Will SCOTUS Let Trump Fire the Watchdogs? | Slate Political Gabfest

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Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Join at (https://slate.com/plus?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_content=political_gabfest&utm_campaign=end_screen_plus_element&tpcc=youtube-video-end_screen_plus_element-political_gabfest) to get access wherever you listen. This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss what will happen as the Supreme Court considers whether a president can remove leaders of independent agencies like the FTC, EPA, SEC, and FCC without cause, potentially overturning Humphrey’s Executor and reshaping modern federal power. They examine how the overt signals about immigration and “civilizational erasure” in Trump’s new National Security Strategy are meant to stir up cultural anxiety in Europe and strain U.S. alliances with the EU, Russia, and China. And they dig into the high-stakes streaming merger drama between Netflix, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery with guest Tim Wu, professor at Columbia Law School and author of the new book The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity, exploring what this mega-deal means for antitrust, media consolidation, and political power. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki // Research by Emily Ditto // Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Subscribe to Slate: https://www.youtube.com/slate Follow Slate on Social: Political Gabfest on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SlateGabfest Host David Plotz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidplotz Host Emily Bazelon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilybazelon Host John Dickerson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdickerson Slate on Twitter - https://twitter.com/slate Slate Podcasts on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SlatePodcasts Slate on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slate Slate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slate