The “What We Will Know on Election Night” Edition
Trump’s minuscule tax payments, guest Nate Persily on election night reporting, and Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
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Episode Notes
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, and Mike McIntire for the New York Times: “Long-Concealed Records Show Trump’s Chronic Losses and Years of Tax Avoidance”
Adam Davidson’s Twitter thread on signs that Trump might have engaged in money laundering.
Daniel Shaviro for Just Security: “Ten Quick Takeaways From the New York Times’ Bombshell Article on Trump’s Tax Returns”
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland for the New York Times: “Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump”
Nathaniel Persily and Charles Stewart III for the Wall Street Journal: “Actually, We Will Know a Lot on Election Night”
Edward-Isaac Dovere for The Atlantic, “The Deadline That Could Hand Trump the Election”
Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:
Emily: Jordan Nickerson and David H. Solomon: “Car Seats as Contraception”
John: McDonald & Dodds
David: Raymond Antonio Vargas for the New Orleans Advocate: “In New Orleans, Case of Staged Accidents, Disbarred Lawyer, Stuntwoman Attorney Takes a Dark Turn”
Listener chatter from Megan Murray @mkmurray9: Alec MacGillis for The New Yorker: “The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning”
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss what unprofitable businesses they would like to run if they were engaging in tax evasion or avoidance schemes.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.
Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.
