Political Gabfest: Houthi PC Small Group

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the hilarious-if-it-wasn’t-so-terrifying accidental sending of secret attack plans from Trump administration officials to a journalist; the chilling capitulation of big law firms to Trump’s onslaught; and similar aggressive efforts to intimidate higher education in the United States. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily and David talk with Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow about the path forward for Democrats and her new book Hate Won’t Win: Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better Than You Found It. In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with author Adam Higginbotham about his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Research by Emily Ditto Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest.
0:07.7	There was no classified material that was shared in that.
0:10.8	So if there was no classified in material, share it with the committee.
0:14.7	You can't have it both ways.
0:16.9	March 27th, 2025, the Houthy PC Small Group Edition.
0:22.1	I am David Plotz of CityCast in Washington, D.C.
0:25.9	And she's back from the New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School.
0:32.0	Emily Bazelon.
0:32.8	We missed you, Emily.
0:34.3	I missed you guys.
0:35.9	I missed a lot of news.
0:37.7	Some things happened while I was gone.
0:39.4	Glad to be back.
0:40.2	Oh, my God.
0:41.2	Thank God.
0:42.8	Also, you can't see this, listeners, but Emily and I are twins.
0:45.8	We're both wearing very jolly pink t-shirts this morning.
0:48.5	Spring.
0:50.6	Mine is just because I was, I had took off my workout shirt and this was the, the only thing at hand.
0:55.7	Uh, from New York City, where he is struggling with a cold, but not struggling to express the news as co-anchor of CBS evening news and CBS evening news plus John Dickerson. Hello.
1:09.0	Hello. Hi, everybody. Uh, I am struggling in every possible way, John Dickerson, hello. Hello. Hi, everybody.
1:14.4	I am struggling in every possible way, actually.
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