About this episode
The episode discusses Trump's corrupt practices, election dynamics, and accountability for ICE agents, featuring guest Mary Moriarty.
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss what Trump is actually trying to buy with his blatantly corrupt "anti-weaponization" slush fund and self-dealing, why Trump can exact primary election revenge on his Republican critics when his own popularity is so low, and how the federal government is obstructing attempts to hold ICE agents involved in shootings accountable with guest Mary Moriarty , Hennepin County DA. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the Slow Burn podcast's new season, Becoming Justice Gorsuch , with host Susan Matthews . They talk about the conservative legal project he was built for, his splits with the president who appointed him, and his seeming conviction that he's the only justice who's doing it right. In the latest Gabfest Reads , John Dickerson talks with Bloomberg columnist Adrian Wooldridge about his new book The Revolutionary Center: The Lost Genius of Liberalism . In a moment when American democracy is under assault from authoritarian populists and dogmatic progressives, Wooldridge argues that liberalism itself offers the most resilient framework for pluralistic, self-correcting…
People in this episode
Hosts: Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz
Guest: Mary Moriarty
Topics covered
- Trump's corruption
- primary election dynamics
- ICE accountability
- legal frameworks
- American democracy
- liberalism
Keywords
- Trump
- corruption
- ICE
- elections
- liberalism
- Mary Moriarty
- politics
- Slate Plus
- Gabfest Reads
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Slate Podcasts, Bloomberg
Books & works: The Revolutionary Center: The Lost Genius of Liberalism, Slow Burn, Becoming Justice Gorsuch
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