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GabFest listeners can download a free audiobook by signing up for an Audible membership at Audiblepodcast.com slash GabFest. Hello and welcome to the Slave Political GabFest for Friday. April 10th. I'm John Dickerson here with David Plotz. Emily Bazelon is not with us, but Lauren Bacall is in New Haven. How are you, Lauren? Well, actually, I should think of the, what's the nickname for Humphrey Bogart again?

Bogey.

Bogey?

Well, Bogey, yeah.

I'm me. I'm still Emily. Yeah, it's still Emily, but she's just wrapped in a snuggy made of velvet. So we're going to talk today about the president, his trip, what he faces now that he's back, as he talks, pivots back to domestic issues, partisanship and a variety of other things.

Our second topic will be gay marriage and the advances in Vermont and elsewhere this week.

And then third, we'll talk about a variety of Justice Department activities with respect to torture and Ted Stevens.

But first, David.

So first, I want to remind everybody that we are going to do another live Gab Fest, like the

one we did over inauguration weekend.

It's going to be in Washington, D.C. at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue.

Did I say that word right?

Synagogue.

The Catholics are very bad.

I mean, synagogue church, sixth and I historic church.

And it's going to be on Wednesday, May 13th at 7 p.m.

And you can get tickets from the 6th and I website or from the Gabfest page.

Sixth and I website is 6th and I all one word.org.

And obviously the GabFest page is slate.com slash gabfest.

So Wednesday, May 13th, we'd love to see you there.

And Emily will have her voice back.

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