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Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

Rick Wilson & Gal Beckerman

Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson joins us to discuss Trump getting thrown out of his own Situation Room.
The Atlantic’s Gal Beckerman joins us to talk about his new book, How to Be a Dissident.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.6

Hi, I'm Molly JongFast, and this is Fast Politics, where we discuss the top political headlines with some of today's best minds.

0:13.3

And a new NBC poll has Trump's approval at an all-time low of 37%.

0:18.1

We have such a great show for you today.

0:19.8

The Lincoln Project's own Rick Wilson

0:21.4

joins us to discuss Trump's getting thrown out of his own situation room. Who could have seen it?

0:26.3

Then we'll talk to the Atlantic gal Bacherman about his new book, How to Be a Dissident. But first,

0:32.2

the news. Somali, many people heard the street of her moves is reopening on Friday.

0:38.0

Now, not so much.

0:39.6

So now we have Energy Secretary Chris Wright,

0:42.7

one of the many people who likes to go on a Sunday show

0:45.1

and really fuck things up,

0:46.8

saying that gas may stay above $3 into 2027.

0:51.0

Great stuff. Love it.

0:52.5

So here's the story.

0:53.8

Chris Wright on CNN. It was a pretty fascinating interview.

0:57.7

It's like it's just, it's worth watching because like these guys cannot defend it. So they're like just trying so hard to defend, defend, defend.

1:07.8

Here's what it is. The Iraq War has driven up prices, as we were told.

1:12.9

None of this is a surprise in any which way. And Wright is just trying to defend it. He's adding the gas will go down.

1:20.4

He doesn't fucking know. He's adding that the straits will be open. You know, this is all this weird market

1:25.5

manipulation stuff that they want to do. And, you know,

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