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Political Gabfest - Because of Sex

Emily, John and David discuss Trump’s Tulsa rally, Bolton’s book, and this week’s historic Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ rights--with attorney Chase Strangio.

Episode Notes

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas for Brookings: “Tracking Turnover in the Trump Administration”

Anne Applebaum for the Atlantic: “History Will Judge Trump’s Enablers Harshly”

Dylan Scott for Vox: “What Mike Pence Got Wrong About the New Coronavirus Spikes”

Margo Vansynghel and David Kroman for Crosscut: “The Future of Capitol Hill’s Protest Zone May Lie in Seattle History”

Ashley Garcia Ashley for the Washington Post: “Seattle’s Protest is the Latest in a Long History of Experimental Living”

Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:

John: Carl Hulse for The New York Times: “Senate Passes Major Public Lands Bill”

Emily: Jonathan Chait for New York Magazine: “The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age”

David: David Plotz for Business Insider: “DC Statehood Is a Great But Doomed Cause. Here's a Better Idea.”

Listener chatter from D Holstein @The_Pophouse: Kaitlyn Tiffany for the Atlantic: “Why K-pop Fa Are No Longer Posting About K-pop”

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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, and John discuss Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest, also known as “CHOP.”

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Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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