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🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson examines the civil war inside the White House and how Trump’s chief of staff may be on the way out. Author, Michael Steinberger, details his new book, The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State.
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| 0:04.5 | 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 MTG says Trump's policies are not America First. |
| 0:18.8 | We have such a great show for you today. |
| 0:22.7 | The Lincoln Project Zone. |
| 0:24.1 | Rick Wilson joins us to discuss the Civil War in the White House and how Trump's |
| 0:28.4 | chief of staff may be heading for the door. |
| 0:31.3 | Then we'll talk to author Michael Steinberger about his new book, The Philosopher in the Valley, |
| 0:36.0 | Alex Carp, Pilateer, and the rise of the |
| 0:39.3 | surveillance state. But first, the news. So, my, the good news is, is on Thursday, government |
| 0:46.0 | employees will be paid again. They're paying out Snap again. But the bad news is a lot of people |
| 0:52.4 | are about to lose their food stamps permanently. |
| 0:55.2 | Was you remember when Elon Musk danced around with a chainsaw? |
| 0:59.3 | I think about it every day when I'm like what was the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life. |
| 1:04.4 | Yeah, he was celebrating the reverse philanthropy that this administration is engaging in. |
| 1:09.7 | Brooke Rollins directed the USDA staffS. DA staff during a record-setting |
| 1:14.3 | 43-day shutdown to continue ushering states towards compliance with the Republican signature tax and |
| 1:20.4 | spending law, which is projected to kick millions out of the nation's largest anti-hunger program. |
| 1:27.1 | So here's what they're doing. |
| 1:28.4 | They're making it harder for you to get food stamps, |
| 1:31.4 | just like they're making it harder for you to get unemployment, |
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