Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Kate McGee and Jolie McCullough for The Texas Tribune: “<a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/24/texas-gun-laws-uvalde-mass-shootings/">Confronted</a><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/24/texas-gun-laws-uvalde-mass-shootings/">with mass shootings, Texas Republicans have repeatedly loosened gun laws</a>”Bruce Leshan for WUSA9: “<a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation/other-countries-have-been-hit-by-school-shootings-and-done-something/65-519350905">Other countries have been hit by school shootings – and done something</a>” Carl Hulse for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/us/politics/congress-assault-weapons-ban.html">How Congress Passed an Assault Weapons Ban in 1994</a>” Rebecca Kern for Politico: “<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/18/censorship-buffalo-manifesto-texas-law-00033228">Tech companies removed the Buffalo shooting manifesto. A Texas law could make that illegal</a>”  Emily Woodbury for St. Louis Public Radio: “<a href="https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-16/sheena-chestnut-greitens-analyzes-chinas-tightrope-walk-amid-russias-invasion-of-ukraine">Sheena Chestnut Greitens analyzes China’s tightrope walk amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine</a>”Lara Seligman for Politico: “‘<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/19/deadly-serious-u-s-quietly-urging-taiwan-to-follow-ukraine-playbook-for-countering-china-00033792">Deadly serious’: U.S. quietly urging Taiwan to follow Ukraine playbook for countering China</a>” Here are this week’s chatters:David: The Congressional Naming Commission <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/24/politics/commission-bases-confederate-leaders/index.html">planning to rename forts</a> originally named for Confederate leadersEmily: The women in her New York Times piece “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/magazine/roe-v-wade-abortion-rights.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes">America Almost Took a Different Path Toward Abortion Rights</a>” John: Trump’s losses in the Georgia Republican primary and Jason Willick’s Washington Post piece, “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/25/trump-2024-republican-primary-chances/?itid=ap_jasonwillick">Why Trump’s 2024 chances are even worse than Georgia suggests</a>”  Listener chatter from Rebecca Vernon: Marisa lati for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/19/sinkhole-forest-china/">In a massive Chinese sinkhole, scientists find a secret forest</a>”For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, Emily and David talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/jodyrosen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Jody Rosen</a> about bicycles and his new book, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239537/two-wheels-good-by-jody-rosen/">Two Wheels Good: The History & Mystery of the Bicycle</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 Cheyna Roth.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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