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Rick Wilson and his crew of Republican refugees have been getting in Trump\u2019s head practically since the day they got together. But over the weekend, the psychological combat hit a new peak, when Jared and Ivanka sent one of daddy\u2019s lawyers after the Lincoln Project over a billboard they put in Times Square. And Rick, for one, was loving it. \u201cA big part of our operations has been from the beginning to disrupt the leadership of the Trump campaign and to cause Donald Trump himself to poop his diaper and to cause these people to lose their minds. [Now we\u2019ve] pinn[ed] down Jared and Ivanka Thursday and Friday of last week, and distract[ed] Donald Trump,\u201d Rick explains to Molly Jong-Fast on the latest episode of The New Abnormal.  \u201cSo it's the eve of battle. And two of the generals of Trump's army have now been paralyzed. They have thought of nothing else for the last several days\u2026 You drag off resources, attention, time, focus from what they should be fighting and you make them fight the battles you want them to fight. Think of me as kind of like a redneck Sun-Tzu.\u201d Then! Molly has an incredibly powerful interview with Dr. Rick Bright, the vaccine expert turned whistleblower. He was in charge of a massive federal effort to develop medical countermeasures to biological threats. But he couldn\u2019t stand by while Team Trump pushed a bogus treatment for COVID-19. \u201cI had to decide at that moment to be complicit and be part of a government that would put people's lives at risk\u2014or to step out,\u201d he tells Molly, choking up. \u201cI still get emotional about it because I still remember that day of stepping out and how impactful it was on me, knowing that it was going to change my life. You just know they're gonna come after you. So you have to decide, is it worth it? And to me, it was absolutely worth it.\u201d Plus! Will Trump\u2019s wig come off in a toilet? Where\u2019s the real power in American politics? (Hint: not in D.C.) Why did Team Trump want to inject Santa? And how in the name of Gotham City did Bane get on this podcast?

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