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Political Gabfest

The “A House is Not a Hole” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss if Republicans and Democrats should keep the government open, Trump's opinions on immigration and what positive outcomes can result from public dissection of Grace's Aziz Ansari story.  Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.2

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:10.6

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gabbass for January 18th, 2018.

0:14.6

The House is not a whole edition.

0:17.4

I am David Plotz of Atlas Obscura.

0:19.8

I'm in Washington, DC, in Slate's DC studios.

0:23.2

Joining me from a studio in Manhattan, New York state

0:28.5

is John Dickerson of CBS this morning.

0:30.3

Howdy, John.

0:31.4

Hey, David.

0:32.6

And from Heidi Hol in New Haven is Emily Bazlon

0:38.0

of the New York Times magazine, Hello, Emily.

0:40.5

Hello, David. Hello, John.

0:42.1

Hi, Emily.

0:43.0

On this week's Gabb Fest, tomorrow is the deadline

0:48.1

for passing a spending bill to avert a government shutdown

0:51.0

there are so many moving pieces as we are taping here

0:54.1

on Thursday morning can Republicans find a compromise

0:57.7

that keeps their hardliner satisfied, yet wins enough Senate

1:01.6

Democrats to prevent shutdown and that President Trump will

1:04.3

sign.

1:05.5

Then what do we do about the fact that President Trump is

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