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Political Gabfest - The “Dreaming of 1237” Edition

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News Commentary, Politics, News

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John

Dickerson discuss the impact of the New York Presidential Primary on

the Democratic race for the Presidential nomination, the impact of

the New York vote on the Republican race for the nomination and the

gabfest hosts discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's debate about the case,

United States v. Texas which examines President Obama's deferred

deportation action.

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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0:10.1

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0:17.7

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0:23.6

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0:30.3

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0:35.5

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0:39.0

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0:43.1

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0:48.9

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0:55.5

Only pay for the clothes you keep, and shipping is free. Go to trunk club.com slash gab fest. The following podcast contains

1:02.7

explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for April 21st, 2016, the Dreaming of 1237 edition of the Gab Fest.

1:19.2

I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura.

1:22.0

John Dickerson of Face the Nation is a cross for me.

1:25.0

He has lost his glasses.

1:26.0

So if you sense a certain myopia in what John says today, that is possibly it.

1:31.2

Then in New Haven is Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine.

1:34.8

Hello, John and Emily.

1:35.8

Indeed.

1:36.2

Hi.

1:37.0

Hi.

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