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Hello and welcome to the plate political gap test from May 17, 2018, The Leaks and the Leaking Leakers who leak them edition.

I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. I'm in D.C. solo, solo in D.C. I can see via

video chat, Emily Bazelon, who's somewhere else. New Haven. She's with the New York Times Magazine.

Hello, Emily. Hello. And I cannot see, but I can hear John Dickerson of CBS this morning in New York. Hello, John. Hello, David. Hello, Emily. I'm sorry, I can't see you, but I nevertheless have a very clear image of the two of you in my mind. I'm wearing a purple sweater. That's all you need to know. Yes, I've never worn a purple sweater, and I never hope to be one. I'm wearing a check shirt and nothing else. No, that's not true.

On this week's GabFest, the morass in Israel with a new U.S. embassy and the same old conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

Then why does the Trump white house leak so much and is that bad?

And then good news, I think, or Emily will tell us if it's

good news. New York is going to basically stop arresting and prosecuting pot smokers. Oh, wait a

second. No, that is such an overstatement. I wish that were the case. All right. Okay. New York is

going to force everyone to smoke pot. That's what it feels like sometimes as I walk through Greenpoint.

Anyway, plus we will have cocktail chatter.

And do not forget Philadelphians and near Philadelphians.

We have a live show coming up on Wednesday, July 18th, at the Keswick Theater at 7.30 p.m.

You can get tickets at slate.com slash live. We haven't done a Philly show in many,

many years. We are thrilled to be coming back to to the home state, the home city of Ms. Bazelon,

and we really want to see you out there. So please join us at the Keswick Theater on July 18th,

slate.com slash live for tickets.

Slate Plus members get 30% off your tickets.

So, whoa, what a bargain.

Definitely come.

See you there.

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