Prolix Prorogue
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Emily Bazelon, David Plotz and Ruth Marcus, discuss the state of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination; the newest Brexit chaos--with guest Amanda Taub; and hope for accountability and funding to stem the opioid crisis.
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and Ruth talk about the recent court ruling that North Carolina’s gerrymandered districts violate the state’s constitution.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest for September 5th, 2019, the ProLix ProRogue edition. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Excura, joining me in Washington, D.C., back. |
| 0:19.3 | Back is favorite GabFest substitute GabFest guest, Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post. |
| 0:26.3 | Hello. |
| 0:26.7 | Hello. |
| 0:27.4 | And I thought it was pro-rog and thank you for clarifying that. |
| 0:32.1 | Oh, what's the alternative? |
| 0:33.3 | Pro-Rog? |
| 0:34.3 | I don't know. |
| 0:34.9 | It all sounds bad. |
| 0:35.9 | I've never heard it said. |
| 0:36.6 | It sounds like one of those |
| 0:38.3 | words you shouldn't say out loud. That's true. Well, Boris Johnson is a pro-rogue. He's certainly a professional rogue. Ruth, so great to have you back. You are on book leave. It's great to be here. I am about to finish up book leaves. About, a book about. I'm working on a book about Justice Brett Kavanaugh. |
| 0:53.6 | Who he is, what happened, and why it matters. |
| 0:57.5 | All right. I'm working on a book about Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who he is, what happened, and why it matters. |
| 0:57.6 | All right. |
| 0:58.1 | I can't wait to see that. |
| 0:59.8 | Me neither. |
| 1:00.7 | Ruth is sitting in for John Dickerson, who is hither and yon, Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine. |
| 1:07.5 | And Gail University Law School joins us from New Haven. |
| 1:11.6 | Hello, Emily. Hello, Emily. |
| 1:18.2 | Hello, David. And hey, Ruth. Great that you're here. Hi. On today's Gab Fest, is Joe Biden really the frontrunner for the Democratic primary? If he is, can he maintain frontrunnerdom? Then what on |
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