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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for December 19, 2014. The Y Close Guantanamo

when you can open Havana edition. I am David Plots of Atlas Obscura and DC. I have Emily

Vazlon and John Dickerson again, again together in New York. Weird. Neither of them lives in

New York. They're always together in New York.

We keep inviting you and you keep not coming. Maybe that's the weird part. You don't want

to see us. I know. All right. On today's show, he knows. He's got that down. On today's show,

Obama, the president, warms up US relations with Cuba, where Republicans try to stime him.

Then, Jeb Bush announced this week that he's thinking of pondering whether he should consider

and retaining the vague notion that he could potentially float discussing with his wife,

whether he could possibly suggest the proposition that he run for president. Then, you're offended.

You're outraged. Get in line. It was a year when everyone was outraged about something

all the time. We will discuss the year and outrage, plus we'll have Cocktail Chatter and

in Slate Plus, the decision not to release the movie, the interview. Before we get started,

we are seeking an intern for the GavFest Max is leaving very soon. We are almost closed

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