Political: Burner Phone

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🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss Biden's gaffe in speaking too honestly about Russia; Trump’s missing phone logs; and Ginni Thomas’s efforts to subvert the election. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Bob Woodward and Robert Costa for The Washington Post: “Jan. 6 White House Logs Given To House Show 7-Hour Gap In Trump Calls” Hugo Lowell for The Guardian: “Trump Used White House Phone For Call On January 6 That Was Not On Official Log” Bob Woodward and Robert Costa for The Washington Post: “Virginia Thomas Urged White House Chief to Pursue Unrelenting Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election, Texts Show” Benjamin Wittes for Lawfare: “Donald Trump, John Eastman and the Silence of the Justice Department” Karl Rove for The Wall Street Journal: “Republicans’ Jan. 6 Responsibility” Here are this week’s chatters: David: Beforeigners; City Cast John: Anna P. Kambhampaty for The New York Times: “Want to See the Weirdest of Wikipedia? Look No Further.”; Morning Brew newsletter; Elden Ring video game Emily: “The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Refutation”; Anne Frank House Listener chatter from Andre Walker: All The Sex I've Ever Had at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, John, and David discuss what they would do if they needed to disappear. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.6	Hello and welcome to the slate political gap has from March 31st, 2022.
0:41.5	The burner, phone, edition, I am David Plotts of CityCast here in Washington DC.
0:46.4	If I sound a little low-gated, it's because I am still recovering from last night's cocaine filled orgy.
0:53.6	It was it was a doozy last night. It's one.
0:57.5	You guys must miss it. You must must be missing it now that you are not in DC anymore.
1:01.3	What are you talking about?
1:02.7	What? You don't know about the cocaine filled orgy's in the parking garages?
1:07.3	Oh my gosh, between the the key bumps that are flurrying around the head and the smell of the oil stains in the parking lot.
1:15.2	Man, the orgy's in the parking garages are not great.
1:18.0	I have to say I don't like the ones in the parking garages, John. I don't know about you.
1:20.9	I only thought I thought they only happened to parking garages.
1:24.1	Sometimes I guess they could happen in the little valet booths.
1:26.9	But Emily obviously you miss this. You've missed the story. The Madison
1:33.3	Cautorn, the horrible, horrible right wing.
1:37.2	South Carolina, maybe. North Carolina has finally said the thing which enraged
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