The “Hardest Job in the World” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Ronny Jackson’s will-he-won’t-he Cabinet nomination, arguments before SCOTUS in Hawaii v. Trump, and John’s new piece on the presidency. 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	Hello and welcome to the Slate political gap.
0:08.7	That's April 26, 2018, the hardest job in the world edition.
0:13.0	I am David Plott's about to obscure.
0:14.9	I have kept my dear pod cast co-host waiting.
0:19.4	I'm sorry to them.
0:20.8	I hope we're not keeping listeners waiting, but sorry to John Degersen
0:24.3	a CBS this morning in New York.
0:26.0	Sorry, John.
0:27.5	Sorry to Emily Bazlon of the New York Times magazine.
0:29.8	Sweat in New Haven.
0:30.8	You're getting way to like digging yourself.
0:34.3	We we're good.
0:35.7	We're happy you're back.
0:37.8	Happy everything's fine.
0:40.0	On this week's Gabfess the string saga of Aronnie Jackson and his would be won't be nomination
0:47.4	to be VA secretary and the other other nomination issues and and cabinet issues that President
0:53.6	Trump's cabinet and would be cabinet members are facing.
0:58.0	Then the Supreme Court seems set to uphold the Trump travel ban.
1:04.0	Why do the conservative justices seem so unimpressed by the president's anti-Muslim animus expressed
1:10.9	during his campaign?
1:12.4	And then is the presidency impossible?
1:15.3	We will dig into the monumental Atlantic magazine cover story by some hack, some hack named
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