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Hello and welcome to the Slight Politicoat GAMFEST for October 24th, 2014, the FAKE ID edition.

I'm David Plots, the CEO of Atlas Obscura in Washington, D.C.

On this week's show, have billionaires become more powerful than political parties,

then the confusing political showdowns over voter ID,

and then Ben Bradley's death and the legacy of Watergate is journalism better or worse off now,

because of Watergate we will find out.

Plus we'll have Cocktail chatter and in Slight Plus there will be a basalon special Emily will riff majestically on Obama's judicial appointments,

and whether he will ever get another judge confirmed after the Republican Senate.

That's code for David is unprepared to discuss that topic.

Not at all, come on, this is like our listeners are sitting there waiting.

Emily Bazzlon is back, thank God after one week absence.

We missed you, it's good to have you back.

Do you know that by saying that you didn't know where I was, you made my mom panic?

She sent me an email that was like, where are you?

David doesn't know where you are, he has no idea, where are you?

That's so great.

Your mom, I'm sorry, I embarrassed you with your mother.

Did you get back in touch with her?

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