What's Next for Travel Ban 2.0

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Slate senior legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick walks us through the next steps for Donald Trump's revised travel ban. Some judges may not use Trump's campaign rhetoric in their rulings; however, "Every time Trump opens his mouth, he makes it harder," says Lithwick. She also discusses next week's confirmation hearings of Neil Gorsuch. Besides covering the courts for Slate, Lithwick is the host of the Amicus podcast. In the Spiel, it's Lobstar time. Today's sponsors: Green Mountain Coffee is passionate about making a smoother-tasting cup. Try it today with $4 off, when you buy two boxes of most Green Mountain Coffee K-Cup pods at keurig.com with codeTRYGMC. Unpacked, a new Spotify original podcast that explores some of the planet's hottest events. First up? Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest. Listen to Unpacked and all your favorite music on the Spotify mobile app for free now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:07.0	It's Friday, March 17, 2017, from Slate, it's the gist I might pesca.
0:13.8	Look the White House isn't about what feels good.
0:17.1	It's about what is good.
0:19.0	Feeding a hungry person might feel good or even sound good, but that doesn't mean it
0:23.2	is good.
0:24.2	Oh, and B director, Mick Mulvaney explains.
0:27.6	We can't spend money on programs just because they sound good and great meals on wheels
0:31.7	sounds great.
0:32.7	Again, that's a state decision to fund that particular force in order to take the federal
0:36.5	money.
0:37.5	That's right, meals on wheels sounds good, especially if you're one of the mostly elderly
0:41.1	people who depends on meals on wheels as your only source of calories would be pretty
0:46.1	good right now, huh?
0:47.9	I guess these old people they could eat cold, hard, tack, but what about the cold, hard
0:52.4	facts, meals on wheels actually does work really well.
0:57.0	One study separated seniors into three groups.
0:59.7	One got meals on wheels, one got a shipment with a box of food for the week, one got nothing,
1:04.3	who did the best?
1:05.6	The ones with meals on wheels.
1:07.8	Not only was their nutrition the best, because they had those face-to-face exchanges with
1:12.1	the guys delivering the meals on the wheels.
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