Rick Wilson & Kai Bird
Summary
Molly Jong-Fast discusses Trump’s declining approval ratings, the Treasury barring critical journalists from the G20, and Texas halting surveillance camera funding after local reporting. She argues Trump’s economic failures are hurting his base, particularly farmers who lost USDA support. Historian Kai Bird joins to discuss his book on Roy Cohn, detailing how Cohn’s unethical legal tactics and anti-establishment ideology shaped Donald Trump’s political career and current administration.
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News: Missile shortages, Iran tensions, and crypto regulation
Treasury bars major news outlets from G20 finance meeting
Texas license plate readers and the importance of local news
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Rick Wilson on Trump's declining approval ratings and economic failure
Trump's broken promises to farmers and working class voters
USAID food aid cuts and the hypocrisy of red state voters
Trump's waning influence and the 'Meet the Fake Press' comment
Kai Bird on Roy Cohn: Background, family, and early career
Roy Cohn's role in McCarthyism and the Army-McCarthy hearings
How Roy Cohn met Donald Trump and infiltrated NY society
Roy Cohn's death from AIDS and final disbarment
Milo Yiannopoulos deported after Kanye West concert
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