Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast Sam Seder & Dave Sirota
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Mar 25, 2026 
Dave Sirota, journalist and founder of The Lever, digs into the unitary executive theory and its threat to democratic checks. Sam Seder, progressive commentator and Majority Report host, examines systemic corruption and profiteering. They discuss surveillance, SEC interference, AI procurement, and how power concentrates across policy and war-related decisions.
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Corruption As Policy Mechanism
- The Trump administration mixes blatant corruption with transactional governance, monetizing policy choices like energy and war for private gain.
- Sam Seder points to SEC enforcement blocking, insider trading concerns, and taxpayer payouts to fossil projects as examples.
Bailout For Wind Developer Turned Fossil Fuel Push
- The administration paid a French company $1B to cancel offshore wind leases while prompting them to invest in LNG in Texas.
- Seder frames this as using taxpayer cash to prop fossil fuel projects and uplift related private investments.
Trump's Pattern Of Naming Fall Guys
- Trump seeks scapegoats within his team when policies sour, publicly shifting blame to aides like Peter Navarro or others.
- Seder notes Trump's pattern of naming a fall guy and the administration's habit of closing ranks to avoid accountability.