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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson are joined by Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of the Atlantic, to discuss President Trump’s response to Charlottesville, the impact of last weekend’s events on the nation, and the upcoming Alabama Senate race.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
- John Podhoretz writes in Commentary: “Explaining Trump’s Charlottesville Behavior”
- David A. Graham writes in the Atlantic: “Trump Knows Exactly What He’s Doing”
- Zack Beauchamp writes in Vox: “What Trump Gets Wrong About Confederate Statues, in One Chart”
- Kevin D. Williamson writes in National Review: “Angry White Boys”
- Paul Kane writes in the Washington Post: “In Alabama, Senate Republicans Have Tied Themselves to Trump. At What Cost?”
Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:
- John: A story of a 1950s pipe-bomber in New York City on Damn Interesting.
- Emily: Learning about her family’s heritage through old census records.
- Jeffrey: His own family’s journey to America, emigrating from Europe just before the country’s doors closed.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Kevin Townsend.
