Political Gabfest - Presidents Are Not Kings and Plaintiff Is Not President
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
John and David are joined by guest host Ruth Marcus to discuss Biden’s infrastructure win, Trump’s January 6 obstruction, and the Rittenhouse trial.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, Caroline George, and Andrew Bourne, for The Brookings Institution: “America Has An Infrastructure Bill. What Happens Next?”
Ruth Marcus for the Washington Post: “At Yale Law School, a Party Invitation Ignites a Firestorm”
Josh Dawsey, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Michael Scherer for The Washington Post: “Donors Threatened to Shun the Gop After Jan. 6. Now, Republicans Are Outraising Democrats.”
Sandy West for Kaiser Health News: “‘Drinking Through a Lead Straw’ — $15B Approved to Fix Dangerous Water Pipes”
The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, by Jonathan Rauch
Here’s this week’s chatter:
Ruth: Julian Mark for The Washington Post: “A Fertility Center Mixed Up Two Couples’ Embryos, Lawsuit Says. When They Found Out, They Had To Trade Babies.”
David: David is leading an “Exploring a Secret Fort” tour of Fort DeRussy in Washington, D.C. for Atlas Obscura and Airbnb; Jonathan D. Karl for The Atlantic: “The Man Who Made January 6th Possible”
John: Pew Research Center: “Where Do You Fit In The Political Typology?”
Listener chatter from Tsur Somerville: Reuters: “Wandering Dog is Istanbul Commuters' Best Friend”
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Ruth, John, and David discuss the controversy over the founding of the University of Austin.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for Veterans Day, November 11th, 2021. |
| 0:12.6 | The presidents are not kings and plaintiff is not president edition. |
| 0:17.0 | I am David Plotz of Citycast here in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:23.9 | Emily Bazelon is absent today. |
| 0:24.9 | I don't know where she is. |
| 0:25.7 | I think she's on deadline. |
| 0:26.9 | I think she's on deadline. |
| 0:28.2 | I think that's what it is. Oh, you mean, you can get out of this show by just being on deadline? |
| 0:31.8 | I think. |
| 0:33.7 | I mean, if Emily, who is the most, like, diligent, productive person feels overwhelmed and on deadline, then you know that it's an unreasonable expectation. |
| 0:44.6 | But I actually don't know. |
| 0:45.5 | For all I know, she's on vacation. |
| 0:46.6 | For all I know, she's in Bora Bora. |
| 0:48.3 | That doesn't matter. |
| 0:49.5 | Ruth Marcus, Washington Post columnist, GabFest regular is back. |
| 0:53.6 | Hello, Ruth. How are you? Hi, Emily Bazelon Poser. |
| 0:58.4 | There's only one Emily who can be Emily. Fortunately, there's also only one John who can be John, and he's here. John Dickerson of CBS Sunday morning from New York. Hello, John. Hello, David. Hello, Ruth. This week, the infrastructure bill passed. |
| 1:11.9 | Is it a big enough deal? |
| 1:13.4 | Will Biden get billed back better through how badly will inflation impact all of his hopes |
| 1:19.9 | and plans and dreams? |
| 1:21.5 | Then the roiling chaos of Trump world, new January 6th subpoenas, hatchact lawbreaking, a grand jury, so much, |
| 1:31.3 | so much stuff happening in Trump world that we, I guess, are obliged to discuss. |
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