Tuesday, December 3

JD Vance Won’t Admit Donald Trump Lost in 2020

Today, Jamelle Bouie of The New York Times signs up with John Dickerson and David Plotz to talk about the vice-presidential dispute in between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance; the fatal dispute in between Israel and Iran with Nathan Guttman of Israeli public tv; and the federal indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Here are some notes and referrals from today’s program:

CBS News: Full dispute: JD Vance and Tim Walz vice governmental argument, hosted by CBS News

Harris-Walz 2024: JD Vance’s Damning Non-Answer

Zack Beauchamp for Vox: The only minute from the VP dispute that mattered

Helen Lewis for The Atlantic: Did Donald Trump Notice J. D. Vance’s Strangest Answer?

Molly Ball for The Wall Street Journal: JD Vance’s Version of Trump Is Better Than the Real Thing

Linda Chavez for The Bulwark: Why JD Vance Couldn’t Stop Lying About Immigration

Nathan Guttman in Moment Magazine: The Elimination of Hassan Nasrallah

Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch for Reuters: Israel requires evacuations from south Lebanon, strikes Beirut residential area

Ido Vock and James Gregory for BBC: ICC chief district attorney safeguards Netanyahu apprehend warrant in BBC interview

Benjamin Oreskes for The New York Times: With Eric Adams Indicted, What Happens Next?

Eric C. Sands for Teaching American History: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

Vocabulary.com: venal/ venial

Ankush Khardori for Politico: The Alito Scandal Is Worse Than It Seems and Josh Gerstein: Supreme Court reverses Bob McDonnell’s corruption convictions

Jeffrey Rosen in The Washington Post: The Founders’ remedy to demagoguery is a lesson for today

Rachel Shteir for Smithsonian Magazine: The Dead Woman Who Brought Down the Mayor

Here are today’s chatters:

John: Deadloch on Amazon Prime; Hot Fuzz; and Shaun of the Dead

Jamelle: The Criterion Channel: Courtroom Dramas and 12 Angry Men

David: Marissa J. Lang for The Washington Post: This image on the National Mall mesmerized the nation years back. The genuine story behind it stayed a secret– previously.

Listener chatter from Rebecca in Washington, D.C.: Dave Eggers in The Washington Post: The Searchers

For today’s Slate Plus bonus offer sector, Jamelle, John, and David talk with WyoFile’s Maya Shimizu Harris about the battle in between the Wyoming Freedom Caucus and conventional Wyoming Republicans.

In the most recent Gabfest Reads, David talks with Elizabeth Strout about her brand-new book, Tell Me Everything: A Novel.

Email your chatters, concerns, and remarks to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages might be referenced by name unless the author states otherwise.)

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth

Research Study by Julie Huygen

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