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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the fall of Trump, Bernie Sanders’ Wisconsin upset, and the SCOTUS decision in Evenwel v. Abbott.
Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
- It is looking increasingly likely that we will have a Republican contested convention.
- Bob Kerrey, a Clinton supporter, made some eyebrow-raising comments in a recent New York Times piece about further information that could arise and harm Hillary.
- Dylan Matthews, writing in Vox, lays out the ways campaigns today ignore minority voters.
- Similarly, author Steve Philips writes about the untapped potential of minority voters in “Brown Is the New White: How the Democratic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority.”
Emily chatters about the engrossing novel The Mare by Mary Gaitskill.
John chatters about a two-part PBS documentary about Alabama Governor George Wallace, particularly the scenes of his attempted shooting by Arthur Bremer—an event that has had a surprising impact on pop culture and politics.
David chatters about reminding everyone to attend Atlas Obscura Day on April 16, and about the gripping podcast “Tanis.”
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