FAST READS with Molly Jong-Fast 02/21/2025

Welcome to FAST READS with Molly Jong-Fast. 

Please check out my latest Vanity Fair article: Trumpworld’s War on Words. You can find an archive of my Vanity Fair pieces. 

On FASTPOLITICS – Talking Feds host Harry Litman stops by to discuss the insane amount of chaos in the Justice Department. Congressman Eric Swalwell talks about protecting citizens from DOGE’s unlawful aggressions on their data. The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson skewers Trump’s latest dictator-like language. Former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Rohit Chopra details the accomplishments of the organization and why Trump dismantled it. Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall stops by to discuss Trump taking a sledgehammer to our government. Author Katherine Stewart talks about her new book, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy. Media Matters’ Angelo Carusone examines the missed opportunities to push back against Trump’s agenda. Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse details how the Senate can counter DOGE and Trump’s aggressions.

My Recommended Reads For The Week:

-The Washington Post - Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say By Jacob Bogage

-Vanity Fair - “Are We Still Friends?”: How Donald Trump Is Unraveling the Western Alliance. By Jen Kirby

-The Rolling Stone - FAA EMPLOYEES SAY TRUMP AND MUSK’S PURGE IS A ‘THREAT’ TO AIR SAFETY By ANDREW PEREZ, ASAWIN SUEBSAENG

-The Hill - Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order. By ALEXANDER BOLTON

-AP - Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs. By JILL COLVIN, BRIAN WITTE, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and MICHELLE L. PRICE

Thanks for reading.

-Molly-