Political Gabfest - The "Is Trump's Nomination Inevitable?" Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2016
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon consider scenarios that could
lead to, or derail, a possible Trump nomination. They discuss what
kind of cases an 8-judge Supreme Court might decide and the Gabfest
hosts take up a new debate about Apple's security and privacy
measures in light of new information reported this week.
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political GabFest is brought to you by Stamps.com. |
| 0:03.0 | Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer and save up to 50% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:10.2 | Sign up for Stamps.com and get a four-week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:18.2 | And by concur. |
| 0:20.0 | Employees get simplified expense reports and business leaders get |
| 0:23.3 | full visibility into their company's spending habits. Expense, travel, invoice, learn more at |
| 0:30.3 | concur.com slash gabfest. And by texture, the mobile app that lets you tap directly into the world's most popular magazines |
| 0:39.1 | anywhere, using your phone or tablet. Dive deeper into Vogue, People, Esquire, Time, and hundreds |
| 0:45.7 | more with interactive content for a richer reading experience. Right now, try Texture for free |
| 0:51.8 | at Texture.com slash political. |
| 0:55.9 | And by Bonobos. |
| 0:57.4 | Bonobos takes the pain and hassle at a finding stylish clothes that fit. |
| 1:02.1 | For a limited time, all new customers can get 20% off their first order at bonobos.com |
| 1:07.4 | slash gabfest. |
| 1:09.1 | That's B-O-N-O-B-O-S dot com slash gabfest. |
| 1:14.3 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:22.3 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest for 26th, 2016, the Is Trump's nomination Inevitable edition. |
| 1:32.0 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 1:34.1 | John Dickerson, Face the Nation, and the Whistle Stop podcast, and so many other things, joins me in this new Slate studio, which is my, I'm having my debut voyage in my cabin. |
| 1:48.4 | I have an ocean view here. |
| 1:49.7 | It's nice, right? |
| 1:50.8 | It's nice. |
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