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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, David Plotz, Zoe Chace of This American Life, and chairman of The Slate Group Jacob Weisberg discuss the state of the GOP tax bills, the case for resignation by perpetrators of sexual harassment, and the health of the magazine industry.
Here are some links to references from this week’s show:
- Ben Leubsdorf for the Wall Street Journal: “Economists See GOP Tax Plan Producing Growth Spurt, but Split Over Long-Term Effect”
- The White House: “Mulvaney: Introducing MAGAnomics”
- Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jonathan Martin for the New York Times: “Facing Second Accuser, Franken Sees His Once-Rising Star Dim”
- Amy Davidson Sorkin for the New Yorker: “Liberals and Sexual Harassment”
- Sydney Ember and Michael M. Grynbaum for the New York Times: “The Not-So-Glossy Future of Magazines”
Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:
- Jacob Weisberg: Noah Feldman’s The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President
- Zoe Chace: Kevin D. Williamson’s recent National Review piece about Louise Linton, “The Treasury Secretary’s Wife”
- David Plotz: A recent trip to Deadhorse Bay
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Izzy Rode.
