Political Gabfest - Every Single Trump Pick Will Be Confirmed

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Senate confirmation hearings of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, including Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi; the January 6th report of Special Counsel Jack Smith; and the farewell address and lasting legacy of President Joe Biden.

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss the politics of the L.A. fires.

In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with David Greenberg about his new biography, John Lewis: A Life.

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Podcast production by Cheyna Roth

Research by Julie Huygen

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest.
0:05.0	You have not earned your place as Secretary of Defense.
0:08.0	You say you care about keeping our armed forces strong and that you like that our armed forces of meritocracy,
0:14.0	then let's not lower the standards for you.
0:16.0	January 16th, 2025, the every single one will be confirmed edition. I'm David Plotz of
0:22.7	Citycast in Washington, D.C., from New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School in New Haven,
0:28.1	Connecticut, Emily.
0:29.5	Hello, Emily.
0:31.2	Hey, David.
0:32.4	And it's the last week before the Trump presidency, but it's the next to last week
0:36.4	before John Dickerson
0:37.8	becomes co-anchor of CBS Evening News from New York City, where he's like, I can't even
0:42.8	imagine how busy he is, Mr. John Dickerson. Hello.
0:45.6	Hi.
0:47.7	Indeed, I am busy, but nothing more joyous than seeing you two in these little Hollywood
0:52.8	squares.
0:53.8	You know, by the way,
0:54.6	Hollywood squares is coming back. Are you going to be on Hollywood Squares? Is that part of your job?
0:58.9	I'm going to, I'm going to make all of those. Only sort of 70s risque jokes that are obviously no
1:07.8	longer risque. I can't even think of what they would be.
1:12.1	I've forgotten all those jokes.
1:13.4	All right.
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