Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, Title 42, and the current prayer in school debate.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Daphne Keller for The Center for Internet and Society: “<a href="https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2022/04/what-does-dsa-say-0">What Does The DSA Say?</a>”John Dickerson for Slate: “<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/04/obama-s-birth-certificate-released-it-s-not-the-media-s-finest-moment-or-trump-s-or-obama-s.html">Born Identity</a>”Here are this week’s chatters:David: Ed Kilgore for New York Magazine: “<a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/utah-democrats-endorse-independent-mcmullin-against-lee.html">Utah Democrats Endorse Independent Evan McMullin in Challenge to Mike Lee</a>”; <a href="https://citycast.fm/jobs/">CityCast.fm/jobs</a> John: Reddit thread: “<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/spc2rj/this_is_a_3200year_old_attendance_sheet_found_in/">This is a 3200-year old attendance sheet found in Deir el-Medina, Egypt. Reasons for worker absence include ‘embalming brother’, ‘brewing beer’ and ‘bitten by scorpion’</a>”; The British Museum: <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA5634">Ostracon</a> Emily: Ronald Brownstein for The Atlantic: “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/04/san-francisco-los-angeles-da-recalls/629701/">Why California Wants to Recall Its Most Progressive Prosecutors</a>”; Vanessa Romo for NPR: “<a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094952916/los-angeles-sheriff-la-times-cover-up-reporter">The LA Sheriff Now Says No Charges For The Reporter Who Wrote About A Cover-Up</a>”Listener chatter from J.T. Horn: Mary Pols for Downeast Magazine "<a href="https://downeast.com/history/why-maine-owes-its-most-breathtaking-public-lands-to-one-1972-newspaper-story/">Why Maine Owes Its Most Breathtaking Public Lands to One 1972 Newspaper Story</a>" For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss John’s prescient <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/04/obama-s-birth-certificate-released-it-s-not-the-media-s-finest-moment-or-trump-s-or-obama-s.html">2011 piece about Trump’s birtherism</a>.Tweet us your questions and chatters <a href="https://twitter.com/slategabfest?lang=en">@SlateGabfest</a> or email us at <a href="mailto:gabfest@slate.com">gabfest@slate.com</a>. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Kevin Bendis.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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