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Today I am joined by my good friend. Molly Jong Fast. Molly, I have some. great news. Kylie, put up this poll. >> Yes, >> this is a Washington Post um poll put on. Fox News. Trump's approval rating at. 34%. Fox News put that on their screen. Fox. Business, of course. >> Yeah, >> Molly. Yeah, Fox Business is, you know, that's the home of Lou Dos, the the man. who makes Sean Hannity look like a.

nonpartisan actor. Um, and I mean that. obviously, you know, consider the uh um. yeah, look, I am not surprised and all. of his polling is through the floor. And. actually today he was giving a speech at. the White House for the Angel Families. and he said, "I don't understand why. what we do isn't more popular." So like. clearly at this point he is seeing the. polls. He is seeing he's losing and he.

has of course like any good autocrat. wants to make it harder to vote. Uh, one thing that you've written about. a lot in the New York Times is the. Epstein stuff. And a standout in that is. that you talk about how the elites. are using Epstein as a way to just have. access to every anything and everything. that they want, business deals, >> underage girls, etc. Will you tell my.

listeners about your piece that you. wrote in the New York Times? Yeah. So, you know, I've written about this a lot. and uh I've written about it for any. number of reasons, mostly because it's. the largest sex trafficking scandal in. American history. And uh actually this. weekend on my podcast, I had Maria. Farmer. And Maria Farmer is the f was. the first person to come out and try to. get some justice, try to stop Jeffrey. Epstein. She went to the New York She.

went to the New York Police Department. and she also went to the FBI and she was. at the time 26. And she had discovered. she had been held hostage in in Ohio at. the estate of Les Waxner. And she had. also her sister had been sexually. uh molested by Ebstein and his whole. crew, though she would not. That some of. that came out [clears throat] later. Um, and she did in fact go to the. authorities and they ignored her. And. one of the things that we saw in this.

dump of documents was that actually. there was proof that she had gone, that. those statements were in the dump of. documents. And you know, Maria and Annie. Farmer, these sisters, uh, they were the. ones who went to Vanity Fair to try to. get their story told by Vicky Ward way. back in the, um, 90s. and she talks. about how um how and in fact I had met. Danny Bellski who's another really great. survivor who talks so who speaks so well.

about the about the crimes that Epstein. has perpetrated on these girls and she. talked about how um you know she wasn't. abused till the 2000s so if if the FBI. had paid attention to any of these. warnings so many of these girls would. not have had their lives just completely. destroyed. >> So you said that she was held hostage at. le Wexner's house, Victoria Secret Guy.

>> Yeah. I mean, there's stories are the. things that these women went through and. I think it's really important to talk. about it because there's a lot of stuff. online now like um like you know there's. cannibalism. I don't think there really. was cannibalism. [clears throat] I think. that really what happened in itself is. such a scandal. I mean this is the. largest sex trafficking operation in. American history. It went on during the. Biden administration. The Trump both.

Trump administrations went on during. well it didn't the second one. No. because he was already in jail in 2019. but there's still been a cover up in. this admin. you know there I mean it's. just these women have been failed by. Biden Trump Clinton and Bush I mean they. just have been and it's been the FBI and. you know I don't know what's malfeasants. and what's actual. um you know some of it is them covering. up their own incompetence and some of it. is them covering for powerful men and.

what we see when we look at the UK or a. place like Andrew Prince Andrew was held. in custody and questioned and his. brother the king of England said we h. we're not above the law and meanwhile in. America we are just you know we have a. cabinet that is filled with people that. are in the Epstein files from you know. uh Howard Lutnik to Donald Trump. I also.

found it pretty interesting how many of. the oligarchs that have bent the knee. and kissed the ring to Donald Trump are. in the Epstein files. Further, I found. it of really uh significance that the. very first law firm that meant the knee. to Trump and we were all like why these. are supposed to be progressive freedom. fighter. >> that that the partner of that law firm. >> was in the Epstein files. And when you. see all of these people that have bent. the knee that there's one connective.

tissue with all of them, they're all in. the Epstein files. Yeah. You. [snorts and clears throat] know, it's. funny cuz I was watching the Board of. Peace meeting the other day, quote. unquote, the the hilariously named Board. of Peace meeting, and in it you had um. you a number of people who are in the. Epstein files. So, uh, you had members. of Trump world, you know, you had. members of his cabinet, but you also had. just like, you know, billionaire friends.

of his who are in it. Um, I think it's. important to remember that CBS has. actually reported CBS owned by Larry. Ellison, uh, run by, um, >> Barry Weiss, >> Barry Weiss, Trump friend Barry Weiss, uh, that it has actually reported that. Letic was in business with Jeffrey. Epstein, you know, because again, not. all outlets have reported that, but. that's a pretty big deal. this the. commerce secretary of the United States.

So, there are really a lot of of uh. crossovers here and you could see why. the FBI would um try to cover for these. people and like you know I've talked to. a lot of members of Congress. on the Democratic side and the there. really is a sense that there are still a. lot of files we're not seeing and that. you know this is the law. this Epstein. files release act was signed into law.

So it should be these files should be. released and the redactions what's. really important is like there are all. these redactions that are um there no. there's no explanation for why they're. redacted. So you know sometimes it's a. member of the FBI sometimes or it's an. investigator sometimes it's a you can't. tell who it is and that is in this law. they're supposed to Pam Bondi is. supposed to explain the redactions. So. there is a real sense like we haven't.

seen that and you know members of. Congress who have gone to look at the. redactions complain that there are that. some of the files that are supposed to. be unredacted are still redacted. [snorts] So, you know, it's really. stunning when we follow like the drop by. drop and case by case, let Teal, uh, Bannon, all these people in it. But if. you just step back from it, Molly, >> and think about Jamie Rasin saying the. president of the United States is in. these files over.

1 million times. And then you think. about his AG Pam Bondi that has met with. survivors, clearly seen the evidence, probably seen horrific videos and the. way she walked in and treated Congress. It's really stunning. It's such a uh. cover up, an ongoing cover up of such a. massive scale. I find myself as an. American rooting for the Europeans. >> to get all of this evidence to root it.

out because justice is so necessary. here. And it's such a strange. feeling being an American knowing that. the government is number one the the. chief executive is in the Epstein files. over a million times with credible. claims under oath claims that he. participated in these uh abuses. >> And then number two that they're not. going to do anything about it but cover. it up. It's pretty devastating when you. sit back and think about it.

>> Yeah. I mean, look, this is the thing is. the question is, are we in a moment like. the moment after the killing of George. Floyd or the moment after. uh um Harvey Weinstein was arrested? Are. we at a moment where the culture where. the people say it's enough? Like you. have to stop. We cannot live. [clears throat] like this because. remember there are moments that you. can't predict that Trump can't you know. like the m you know the there are.

moments where everything changes where. people say no and again a good example. of this is is Minnesota in Minnesota. Trump sent ICE in there because of that. Nick Shirley video. Nick Shirley is this. YouTuber who made a video about a fraud. allegations that had actually been. prosecuted by the Biden DOJ and people. had gone to jail. But because a lot of. the tech bros on Axe had not seen any of. this and didn't read the New York Times, they believed that Nick Shirley was this.

intrepid reporter as opposed to, you. know, someone who was really a. conservative influencer. Fine. Nothing. wrong with influencing people if it's. for the good, but in this case it was. for the federal government sending. [clears throat] ICE into Minnesota and. killing two American citizens. But you. know it the motans motans made their. voices clear, took care of each other. and ultimately you know changed the you. know they really were able to get ICE to.

in you know they're not in there the way. they were. So I do think like Trump this. administration responds to push back if. that's one thing we've seen like he did. not storm Greenland right we do not you. know there's Greenland is not the 51st. state and so uh and Canada is not the. 52nd so uh push back works and the. American people have a lot more power. than I think they think they do. I agree.

with you. And when I think about push. back and I think about how it's working, I think about how everyday Americans are. doing a better job at than establishment. dims. >> You have grand juries that are refusing. to charge. senators, you know, that say no, we're. not charging Mark Kelly uh with this. You have the people of Minnesota, which. you spoke out about. You you have the No. Kings March. And then when I hear Josh. Shapiro was on um I can't remember ABC.

maybe over the weekend and they asked. him should I be abolished and he does. this double speak word salad answer. where he can't just say no I don't think. it should because of XYZ and I know. that's going to piss off a lot of people. or yes I think it should be abolished. >> and Molly the Democratic establishment. stand up to this is so lackluster it you. see I'm grabbing my hair right. Because I just think this cannot these. cannot be our leaders. These cannot be.

the leaders of the resistance. And then. you see some people on the left that. really are trying to fight the fight. looking forward to the midterms knowing. >> that this that is the president. likes to cheat. Loves it. Loves to. cheat. Loves, you know, he's priming ice. to probably mess with people on election. day. Steven Miller, you know, last thing. he ever wants to be held is accountable. So, they're going to pull out all the.

stops, >> right? >> Heading into these midterms, two. questions. Number one, >> and this is a bold question, but it's. something I just my brain keeps heading. to over and over. Should the Democrats. revolt within the House and the Senate. and try to get new leadership for. minority leader and then get rid of. Chuckles and maybe put like Van Holland. or Chris Murphy, >> right? That that's my first question. >> Okay. And number two, if they don't do. that, will the Chuckles and Hakee.

based on what I've seen so far, I just. don't see that they're going to put up. the fight needed to withhold to hold the. line because holding the real line is. coming this November. This is the this. is the real moment building up to it. >> Okay. So, I think there are two. questions here. one is. what h what Democrats did in 2020 did. not work. And I think that's what you're. saying that being the party of norms is.

not a successful way to push back. against Trump. Like the world has. changed [snorts] and you can't just be. for you know like Merritt Garland. did not get it done. >> That was a failure. >> Yeah. absolute failure, >> right? And it's wonderful that he is so. uh so committed to the status quo, but. this was not a status quo moment. And. the way you get Trump 2.0 is because you. cannot put the genie back in the bottle.

with an authoritarian takeover of one. political party. So, uh the answer I. think is more complicated. And I would. say this, I am not convinced that the. problem Democrats have is ideological. Okay. I think it's more about a quest. First of all, the. the I there I think it's a question of. like whether or not you get a a a.

talented politician in there who can win. and who can fight. I don't think like. one of the things Democrats spend a lot. of time talking about in the primary. contest is like does this person believe. this? Does this person believe that? I'm. going to pull back and say they're. politicians. They don't believe. anything. [laughter] Most of the time. they believe whatever will get them. elected. And so it doesn't necessarily. matter in my mind. And this is like real.

cynical stuff. Okay. But I'm telling. >> True though, Molly. >> But I mean they don't really give a. Even the best ones prostitutes. Yeah. So like the question is. >> can you get someone who can win. >> and if you can someone who's cares like. Donald Trump. right that guy had a whole he didn't. believe anything. I mean one of the. things about him that has worked so well. for Republicans is he got up there he. didn't believe anything. The one thing. that he sort of believed that we knew he.

sort of believed was he was sort of. pro-choice. Okay. he overturned Roie. Wade. So like [clears throat] you know. that's a it's a really good example. So. that's why in my mind I think Democrats. would be better served by focusing more. on like is this an effective politician. who can win and p who can win number one. and who will do what we want them to do. when they get there and that is it. So. that's the candidate question. Now the.

leadership question I think is a very. different question. [snorts]. Um, Chuck Schumer has done some good rec. recruitment for candidates for the. Senate. Okay, so I want to give him. that. Okay, but and he's done some. really bad recruitment. I mean, Haley. Stevens is a shockingly bad candidate. Shocking. Shockingly bad. Like you, it. doesn't matter what she believes, this. person can is is just shockingly bad.

and and Chuck Schumer endorsed her over. the two other candidates who seem much I. mean not from an ideological standpoint. here just from a purely like being able. to speak to other human standpoint. that is a baffling pick. So that's what. I would say. I think in some places he's. done smart things like if anyone was. going to win in Ohio it's gonna be. Sherid Brown. So, that makes sense to.

me. But, you know, places like Michigan. getting involved in that primary is just. unquestionably. ridiculous. Um, I think that you could. theoretically put someone else in the. Senate because uh Schumer is just not. ambitious in a way that you need in the. Senate. and Murphy or I mean there are a. number of people I mean you know the. number three in there Brian shots could.

be good I mean you know it is definitely. I think in the Senate time for new blood. I think he's and I also think Schumer. and Gillibrand together have really. pushed hard on trying to keep the status. quo in a way that I think has been. really destructive. So that's what I would say about that. crew. I think the house is a little bit. different and I have and I would and I.

think I I [snorts] think for a number of. reasons that the that Jeff is. definitely not ideologically maybe quite. where the party is, where the base is. But I also think he's like he's pretty. smart. And I think that if he were a. little bit if he were just bullied a. little bit more by the base that he. could do what they wanted him to do. That's what I think. >> I bully him every day. So I'm doing my. part.

>> Yes. I also bully him every day. And but. I do think like I just think that there. I think that I I don't think like. Schumer is really baked in to a kind of. world that does not exist anymore. And I. don't think Jeff is the same way. >> I I hear you about Democrats focusing on. electability and then getting somebody. to do what you want. I think we're a. little bit past that. I think that the. base is so frustrated that we lost this.

election to a convicted felon. A total And I think that in. order to get the Democratic party where. it needs to be, you've got to have. people that go on podcasts, do not seed. any ground and fight. If you want to go. on a conservative podcast, that's fine, but don't seed their points. Gavin. Newsome to Josh Shapi, I mean to Ben. Shapiro, right? >> It's just it's really brand damaging.

And I think that when you see when you. get fighters like Zoro, he didn't seed. any ground. He goes into the White House. and Trump's practically dry humping him. with his eyes. I've never seen anything. like it. So, I think we need politicians. with conviction. I bully Hakee as much. as I can. I think he's a little bit too. corporate. >> Dem and I think he services corporations. before he does voters. I mean, I'm not. disagreeing with you. And I also do.

think that there may be a wave of. populism that this Republican this. Republican huh this Democratic. leadership cannot control. For example, I mean, that's why, you know, the. Democratic leadership did not want. Zoran, but Zoran was able to win. And so. there's a scenario where these midterms. are extremely good for the Democratic. base and extremely bad for the. Democratic leadership. And and and you.

know, denu as my people say like good. Um, and I do think like this is this the. sort of the secret about politics is. that if people vote and if they run, you. know, a AOC wasn't AOC until she won her. congressional campaign. And remember. they she ran against Joe Crowley who was. in leadership. So that's the thing is if. you win then it doesn't necessarily.

matter what you know like and and by the. way if they do I mean the my worry about. Schumer is that if Democrats are able to. somehow flip the Senate which would be. incredible. I mean, it's a map that is. not does not really look like a football. map, but if for some reason they were. able to flip Ohio and Alaska and these. states that really are red states, um, I. would want Schumer out because I worry.

that Schumer will think that he did that. and he did not. But I'm serious, like. they're politicians. Like the idea that. these people [laughter] are like us, >> it's it's so true. And here's the thing. if if he flips it, he will think he did. it and then he'll think he's this great. leader. And that's why I think we have. to continue to bully them and I think. there needs to be some sort of unseeding. of both of them. I I I.

is has fumbled lately. >> Yeah. um on some issues. Um I don't know. if you saw him on Joy Reed's podcast. where Waj asked him about abolishing ICE. and he got real indignant and then asked. him if he was going to continue to take. Apac money. Indignant and it's just like. again it's to your point they're so out. of touch with the base and how over all. of that that we are. But Molly I want to. uh one last question. Who do you think. and this is such a shitty question two.

and a half years out. So sorry to who do. you think the top two front runners are? Not who you want, but who you think is. electable in the Democratic 2028. presidency? >> I'm going to hearken [clears throat]. back to Barack Obama. This time. in Barack Obama's cycle, he was not even. a member of the Senate. So, I'm just saying like it is it is. certainly possible that we will be, you.

know, watching the same old grudge match. from 2020. But I think there's a real. possibility, especially when you have a. base that's this angry, an electorate. that's this engaged, that there is a. world where the candidate who is going. to come in and and sweep the nomination. is not even in is not even in the mix. yet. >> And that's what I'm hoping for because I. just I think and I think about that in. '08 when Obama did that. I love that,

Molly. Okay. But and also I mean just. one last thing like um Nuome is termed. out so he's going to be out of office in. 2026. So maybe he can keep himself. relevant for another 2 years but maybe. he can't. And you know, I mean, it's. just like I would say one of the things. that Democrats should focus on is like. they have [clears throat] such power at. this moment and they have such a base. that is energized at this moment and if.

they have wants like tell those. politicians what you want. You have so. much more power than you think. >> I completely agree, Molly. I love having. you on. I'll see you back in New York. >> Yes, please. >> Okay. All right. Thanks, Molly. >> [music].