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Updated Friday, April 16, 2010, at 7:03 PM ET

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On this week's Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Tea Party's big tax-day moment, the Supreme Court vacancy, and the future of NASA.

Here are some of the links and references from this week's show:

New York Times piece discussing the New York Times/CBS poll on Tea Party demographics.
Adam Liptak's New York Times piece on the religious composition of the Supreme Court.
Listener and Gabfest conversion story winner Beth Feldman chatters about the Florida Senate's teacher merit-pay bill.
Emily chatters about a new book for adolescents, Vintage Veronica.
David chatters about aSlatemusic piece on Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" video.
John chatters about an Associated Press poll on reactions to health care reform.

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Posted on April 16 by Gail Sullivan at 7:05 p.m.

 
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David Plotz is the Editor of Slate. He's the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and Good Book. He appears on Slate's Political Gabfest.

Emily Bazelon is a Slate senior editor and writes about law, family, and kids. She's working on a book about bullying.

John Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of On Her Trail. He can be reached at slatepolitics@gmail.com. Read his series on Risk. Follow him on Twitter.