Molly Jong-Fast

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if I were a president who had had numerous, uh, attempts on my life, Ford's Theatre would not be the theater I would want my name on.

Yeah.

Really.

It's like he wants his name on the Kennedy Center.

He wants his na- uh, all of this-

Both people, both presidents who probably would rather just have lived.

He, yes.

I remember, like, the first time when Mark Cuban was like, "AI's gonna replace you.

You're gonna have a Molly Jong-Fast bot, and you can get it to do all your stuff for you." And I was like, "That's the worst thing I've ever fucking heard in my life." And he was like, "No, no, it's gonna be great for you." And I was like, "No, it's not gonna be fucking great for me.

That's the wor- first of all, it's not gonna work, thank God, but second of all, like, fuck you." So explain to us why, what...

Just go.

We need a longer runway.

Joining me now is Molly Jong Fast, contributing writer with The New York Times and host of the Fast Politics podcast.

Also with me at the table is David Litt, former Obama speechwriter, bestselling author, and the author of the word salad, Substack.

Molly, we just heard the RNC chair say that gas is too expensive, but the solution is to give Republicans, quote, more runway.

Jesse Cannon.

Molly Jong-Fast, so you may have forgotten about this fellow named Michael Alfonso.

He's former reality show and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's son-in-law, and he's running for Congress, but he's getting some strange donations.

So this is, like, a rando congressional seat in Wisconsin.

Months ago, they were getting Ukrainians all across their country to help out.

And Molly, our administration's still too proud to go to the best.

Right.

And right now it's the Ukrainians who understand how to do this best.

People understand that I have continually showed up this past nearly two decades, my adult life here in the state of Florida, fighting against this rise in authoritarianism, this rise of this dictator, and really working to just help alleviate all the stress in their lives.

The government should work for people and not against them, and right now, the, the government under this Trump administration is working against people.

Representative Nixon, I'm Molly Jong-Fast here.

I wanted to ask you about one of the things you did when you were in the State House is you ran against Ron DeSantis and all of the sort of the things that he did to your state.

But as if that wasn't an affront enough, he is doing it amid a gas crunch, and a war, and an economic crisis, and an affordability problem that so many Americans face every day.

With that said, I want to bring in our experts, Molly Jong-Fast from The New York Times, and Bill de Blasio, former New York City mayor, one-time presidential candidate, who's also faced Trump.

Um, I mention this, the split screen, 'cause rarely do you see it so vividly.

Right.

[upbeat music] And something you gotta see, Trump getting mocked and owned by South Park, which has become South America, when we return.

Lots going on, but we're making time to fall back.

Our special guests include Molly Jong-Fast, back at the table.

Her sixth fallback.

Rick Wilson.

Molly Jong-Fast.

Thank you.

I'll see you soon when I get back from overseas.

Unbelievable.

Rick Wilson, thank you.

Molly Jong-Fast, see you soon.

[upbeat music] That's it for this episode of Fast Politics.