This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Republicans’ beginning and end of both the border bill and the impeachment of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; the criminal conviction of a mother for a school shooting by her son; and the D.C. Circuit Court decision on presidential immunity and the Supreme Court argument on the presidential ballot.  Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Rachael Bade for Politico: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/schumer-presses-forward-with-plan-b-as-gop-leaders-reel-00140087">Schumer presses forward with Ukraine Plan B as GOP leaders reel</a> and Burgess Everett: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/mcconnell-gop-rebellion-border-deal-00139972">Behind the border mess: Open GOP rebellion against McConnell</a>Cleve R. Wootson Jr. for The Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/06/biden-border-bill-failure-campaign-issue/">Biden vows to make GOP defeat of a conservative border bill a campaign issue</a> and Jacqueline Alemany, Amy B Wang, Marianna Sotomayor, and Paul Kane: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/06/house-mayorkas-impeachment/">In stunning vote, House Republicans fail to impeach Secretary Mayorkas</a>Former Rep. Charlie Stenholm in The Hill in 2015: <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/235409-how-ronald-reagan-and-tip-oneill-would-make-this-congress/">How Tip O’Neill and Ronald Reagan would make this Congress work</a>Tresa Baldas for the Detroit Free Press: <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2024/02/07/involuntary-manslaughter-sentence-jail-jennifer-crumbley/72506697007/">Jennifer Crumbley guilty: Understanding involuntary manslaughter charge, possible sentence</a>and Paul Egan: <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/13/michigan-gun-laws-background-checks-storage-red-flags-changes/70432935007/">Michigan’s gun laws change: Background checks, storage, temporary removal</a>Michael Barbaro and Lisa Miller for The New York Times The Daily podcast: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/podcasts/the-daily/jennifer-crumbley-michigan.html">A Guilty Verdict for a Mass Shooter’s Mother</a>Rachel Weiner for The Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/06/trump-jan-6-immunity-appeal-denied/">Trump has no immunity from Jan. 6 prosecution, appeals court rules</a>Ian Millhiser for Vox: <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/2/6/24063557/supreme-court-trump-immunity-dc-circuit-united-states-jack-smith-tanya-chutkan">The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to sabotage Trump’s election theft trial</a>Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog: <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/02/supreme-court-to-decide-whether-insurrection-provision-keeps-trump-off-ballot/">Supreme Court to decide whether insurrection provision keeps Trump off ballot</a> Here are this week’s chatters:John: Ian Sample for The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/05/ai-helps-scholars-read-scroll-buried-when-vesuvius-erupted-in-ad79">AI helps scholars read scroll buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79</a>; Pierina Pighi Bel for the BBC: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231005-bodegas-the-small-corner-shops-that-run-nyc">Bodegas: The small corner shops that run NYC</a>; David Blank in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philodemus/">Philodemus</a>; <a href="https://mossandfog.com/">Moss and Fog</a>; and Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5rXSHwAbg4">Theodore H. White Lecture with John Dickerson</a>Emily: Sofia Resnick for News From The States: <a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/study-cited-texas-judge-abortion-pill-case-retracted">Study cited by Texas judge in abortion pill case retracted</a> and Sage Publishing: <a href="https://perspectivesblog.sagepub.com/blog/note-from-sage-on-retractions-in-health-services-research-and-managerial-epidemiology">A note from Sage on retractions in Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology</a>David: Patrick Radden Keefe for The New Yorker: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/12/a-teens-fatal-plunge-into-the-london-underworld">A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into The London Underworld</a>Listener chatter from Patrick Johnson in Anchorage, Alaska: Rhonda McBride for KNBA - Anchorage: <a href="https://alaskapublic.org/2024/01/30/anchorages-white-raven-becomes-a-local-legend-as-a-tracked-trickster/">Anchorage’s white raven becomes a local legend as a tracked trickster</a> For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss “Fast Car,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIOAlaACuv4">Tracy Chapman’s 1988 original</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr7oYjnt3bM">Luke Combs’s 2023 cover</a>. In the latest <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2024/01/books-author-brad-stulberg-identity-mindset-master-of-change-how-to-excel-when-everything-is-changing-including-you">Gabfest Reads</a>, John talks with Brad Stulberg about his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Master-Change-Everything-Changing-Including-ebook/dp/B0BQMY2PT5/tag=slatmaga-20">Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You</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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