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Recode co-founder Kara Swisher has this thing she likes to call the \\u201cprick to productivity ratio\\u201d\\u2014how big of a jerk a particular executive is, verus how much he gets done. And these days, both in Silicon Valley and in Washington, that ratio has gone all wrong. \\u201cTaking advantage, just not caring about the consequences\\u2014that\'s being played out in Silicon Valley over and over again. So don\'t be surprised at what Trump is doing. Silicon Valley sets the tone,\\u201d Swisher tells Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson in the latest episode of The New Abnormal. \\u201cTheir lack of self reflection is so vast that I always say they can\'t see themselves in mirrors, like they\'re vampires.\\u201d Then! Separated author Jacob Soboroff talks about exposing the Trump administration\\u2019s child detention facilities. \\u201cBut when you had the opportunity to see what these 5,400 families go through,\\u201d he tells Rick and Molly, \\u201cit\'s impossible to understand this for anything other than a government-sanctioned torture program.\\u201d Plus! Rick and Molly discover that the Donald used to kick his own children back in the day. And our dynamic duo wonder if anyone can stop the man in the White House from making this pandemic worse. \\u201cWe need a federal government to control our president,\\u201d Molly says.

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