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Political Gabfest

The “Glowing Orb” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, News, Government

4.6242 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the presidential budget, Trump’s trip abroad, and a Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Slate political gapfests from May 25th, 2017, the glowing orb addition

0:12.4

I'm David Flots of Atlas.

0:13.9

I'm Scriera here in the DC studio with John.

0:18.4

Face the nation, Dickerson.

0:19.4

Hello, John.

0:20.4

Hello, David.

0:21.4

How are you?

0:22.4

I'm well.

0:23.4

I have a cold glass of water in my left hand, which is totally unexpected.

0:28.5

It's the simple pleasures that make the day better.

0:32.3

You do look well hydrated on your way to being well hydrated and from her attic, her

0:39.7

attic, her garage, her garage, her garage.

0:42.3

Her attic, her garage.

0:43.3

Her garage.

0:44.3

It's Emily Bazeland of the New York Times magazine.

0:47.1

Hello, Emily.

0:48.1

Hello, hello.

0:50.1

On this week's gapfest, wow.

0:52.7

It's every, I thought it was going to be a sort of slow news week and then it never is.

0:57.6

First, the double whammy of the president's budget and the CBO score of the congressional

1:02.7

health bill.

1:03.7

Well, I'll fold that together and we'll even fold in a secret third piece to that, but

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