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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump turmoil in the GOP, WikiLeaked Clinton emails, and the ethics of not voting.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
- More and more women are coming forward to accuse Trump of sexual assault
- A writer for People describes being assaulted by Trump while interviewing him in 2005
- David Leonhardt in the New York Times: “A Great Fight of Our Times”
- A Washington Post editorial says the WikiLeaked emails actually reveal Clinton to be reasonable
- In Vox, a liberal organizer from 1968 describes his decision not to vote in that election
- Early voting may lead Clinton to victory before Election Day
David chatters about two books: Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores and Soulmates.
Emily chatters about Dana Spiotta’s new novel Innocents and Others.
John chatters about a George Patton speech to the troops in 1944.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Kevin Townsend.
