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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump’s escalating conflicts with Paul Ryan and Elizabeth Warren, pending legal action on North Carolina’s HB2, and whether Facebook manipulates its algorithm to the detriment of conservative news.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
- Elizabeth Warren fighting the good fight: a Twitter war with Trump.
- Ross Douthat’s article about the takeaways from the rise of Trump for the Republican Party.
- The Facebook-algorithm controversy started with this article from Gizmodo.
- The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Equality North Carolina have sued North Carolina over HB2; so has the Department of Justice.
- Emily mentions the 1996 Colorado case Romer v. Evans—here’s more on how it relates to HB2.
- In the Slate Plus segment, the trio discusses Ben Rhodes’ role in the White House—read the New York Times profile of him by David Samuels that’s generated recent controversy.
David chatters about how Maine’s Gov. Paul LePage nastily (as per his usual notorious behavior) got his new terrier.
Emily chatters about a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines by four female pilots who have not been accommodated to breast pump while at work.
John chatters about his new book Whistlestop, which will be out on Aug. 2!
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Elle Bisgaard-Church.
