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Molly Jong-Fast

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Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...

Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny

www.nytimes.com

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 7h

My pal @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and I review Bondi's Capitol Hill meltdown.
youtube.com/live/gaEtEHm...

BOMBSHELL: National Guard Admits: 'We Have No Mission' | PLUS Bondi's Capitol Hill Meltdown

YouTube video by Jim Acosta

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13h

But the consultants got rich! The political grift industrial complex

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 13h

In which former Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., asks Amy McGrath not to run for Kentucky's Senate seat again. In 2020, McGrath raised nearly $100 million and lost to Mitch McConnell by nearly 20 points.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

Can’t decide which is the wilder use of “BREAKING” by a government official:

1. “BREAKING: I’m launching undercover operations” — Texas Attorney General

Or

2. “BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory” — FBI Director

FBI Director Kash Patel &
@FBIDirectorKash
X.com
BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon...
MSNBC has no facts and no audience
In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved.
9, Barb McQuade • @BarbMcQuade • 3d
DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras. x.com/ jesserodriguez...
10:03 AM • 10/4/25 • 12M Views

Attorney General Ken Paxton &
@KenPaxtonTX
X.com
BREAKING: I'm launching undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.
Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. There can be no compromise with those who want us dead.
ORNEY

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Pete Hegseth is furiously screaming "I SAID NO FATTIES!"

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 11h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

This is so dark

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 11h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11h

Why even have congress? Also funding WIC is good

George Pearkes @peark.es · 13h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12h

She is not doing well

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22h

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12h

Is this real?

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19h

Ohh

www.propublica.org/article/elon...

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 20h

Should've used this photo

Guy in a frog costume facing ICE/police in Portland with the caption "analysis: what is the insurrection act"

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 20h

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

Winchell's
Donut Hors
Open
Winchell's
Donut House
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 20h

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21h

I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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