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Elle
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Molly Jong-Fast on the '90s Feminist Classic She Thinks ‘Really Holds Up'
Welcome to Shelf Life, In 2023, author 'I wanted my story to be in the vein of Joan Didion's The Manhattan-born, -raised, and -based MSNBC political analyst is the host of the podcast Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast , as well as a Vanity Fair special correspondent; went to Barnard College and earned her MFA from Bennington College; has talked extensively about getting sober at 19 (when she wrote her first book, not a Good at: . Bad at: Likes: . Peruse her book recommendations below. The book that: …helped me through loss: …kept me up way too late: …made me weep uncontrollably: …I recommend over and over again: ...shaped my worldview: …I swear I'll finish one day: ...has the best opening line: 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.' — ...has the greatest ending: 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.' —
Fox News
12-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
JAMES CARVILLE: Too many Democrats are losing their minds over Trump. It doesn't have to be this way
On Feb. 25, The New York Times published an opinion piece in which I urged Democrats to employ caution in dealing with the new incumbent administration. More specifically, I called for a "tactical pause" that would allow Democrats to "regroup, look forward and make decisions about where we want to get to over the next two years." The reaction to that piece was as depressing as it was predictable—a bicoastal condemnation. Molly Jong-Fast, the estimable commentator, took to Vanity Fair, calling me out and calling for the Democratic Party to mount a full-court press, "making noise on TV and social media" in response to the chaos inflicted by the Trump administration. Meanwhile, on the Pacific Coast, California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom shared with Charlie Kirk on his new podcast, "This Is Gavin Newsom" just how much he disagrees with me. We saw the Newsom/Jong-Fast/Green strategy in play last Tuesday night during the president's address to Congress —pink suits, paddles and dry-erase boards aplenty. Contrast that with the Carvillian approach taken by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and the responses they both solicited. I think it's evident to anyone and everyone that Democrats' response needs to be deliberate, determined and dignified—not "The Charge of the Light Brigade." I understand that Democrats are anxious and demanding more, but there's a thing called a calendar, and there are opportunities abound. As I think of what's to come, I'm reminded of former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan: "Events, my dear boy, events."
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump administration asked Ukraine for 50% of its minerals, signals openness to deploying troops
Axios Senior Political reporter Alex Isenstadt, "Fast Politics" host Molly Jong-Fast, and Puck News Chief Political Correspondent John Heilemann join Nicolle Wallace to discuss the breaking news that Trump administration officials has suggested to Ukraine that U.S. be granted 50% ownership of the country's rare earth minerals and signaled an openness to deploying American troops there to guard them once there's a deal with Russia to end the war, according to four U.S. officials.
