Political Gabfest - Kevin McCarthy, Hercules of Capitol City
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🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 55 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.
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Research by Julie Huygen
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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest. |
| 0:15.6 | June 1st, 2023, the Kevin McCarthy Hercules of Capitol Hill edition. |
| 0:22.0 | I am David Plotts of CityCast in Washington, D.C., Kevin McCarthy City, Kevin McCarthy's |
| 0:27.1 | town. |
| 0:28.1 | This week on the Gap Fest, the House passes a bill to extend the debt ceiling for two |
| 0:50.6 | years. |
| 0:51.6 | How bad was this whole business for the whole country or maybe how good was it for the |
| 0:55.1 | whole country? |
| 0:56.1 | When the Ukraine counteroffensive is coming, we will talk to Corey Shock of the American |
| 1:01.4 | Enterprise Institute and the Atlantic about where the war stands today. |
| 1:06.2 | Then the fascinating fracture in the Texas GOP, where Attorney General Ken Paxden was just |
| 1:12.2 | impeached for an incredible immense set of corruption charges, plus of course we'll |
| 1:17.9 | have cocktail chatter. |
| 1:19.5 | And a reminder, Gap Fest listeners, that we will be live with you on June 28th here in |
| 1:23.9 | Washington, D.C. |
| 1:24.9 | It's 6th and I historic synagogue at 730. |
| 1:28.6 | That's a Wednesday. |
| 1:29.6 | You can get tickets at Slate.com slash Gap Fest Live. |
| 1:32.2 | There's still a couple of tickets left for our pre-show cocktails and there are tickets |
| 1:36.2 | left for the show. |
| 1:37.5 | So come join us. |
| 1:38.5 | It's a, we love doing live show. |
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