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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump’s trip to Mexico, Huma Abedin’s separation from Anthony Weiner, and the fight for control of the Senate.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
- The Clinton campaign’s in-depth preparation for the debates
- Donald Trump’s looser style of debate prep
- A New York Post story prompts Huma Abedin to separate from Anthony Weiner
- The New York Times story about Anthony Weiner’s scandals “casting a shadow” over the Clinton campaign
- Mark Leibovich interviewed Anthony Weiner in the New York Times Magazine
- GOP Senator Rob Portman’s Ohio race appears to be resisting the Trump effect
- Emily’s New York Times Magazine profile of California Attorney General Kamala Harris
Emily chatters about Angela Corey and Matt Shirk, the tough-on-crime Florida officials whom Emily wrote about and discussed last week, both losing their elections this week.
John chatters about a New York Times story about milk shortages caused by supporters of Indian movie idol Rajinikanth dousing his posters in milk.
David chatters about Atlas Obscura’s D.C. book launch at Sixth & I on Sept. 29 and the Netflix show Last Chance U.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Kevin Townsend.
