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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for August 30th, 2018.

Packing and cracking edition. I am David Plots of Outlook.

Subscribe in Washington, DC. Alone, solo, by myself, just me.

But Emily and John are together. I'm not sure about just starting this show off with a

sigh. I'm full of sigh. That's Emily Beth, a lot of the New York Times magazine. John Dicker

sent us CBS this morning next to her in New York studio. Hello guys, you guys don't have to have

sighs. No, we are the bridge of size, which is we will bridge from your size to the greater public

with our effervescent happiness, which was materially increased for me when Emily was just walking

down the hallway. I wasn't expecting that. I thought I'd be alone here and here I am with Emily,

which I realize is exacerbating your feeling of solitude, but never the less. We're just like

hummingbirds in here. Well, I'm self-abnegating enough that your happiness brings me happiness even

though. It adds to my sadness. On this week's Gap Fest, Don McGann, White House Council,

discovers by tweet that he is losing his job. Then what on earth is going on in North Carolina

as it's gerrymandered congressional districts are once more declared illegal for the 37th time

in the last year than the death of John McCain and the president's expectedly classless reaction

to it and the political implications of it. Plus, we will have cocktail chatter. Remember, we're going

to Texas to Austin, Texas, the capital factory on Saturday, September 29th. There's going to be a

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