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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for Thursday, March 24th, 2016, the patrolling

and securing edition I'm David Plott's of Atlas Obscura. John Dickerson of Face the Nation

is here with me in our DC studio our new new DC studio. It's not even our old new DC

DC studio with another studio that we're trying out. Hello John. Hey, I like this. I like the

I prefer this studio to the one across the hall frankly if I must take a stand that's more spacious

and then joining us from New Haven where she's just she's really suffering is Emily Baselon. Hi,

I can't believe that after how mean you were about me last week in which you

baited Ruth Marguess which she in such a lovely way refused to take your bait and now you're

starting off by insulting me. It's like you're not even glad I'm back. Have you been on the show

for 10 years? Like what was the last 10 years been if not me attempting to bait you and insult you?

True but well I don't know maybe it was because I was listening and I wasn't actually in the room

but it's you. Did you listen to the show? Yeah I did it was a great show. Did you listen to me,

baby? Yeah it was a great show but man you were just like determined to stir up some trouble

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