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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump’s cabinet choices, the Hamilton–Pence kerfuffle, and how President Trump could obstruct journalists.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
- Henry Grabar in Slate: “Did Trump Ask the President of Argentina for a Building Permit? Either Way, There’s a Problem.”
- Eric Lipton and Ellen Barry in the New York Times: “Donald Trump Meeting Suggests He Is Keeping Up His Business Ties”
- Ivanka Trump attending the president-elect’s meeting with the Japanese prime minister
- Emily Bazelon in the New York Times Magazine: “Billionaires vs. the Press in the Era of Trump”
- Jack Shafer in Politico: “Will America Now Have a Pravda?”
Emily chatters about voting rights, in particular Pat McCrory trying to steal the South Carolina governorship and a Wisconsin three-judge panel rejecting a partisan gerrymandering plan.
John chatters about Joyce Carol Oates’ review of Alexandra Zapruder’s book Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film.
David chatters about Atlas Obscura’s new podcast Horizon Line and the Twitter bot censusAmericans.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Kevin Townsend.
