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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Robert Mueller’s investigation, President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigration and Amazon, and corruption at the EPA.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
- Carol D. Leonnig and Robert Costa for the Washington Post: “Mueller Told Trump’s Attorneys the President Remains Under Investigation but Is Not Currently a Criminal Target”
- Jack Crowe for National Review: “Ann Coulter Blames ‘Lazy Ignoramus’ Trump for Lack of Border-Wall Funding”
- Michael Barbaro for the New York Times’ The Daily: “From Fox to Twitter to the National Guard”
- John Burnett for NPR: “Arrests for Illegal Border Crossing Hit 46-Year Low”
- Coral Davenport and Eric Lipton for the New York Times: “Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say”
- Ed Henry for Fox News: “Scott Pruitt Pushes Back on Controversies”
- Curated Decay: Heritage Beyond Saving, by Caitlin DeSilvey
Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:
- Emily: Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship, by Michelle Kuo
- John: “After 17 Years, Luxury Hotel Lifts Ban for Man Whose Pepperoni Brought Disaster to His Room”
- David: Sewer won Mundane Madness, just like our Portland audience predicted, and Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time, by Beth Moon
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Izzy Rode.