This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Special Counsel Robert Hur’s description of President Joe Biden; House Republicans’ impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and refusal on Ukraine aid; and Democrat Tom Suozzi’s win in the New York congressional special election. And in Slate Plus, Emily, John, and David talk local news with reporter [Ellie Wolfe] (https://tucson.com/users/profile/ellie%20wolfe/) .
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Matt Viser and Tyler Pager for The Washington Post: [Biden responds angrily to special counsel report questioning his memory] (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/08/biden-hur-response/) and Marianne LeVine: [Trump says he’d disregard NATO treaty, urge Russian attacks on U.S. allies] (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/10/trump-nato-allies-russia/)
Politico Magazine: [What Biden Needs to Do to Reassure the Public] (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/11/biden-age-strategy-00140777)
Elena Moore for NPR: [Biden’s campaign gives in and joins TikTok. Blame the youngs] (https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1230922010/biden-tiktok-young-voters)
Mike Lillis and Mychael Schnell for The Hill: [Lawmakers scramble for Plan B on Ukraine] (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4469012-lawmakers-scramble-for-plan-b-on-ukraine/)
Jake Tapper for CNN: [Marco Rubio reacts to Trump threatening NATO country to ‘pay up’] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Od6LKZ3ig)
Zack Beauchamp for Vox: [The moral and strategic case for arming Ukraine] (https://www.vox.com/24070998/ukraine-war-russia-us-foreign-aid-trump-congress)
Joshua Matz, Michael J. Gerhardt, Amit Jain, and Laurence H. Tribe for Just Security: [Why and How the Senate Should Swiftly Dismiss the Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas] (https://www.justsecurity.org/92292/the-senate-should-swiftly-dismiss-the-impeachment-charges-against-mayorkas/)
Nate Cohn for The New York Times: [Not an Ordinary Special Election, and Yet a Typical Result] (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/upshot/special-election-democrats-new-york.html) and Carl Hulse: [How Senate Democrats Flipped the Border Issue on Republicans] (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/us/border-senate-schumer.html)
Here are this week’s chatters:
Emily: [American Fiction] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MbLCpYJPA) ; Sam Sanders, Nadira Goffe, and Stephen Metcalf for the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast: [American Fiction, Oscar Contender?] (https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2024/01/how-american-fiction-earned-five-oscar-nominations) ; and Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford for the Stitcher Vibe Check podcast: [A Special Conversation with Cord Jefferson] (https://www.stitcherstudios.com/shows/vibe-check)
John: [Timeguessr] (https://timeguessr.com/) and Matt Levine for Matt Levin’s Money Stuff: [Lyft Had an Earnings Typo] (https://news.bloomberglaw.com/mergers-and-acquisitions/matt-levines-money-stuff-lyft-had-an-earnings-typo)
David: [The Greatest Night in Pop] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD3oU1gowu4) on Netflix and USA for Africa: [We Are the World] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw)
Listener chatter from J.T. Horn in Strafford, Vermont: Peter Frick Wright for the Outside Podcast: [A Wild Conversation with E. Jean Carroll] (https://www.outsideonline.com/podcast/e-jean-carroll-conversation/)
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss with [Ellie Wolfe] (https://tucson.com/users/profile/ellie%20wolfe/) her local-news reporting as Education Reporter for the Arizona Daily Star. See [Proposed law would limit shared governance at Arizona’s universities] (https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/university-arizona-legislature-shared-governance-faculty-senate/article_46f3f0c0-ca9a-11ee-a654-1b08fbe70e3c.html) ; [U of A to ‘permanently eliminate’ $27 million worth of jobs in academic units] (https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/university-arizona-financials-budget-deficit-board-regents-govkatiehobbs-job-cuts/article_39a5b272-c780-11ee-9f81-b39b2f0f5b1f.html) ; [U of A’s Robbins talks about his pay, layoffs, athletics debt, more] (https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/university-arizona-financial-crisis-budget-cuts-layoffs-mission/article_4e0ff04e-c215-11ee-aec0-4f0a55a8b10c.html) ; and [CFO: U of A must cut $200M in spending, rethink mission, accept layoffs] (https://tucson.com/news/local/university-arizona-faculty-financial-plan-regents-deficit-layoffs/article_e059e6b6-bf05-11ee-ab18-eb7271ba6324.html) . Thanks to listeners Alison, Anna, and David for the recommendation!
In the latest [Gabfest Reads] (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) , John talks with Brad Stulberg about his book, [Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You] (https://www.amazon.com/Master-Change-Everything-Changing-Including-ebook/dp/B0BQMY2PT5/tag=slatmaga-20) .
Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [gabfest@slate.com] (mailto:gabfest@slate.com) . (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
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