1:03.5	A journalist whose questions are as tough as his heart is tender. John Dickerson of CBS Prime time. Hello, John.
1:11.0	That was very sweet, David. You've disarmed me.
1:24.0	Well, with the Supreme Court, you can easily rearm. No problem.
1:28.5	To John's right, of course, is the unefithful, unofficial 10th justice of the Supreme Court.
1:35.2	The legal mind, so brilliant, that three billionaires are drawing straws right now to see which one of them gets to fly her back in a private jet.
1:43.0	New Haven tonight. Emily Bavlon of the New York Times magazine.
1:54.0	This week on the Gap Fest, we will talk to the most exciting new Democratic politician in the country,
1:58.9	Maryland's own governor, West Moore.
2:03.4	Then what the heck is going on with the Supreme Court? Are they all corrupt?
2:08.7	Is John Roberts now a liberal? Then the Republican race for president is looking pretty weird.
2:16.2	And John will explain whether Trump is as strong as he seems.
2:20.5	And if the other candidates are as weak, plus, of course, we will have cocktail chatter.
2:25.2	Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill with square wheels.
2:36.6	But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.
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