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Hi, I'm Molly JongFast, and this is Fast Politics,

where we discuss the top political headlines

with some of today's best minds.

And Democrats have voted with Republicans to pass a transgender sports ban.

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The New Yorkers Evan Osnos stops by to talk about where we are in American democracy. Spoiler, no, we're good. And then we'll talk to Slate's Dahlia, Let'swick, about Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing. But first, the news. Somali, as you stated at the top of the show of the news, it's just going great today. The confirmation hearings continue,

but, you know, there's a moment yesterday after we taped with Mark Wayne Mullen defending Piquette Hickett

that I think he deserves a little more attention. Republican Mark Wayne Mullen is from Oklahoma.

He is very much the Marjorie Taylor Green of the Senate, taking any chance to defend one of Trump's

people. He defended Hegsseth against charges of drunkenness and womanizing by suggesting that his

colleagues were equally culpable. How many senators have shown up drunk to vote at night?

Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from

their job? By the way, as someone who's sober since they were 19, yes, let's do it. I'm happy if

you're an active alcoholic, perhaps you should not be running our government. And don't tell me,

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