The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson stops by to talk about Trump hanging out with all the wrong people.
Then we’ll talk to The Nation’s Bhaskar Sunkara about how socialist issues can deliver for the American people.

The Lincoln Project&rsquo;s Rick Wilson stops by to talk about Trump hanging out with all the wrong people. Then we&rsquo;ll talk to The Nation&rsquo;s Bhaskar Sunkara about how socialist issues can deliver for the American people.

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Join noted author &amp; pundit Molly Jong-Fast for irreverent humor that cuts right to the heart of our politics today as she discusses the top political headlines with some of today’s best minds. Known for being one of the few interviewers in politics to cut through the talking points, Molly reveals the personalities and issues tearing the country apart. She asks the questions no one else does, and gets the answers even her guests didn’t expect to give – and exactly what you want to know. Tune in every Monday, Wednesday &amp; Friday for the funniest yet serious look at what’s ailing America.

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Rick Wilson & Bhaskar Sunkara

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The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson breaks down Trump celebrating making a fortune. Lindsay Owens digs into her new book, Gouged: The End of a Fair Price and What That Means for Your Wallet.

The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson breaks down Trump celebrating making a fortune. Lindsay Owens digs into her new book, Gouged: The End of a Fair Price and What That Means for Your Wallet.

Rick Wilson & Lindsay Owens

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Groundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens joins host Molly Jong-Fast to break down her new book, Gouged, which explains how corporate pricing has shifted from simple cost-plus models to a data-driven science designed to charge each customer the maximum they will pay. She describes Walmart's public pushback against her book, including open letters denying the use of pricing technologies the company has patented, such as a "tuna mayo" patent and an "appeasement engine" for deciding refunds. She lays out more examples of surveillance pricing, from Expedia charging more to users in wealthier areas and Princeton Review charging more in areas with more Asian American families to Target raising app prices once shoppers reached the parking lot. She also covers airline dynamic pricing, Delta's AI partnership with Fetcherr, dynamic pricing at museums and zoos, and algorithmic price coordination through RealPage and Calibrate. As bright spots, she points to Costco's capped margins and the Savannah Bananas' face-value ticket lottery. Owens closes by calling for congressional investigations, including subpoenaing Walmart's CEO, and for a 12-point Shopper's Bill of Rights that would ban surveillance pricing and guarantee easier refunds. The episode then moves to headlines on the DOJ accusing ex-FBI officials of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation, reports that Trump is considering mass pardons for junior staffers, a Fifth Circuit ruling denying bond hearings to ICE detainees, and California cities rejecting data centers. It ends with Rick Wilson's "moment of fuckery" about MAGA's overreaction to Barack Obama and Bill Clinton mocking Trump's White House decor.

Groundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens joins host Molly Jong-Fast to break down her new book, Gouged, which explains how corporate pricing has shifted from simple cost-plus models to a data-driven science designed to charge each customer the maximum they will pay. She describes Walmart's public pushback against her book, including open letters denying the use of pricing technologies the company has patented, such as a "tuna mayo" patent and an "appeasement engine" for deciding refunds. She lays out more examples of surveillance pricing, from Expedia charging more to users in wealthier areas and Princeton Review charging more in areas with more Asian American families to Target raising app prices once shoppers reached the parking lot. She also covers airline dynamic pricing, Delta's AI partnership with Fetcherr, dynamic pricing at museums and zoos, and algorithmic price coordination through RealPage and Calibrate. As bright spots, she points to Costco's capped margins and the Savannah Bananas' face-value ticket lottery. Owens closes by calling for congressional investigations, including subpoenaing Walmart's CEO, and for a 12-point Shopper's Bill of Rights that would ban surveillance pricing and guarantee easier refunds. The episode then moves to headlines on the DOJ accusing ex-FBI officials of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation, reports that Trump is considering mass pardons for junior staffers, a Fifth Circuit ruling denying bond hearings to ICE detainees, and California cities rejecting data centers. It ends with Rick Wilson's "moment of fuckery" about MAGA's overreaction to Barack Obama and Bill Clinton mocking Trump's White House decor.

The Real Reason Prices Are So High Now w/ Lindsay Owens

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The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson joins host Molly Jong-Fast to react to a clip of Donald Trump boasting that the country is "making a fricking fortune" from oil while Americans struggle with high gas prices. He calls it classic Trump failing to read the room and jokes that Trump seems to be trying to lose. The two then dig into the state of the midterms: polls aren't tightening the way they usually do before an election, Democrats hold steady leads in several states, and Republicans have poured enormous sums into Texas with little to show for Ken Paxton. They look at early voting among young, low-frequency Hispanic voters in Texas who are angry about the economy, immigration enforcement and ICE. Wilson argues that tariffs were the inflection point that drove away casual MAGA supporters, and the pair name tariffs, the Epstein files and the Middle East war as a "trifecta" that has damaged Trump's coalition. They also mock Todd Blanche's defense of the Justice Department wading into Alaska's Senate race and compare this cycle to the wave elections of 1974, 1980, 1994 and 2006, stressing that voters can't spin away gas and grocery prices. In the final stretch, Wilson urges Democrats not to grow complacent, to vote early and to stay focused on the economy and corruption, while predicting a last-minute stunt from Trump. The conversation closes with his scathing breakdown of Vivek Ramaswamy's widely condemned ad about Amy Acton's estranged mother, which he says has backfired so badly that it could hand Ohio a Democratic governor and haunt J.D. Vance, who defended it.

The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson joins host Molly Jong-Fast to react to a clip of Donald Trump boasting that the country is "making a fricking fortune" from oil while Americans struggle with high gas prices. He calls it classic Trump failing to read the room and jokes that Trump seems to be trying to lose. The two then dig into the state of the midterms: polls aren't tightening the way they usually do before an election, Democrats hold steady leads in several states, and Republicans have poured enormous sums into Texas with little to show for Ken Paxton. They look at early voting among young, low-frequency Hispanic voters in Texas who are angry about the economy, immigration enforcement and ICE. Wilson argues that tariffs were the inflection point that drove away casual MAGA supporters, and the pair name tariffs, the Epstein files and the Middle East war as a "trifecta" that has damaged Trump's coalition. They also mock Todd Blanche's defense of the Justice Department wading into Alaska's Senate race and compare this cycle to the wave elections of 1974, 1980, 1994 and 2006, stressing that voters can't spin away gas and grocery prices. In the final stretch, Wilson urges Democrats not to grow complacent, to vote early and to stay focused on the economy and corruption, while predicting a last-minute stunt from Trump. The conversation closes with his scathing breakdown of Vivek Ramaswamy's widely condemned ad about Amy Acton's estranged mother, which he says has backfired so badly that it could hand Ohio a Democratic governor and haunt J.D. Vance, who defended it.

Trump's "Trifecta of Stupidity," Explained w/ Rick Wilson

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