This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Biden v. Trump polls and Super Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s decision to leave Donald Trump on the ballot, and whether <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/04/us-anti-semitism-jewish-american-safety/677469/">The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending</a> with The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer. Join us for <a href="https://slate.com/gabfestlive">Political Gabfest Live</a> in Washington, D.C. on March 27! Tickets are on sale now. Planning to attend? Submit a Listener Chatter to <a href="mailto:gabfest@slate.com">gabfest@slate.com</a> and you might be picked to chatter live.  Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:538: <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/">Latest Polls</a>Shane Goldmacher for The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/us/politics/biden-trump-times-siena-poll.html">Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds</a>Mark Joseph Stern for Slate: <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-trump-colorado-ballot-disaster.html">The Supreme Court’s “Unanimous” Trump Ballot Ruling Is Actually a 5-4 Disaster</a>Michael C. Dorf for Dorf on Law: <a href="https://www.dorfonlaw.org/2024/03/nine-justices-in-search-of-excuse-to.html">Nine Justices in Search of an Excuse to Nullify Section 3 of the 14th Amendment</a>Kate Shaw, Melissa Murray, and Leah Litman for Crooked Media’s Strict Scrutiny podcast: <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/scotus-restores-trump-to-the-colorado-ballot-unanimously-kind-of/">SCOTUS Restores Trump to the Colorado Ballot, Unanimously (Kind Of)</a>Franklin Foer for The Atlantic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/04/us-anti-semitism-jewish-american-safety/677469/">The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending</a>Elena Schneider and Melanie Mason for Politico: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/03/aipac-israel-spending-democratic-primaries-00144552">AIPAC uncorks $100 million war chest to sink progressive candidates</a>Center for Antisemitism Research: <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/24-americans-harbor-extensive-antisemitic-prejudice-20-2022-survey-finds">24% of Americans Harbor Extensive Antisemitic Prejudice, Up From 20% in 2022, Survey Finds</a>Romain Chauvet for The Times of Israel: <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-every-day-for-my-children-as-antisemitism-soars-french-jews-flee-to-israel/">‘I’m afraid every day for my children’: As antisemitism soars, French Jews flee to Israel</a>Here are this week’s chatters:Emily: Madaleine Rubin for The Texas Tribune: <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/05/harris-county-district-attorney-primary-kim-ogg/">Sean Teare unseats Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg in primary</a>; Serena Lin for the Austin American-Statesman: <a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2024/03/05/travis-county-election-results-district-attorney-race-jose-garza-jeremy-sylestine/72795747007/">Incumbent José Garza wins Democratic primary for Travis County district attorney</a>; Stefanie Dazio for AP: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-district-attorney-george-gascon-ea268049373d9ac27a02b4d08585dda7">Progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón advances to runoff</a>; Mensah M. Dean for The Trace: <a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2024/03/philadelphia-gun-carry-license-felony/">In Philadelphia, a Program Offers Some People Arrested for Unlicensed Guns a Second Chance</a>; and Jenice Armstrong for The Philadelphia Inquirer: <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/larry-krasner-illegal-guns-alternative-felony-disposition-program-20240307.html">Philly program keeps gun offenders out of prison. I’m all for it.</a>John: Bozi Tatarevic for Road & Track: <a href="https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46973038/nascar-driver-gloves-cheating-explained/">Here’s Why NASCAR Driver Joey Logano Was Penalized For Cheating Gloves</a> and Victoria Beaver: <a href="https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a60057737/the-cheated-up-glove-nascar-fined-nascar-fined-joey-logano-over/">Caught Webbed-Handed: Here’s the Cheated-Up Glove NASCAR Fined Joey Logano Over</a>David: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81256740">One Day</a> on Netflix and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Vintage-Contemporaries-David-Nicholls-ebook/dp/B0036S4CTS/tag=slatmaga-20">One Day</a> by David Nicholls; <a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/57048262-2ca5-41ee-9b57-53bb9b9e1596">Normal People</a> on Hulu and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Normal-People-Novel-Sally-Rooney-ebook/dp/B07FS25XTW/tag=slatmaga-20">Normal People: A Novel</a> by Sally Rooney; <a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/5422a5f9-e4f1-475e-9217-65e8249388d0">Shōgun</a> on Hulu and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sho%CC%84gun-Part-One-Asian-Saga-ebook/dp/B0CLKYXY4C/tag=slatmaga-20">Shōgun, Part One</a> by James Clavell; <a href="https://ecliptic.atlasobscura.com/">Atlas Obscura’s Ecliptic Festival</a>; and Danielle Dowling for The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/travel/total-solar-eclipse-2024.html">31 Things to Do for the Big Eclipse This April</a>Listener chatter from Jason Dewees in San Francisco, California: Julie Zigoris for The San Francisco Standard: <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/02/17/nazi-artist-san-francisco-park-mystery-lochakov/">He died in a Jewish ghetto. How did his long-lost art end up on a bench in San Francisco?</a> For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily talk with Researcher Julie about working as an election judge. See Arapahoe County (Colorado) <a href="https://www.arapahoevotes.gov/">Elections</a>; <a href="https://www.arapahoevotes.gov/election-judges">Election Judges</a>; <a href="https://www.arapahoevotes.gov/transparency">Election Transparency</a>; and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c3xJzvcYLE">Arapahoe County Life of the Ballot</a>.  In the latest <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2024/02/books-kiley-reids-new-novel-college-life-race-money-economics-consumerism">Gabfest Reads</a>, David talks with Kiley Reid about her book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Come-Get-Kiley-Reid-ebook/dp/B0C1YF5R13/tag=slatmaga-20">Come and Get It</a>. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to <a href="mailto:gabfest@slate.com">gabfest@slate.com</a>. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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