Aileen Cannon leads the charge again on a Donald Trump case: Political Gabfest

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This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the federal case against Donald Trump involving national security documents, Atlantas Cop City training facility, and Elizabeth Gilberts decision to delay her next book set in Soviet-era Russia.

Join us for a live taping!Political Gabfest Live in Washington, DC, Wednesday June 28, 7:30 pm, Sixth & I. In-person and virtual tickets on sale now.

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman

Jonathan Swan, Charlie Savage, and Maggie Haberman for The New York Times: The Radical Strategy Behind Trumps Promise to Go After Biden

Esteban L. Hernandez for Axios: Denvers STAR set to expand amid tension over its future

Patrick Quinn for Atlanta News First: Stop Cop City Sen. Warnock was delayed at the start of the address

Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

Mark Healy for GQ: Womens Favorite Author to Women: Dont Get Married!

Elizabeth Gilbert on Twitter: Important announcement about THE SNOW FOREST.

Mike Dash for Smithsonian Magazine: For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Never Knew World War II

Philip Kennicott for The Washington Post: Ukraine wants to boycott Russian culture. This is happening.

Franklin Foer for The Atlantic: Eat, Pray, Pander

Peter Beaumont for The Guardian: Author resigns from PEN America board amid row over Russian writers panel

Imogen West-Knights for Slate: The Saga Over Elizabeth Gilberts Russian Novel Has an Uncomfortable Lesson and It’s Not for Her

The Enigma of Clarence Thomasby Corey Robin

Here are this week’s chatters:

John: Simrin Singh for CBS News: Phosphorus, essential element needed for life, found in ocean on Saturns moon; William Harwood for CBS News: New evidence of water plumes on Jupiters moon Europa; can it support life?

Emily:The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts;When Crack Was King: A Peoples History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

David:Muster Dogson The ABC: Five graziers from around Australia are given five Kelpie puppies from the same litter and set to the challenge of turning these exotic Australian dogs into champion dogs.

Audience chatter from Phil: Jay Caspian Kang for The New Yorker: Notes on Losing; Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in TennisLessons from a Masterby Brad Gilbert and Steve Jamison; John Dickerson for Slate: Risk

For this weeks Slate Plus bonus segment, David, Emily, and John discuss Joel Anderson@byjoelanderson’s podcast, Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas.

In the next edition of Gabfest Reads, Emily talks to Peter Singer@PeterSinger about his book, Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed.

Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected] or Tweet us@SlateGabfest. (Messages may be cited by name unless otherwise specified by the writer.)

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth

Research by Julie Huygen

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