PUBLISHED: APR 22, 2026INDEXED: APR 26, 2026, 4:22 AM

Jason Selvig & Shannon Bird

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Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

DNC Chair Ken Martin faces calls for resignation

Ken Martin has really one job, which is to raise money for the DNC. And so the fact that they have negative $4.4 million means that he's not raising money for the DNC. He is uniquely not the man for this moment. The question is, when does he resign and how can we speed this up?

Molly Jong-Fast
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

Trump tariffs risk a global economic recession

The Iran war which Donald Trump caused for no reason. He caused it because Netanyahu told him to, tricked him into it basically. There is no other reason for this war. What happened when he went to war? The most predictable thing in the world. The Iranians went after the Straits of Hormuz.

Molly Jong-Fast
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

Tucker Carlson pivots toward a Christian nationalist platform

And really this is kind of echoes what we talked about last time, which is the Christian nationalism of it all, where he's making this very overtly about Christianity. And his reasons for leaving his following of Donald Trump and his support of Donald Trump is because of Christianity and his love for his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. That is the reason that he is leaving.

Jason Selvig
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

Republican infighting intensifies between Trump and former allies

But now Donald Trump is on True Social, saying how terrible Tucker Carlson is, and basically taking a flame throw to all of these people, these right and far right people now. Candice, Alex Jones. He comes after Alex Jones for being a Sandy Hook truther. He was a Sandy Hook truther when you went on his show.

Jason Selvig
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

Colorado's 8th District is a critical purple battleground

This is Colorado's 8th Congressional District. It is the only purple district in the state of Colorado. Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris by two points in the 2024 election. This is a new district that was drawn for Colorado after the last census. So it remains very much in play.

Shannon Bird
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

Tariffs and immigration enforcement damage the rural economy

I'm hearing from our farmers and ranchers that they are so concerned about tariffs and then reciprocal tariffs, export wars, trade wars that have hurt their markets. Notably, they are looking for solutions and people who will fight for them. In fact, I was just endorsed for the primary by the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.

Shannon Bird
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

Healthcare access remains a primary concern for voters

People are increasingly afraid of losing access to health care. In this district, we know one in three families and Colorado's eighth depend upon Medicaid to go see the doctor. So there's a lot of fear there. Our health clinics are in jeopardy. A lot of them are worried about cutting back services.

Shannon Bird
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
Apr 22

Supreme Court shadow docket origins revealed in memos

Jody Cantor and Adam Liptak have these secret memos obtained by the New York Times, illuminate the origins of the court's now routine shadow docket, which basically just shows how they started. It shows how the Supreme Court is able to bend the laws in a way that is and not have to show their thinking.

Molly Jong-Fast

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