Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast Emma Vigeland & Gov. Janet Mills
Feb 5, 2026
Janet Mills, Maine governor and former attorney general running for U.S. Senate. Emma Vigeland, progressive political commentator from The Majority Report. They discuss threats to elections and GOP reactions. They dig into ICE deployments, detention abuses, and state pushback. They also cover Maine politics, Mills’s Senate run, and federal-state clashes.
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Policy Driven By Online Information Bubbles
- The administration acts based on online narratives and information bubbles rather than measured policy.
- Molly Jong-Fast highlights Minnesota as an example of decisions driven by viral content, not evidence.
Wealthy Owners Can Hollow Out Newsrooms
- Wealthy media owners can choose to scale back journalism despite the modest cost of sustaining reporting.
- Molly Jong-Fast argues Bezos cut The Washington Post for status and political convenience, weakening investigative capacity.
Nationalizing Elections Threatens Democracy
- Nationalizing elections would be an existential threat to democracy and requires broad pushback.
- Emma Vigeland warns that public marches and political courage will determine whether Trump succeeds.