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This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Stormy Daniels’s testimony in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial; marijuana rescheduling; and the media’s role and responsibility in defending democracy. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Josh Gerstein for Politico: Stormy spoke. Trump fumed. Jurors were captivated – but also cringed.Ivana Saric for Axios: Status of Trump’s criminal casesLi Zhou for Vox: Marijuana could be classified as a lower-risk drug. Here’s what that means.Sam Tabachnik for The Denver Post: Black market marijuana grows are popping up faster than law enforcement can take them down. But is legalization the cause?John Ingold for The Colorado Sun: What have we learned about the arguments for and against legalized marijuana in the past 10 years?Nathaniel Meyersohn for CNN: The dark side of the sports betting boomC-SPAN: President Biden Remarks at White House Correspondents’ DinnerBen Smith for Semafor: Joe Kahn: ‘The newsroom is not a safe space’Dan P