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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 Congressman Dan Newhouse, one of just two Republican congressmen who voted to impeach

President Trump, is you'll be surprised to hear this,

retiring from Congress.

We have such a great show for you today.

Talking Fed's own Harry Lippman stops by to talk to us about the many lawless actions of the Trump

administration.

Then we will talk to Substack's own Paul Krugman about what he sees

happening in the dismal Trump economy. But first, the news. You know, Molly, if I ever had a friend

come to me and say, man, I'm just so bad at my job, I feel terrible about myself, I'd say,

Speaker Mike Johnson exists, buddy. Don't you worry.

It could always get worse. Yeah, you know, it turns out that Speaker the House, a harder job than it looks, can't be filled by a pleasant sycophant.

Like Johnson, a person who got his job because Trump liked him. And that's it. That's it. That's the

only reason he got the job. So here we are. And he's got some problems. A group of House Republican

centers, these are people who are pretty sure they're going to lose their jobs in the 20, 26 midterms. And

they are, including the cunning Mike Lawler.

They went and signed on to this vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits.

So this was smart.

You know, I give Representative Hakeem a pretty hard time.

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