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Virginia Heffernan talks to Wired’s Issie Lapowsky about the news that Russian-linked accounts bought political ads on Facebook during the 2016 election. Is this a problem that Facebook can solve?
And in a segment just for Slate Plus members, producer Jayson De Leon chats with Slate’s Jim Newell about Trump’s debt ceiling deal with the Democrats. To sign up for Slate Plus, go to Slate.com/TrumpcastPlus.
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Don’t forget about our live show in Austin, Texas, for the Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. We’ll be live from the Texas Union Theatre with special guests Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas. For tickets go to Slate.com/Live.
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