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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest: Emily Bazelon, Adam Davidson, and David Plotz discuss Trump’s so-called “pivot” on immigration, Clinton’s emails, and Emily’s new story about the death penalty.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
- Donald Trump seems to be changing his stance on immigration
- Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall on Trump this week
- Hillary Clinton emails shed light on foundation donors’ access at the State Department
- Emily’s New York Times Magazine story: “Where the Death Penalty Still Lives“
- Mark Leibovich’s New York Times story “Anthony Weiner Says His Wife Never Agreed to That Documentary“
- And Mark Leibovich’s Anthony Weiner interview
Adam chatters about the University of Chicago sending a letter to incoming students that the school doesn’t “support so-called ‘trigger warnings.’ ”
Emily chatters about three Gawker posts she read and looks back at some of the shuttered site’s great journalism: “The Men Who Left Were White,” “Burning Bridges That Never Really Mattered,” and “The De-Watergating of American Journalism.”
David discusses the Netflix drama The Get Down, about the early days of hip-hop.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Kevin Townsend.