This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss the final midterm sprint; the latest British Prime Minister; and Trump’s legal troubles. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Adrian Wooldridge for Bloomberg: “<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-24/who-is-rishi-sunak-uk-s-first-hindu-prime-minister">Rishi Sunak Is a New and Old-Fashioned Tory</a>”Barton Gellman for The Atlantic: “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/republicans-investigate-possible-impeachment-joe-biden/671859/">The Impeachment of Joe Biden</a>”<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJHGLLRB/?tag=slatmaga-20">The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump</a>Nathaniel Rakich for FiveThirtyEight: “<a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/state-government-elections/">The Most Important Elections Of 2022 Could Be In State Legislatures</a>”Brittany Bernstein for The National Review: “<a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/why-some-trump-country-pennsylvanians-still-arent-sold-on-dr-oz/">Why Some Trump-Country Pennsylvanians Still Aren't Sold on Dr. Oz</a>”Anna Bower for Lawfare: “<a href="https://www.lawfareblog.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-georgia-special-purpose-grand-juries-were-afraid-ask">Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Georgia Special Purpose Grand Juries But Were Afraid to Ask</a>”Emily Bazelon for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/magazine/yutico-briley.html">I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner?</a>”<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/magazine/prison-letters-project.html">The Prison Letters Project</a>Here are this week’s chatters:John: <a href="https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/">States United Democracy Center;</a> <a href="https://www.thirdway.org/e-binder/the-paul-revere-project">Third Way Paul Revere Project</a>Emily: Charlie Savage for the New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/us/politics/justice-department-reporters.html">Garland Formally Bars Justice Dept. From Seizing Reporters’ Records</a>”David: Dhruv Mehrotra for Wired: “<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/school-swatting-textnow-ethiopia/">Hot on the Trail of a Mass-School-Shooting Hoaxer</a>”; Ben Collins’ Twitter thread <a href="https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1585454026098966529">collecting favorite tweets</a>.Listener chatter from Brian DeGeer: Theresa Vargas for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/26/fiona-apple-criminal-justice-videos/">Fiona Apple Uses Her Voice To Call Out Prince George’s Justice System</a>”For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily discusses <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/magazine/prison-letters-project.html">The Prison Letters Project</a> with John J. Lennon and Reginald Dwayne Betts. Tweet us your questions and chatters <a href="https://twitter.com/slategabfest?lang=en">@SlateGabfest</a> or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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