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On this week's Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the last push for health care reform, the Obama administration's harsh words for Israel, and Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party.

Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:

Thomas Friedman's New York Times piece.
Los Angeles Times piece about Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas.
John chatters about C-SPAN's searchable online video library, where you can find, among other things, this 2001 interview with David Plotz, Hanna Rosin, and their 7-month-old daughter.
Emily chatters about booing at hockey games.
David chatters about OK Go's music video for "This Too Shall Pass."

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Posted on March 19 by Gail Sullivan at 1:21 p.m.

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