Political Gabfest | The Democrats Had A Good Day

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🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss liberal judge Susan Crawford’s sweeping victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race; Trump’s new, nearly universal massive tariffs; and the dangerously casual standards the government is using to deport alleged gang members despite acknowledged mistakes. Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: Stephanie Nolen for the New York Times: Millions of Women Will Lose Access to Contraception as a Result of Trump Aid Cuts. John: Arthur Delaney for HuffPost: Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback; Fatima Hussein and Patrick Whittle for the Associated Press: Social Security’s acting leader faces calls to resign over decision to cut Maine contracts. Bodkin on Netflix. David: Book Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space, by author Adam Higginbotham; Movie The Intern with Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway (official trailer on YouTube: The Intern); book Emma by Jane Austen (Emma ebook at Project Gutenberg; Emma at Jane Austen’s House). Listener chatter from Emma in Lebanon, New Hampshire: Vermont’s ‘Mr. Maple’ Has Great Stories To Tell For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily talks with Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater about their new book, Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, A Former Used Car Salesman, A Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man With Rats In His Walls Broke Congress. 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.) Podcast production by Kevin Bendis 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.
0:07.0	Growing up in Chippewa Falls, I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world.
0:15.0	April 3, 2025, the Democrats had a Good Day edition.
0:21.6	I'm David Plotz of Citycast in Washington, D.C., from New Haven, Connecticut, where she
0:27.5	is the anchor of the New York Times Magazine and the anchor of Yale University Law School,
0:32.5	Emily Bazelon.
0:33.6	Huh, that makes me feel a little worried about the anchors or the institutions, but go on.
0:39.1	Maybe you're an anchor, not in the sense that John is an anchor, but you're a drag on them.
0:43.0	Yeah, exactly.
0:45.9	And from New York City, where he is the co-anchor of the CBS Evening News and the anchor of CBS Evening News Plus, John Dickerson.
0:54.8	Hi, gang.
0:56.1	This week on the Gab Fest, a Democrat wins a sweeping victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race
1:02.3	and takes advantage of Elon Musk's unpopularity.
1:06.0	Does that tell us anything about where Democrats now stand vis-a-vis Trump and politics. Then President Trump unveiled
1:14.2	massive, nearly universal tariffs that promised to reshape the global economic and geopolitical order.
1:21.9	Then we'll talk about the haphazard slapdash way in which the Trump administration is identifying supposed
1:28.5	gang members their housing at a nightmare prison in El Salvador. Plus, we'll have cocktail chatter.
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