Trump Literally Knocks Down the White House

<p>This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss how President Trump reacted to the No Kings protests by embracing his own “cult of the ruler” in particularly dramatic fashion, whether the shutdown will eventually break enough government functions to force more urgency in negotiations, and why Young Republicans are fawning over Hitler in group chats.</p><p><br></p><p>For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David talk to <a href="centralsynagogue.org/about-us/our-clergy/angel… Angela Buchdahl</u></a> about what it means to be a rabbi these days, the importance of empathy as a first principle for all of us, and her new memoir, <a href="amazon.com/Heart-Stranger-Unlikely-Identity-Be… of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging</em></a>. </p><p> </p><p>In the latest <a href="slate.com/podcasts/gabfestreads"><u… Reads</u></a>, Emily talks with Yale law professor <a href="law.yale.edu/john-fabian-witt"><u&g… Witt</u></a> about his new book, <a href="amazon.com/dp/1476765871/?tag=slatmaga-20%29&q… Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America</em></a><em>. </em>They explore the remarkable story of the Garland Fund—a small 1920s foundation that bankrolled early work by A. Philip Randolph, and others who would go on to shape the civil rights and labor movements. </p><p> </p><p>Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)</p><p> </p><p>Podcast production by Nina Porzucki</p><p> </p><p>Research by Emily Ditto</p><p><br></p><p>You can find the full Political Gabfest <a href="slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest">… pages here</u></a>.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p>Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our <a href="slate.com/podcastfaqs#plusbenefits"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQ</a> at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy<…; for more information.</p>