People ask me how I stay sane when writing about this political moment is like marinating in sewage. Here is a non-exhaustive list Dogs Aa meetings Cake
People ask me how I stay sane when writing about this political moment is like marinating in sewage. Here is a non-exhaustive list Dogs Aa meetings Cake
Well dang that's a balm for the soul!
Kinda looks like a Pushme Pullyou.
Dang, you stole my line! 🤣
Oh, what sweet puppers!
Those puppies are sooo adorable 🥰
Adorable little floofers!
Cutie and patootie 🥰🥰
Wow. A two headed dog. But I suppose you're right. Better described as 'dogs'.
Dogs I couldn't live without.......cake either.......I probably need AA.....but never been, lol. Whatever gets us thru these truly horrific times.
Oh Molly…how do any of us hang in there in the face of all of it…but I particularly worry about precious journalists such as yourself. Please take care, be safe, and find joy where you can. XOXO
Hang in there, you’re doing great!
Cuties
What kind of cake?
The ones we like
Adorable!
They look guilty of something.
Blessings
Precious ♥️🐾♥️
❤️❤️❤️
Aahh,sweet!
Let’s see the cake
Yeah, show cake
The cake is a lie
Nope. She said AA as well. They frown on lying. I believe in the cake
I ate candy today but didn’t take any pictures
Chocolate is my savior. 😆
If you get a donut, just make sure you get a receipt.
Aww. Boops
Chocolate milkshake from any fast food restaurant works in a pinch. Like a heavy dose of nostalgia.
Oh da babies!
We don't deserve dogs, but thankfully they don't care.
Mocking 47’s “people ask me…” isn’t just parody, it’s a mirror. No names, no proof, just vibes. If you’re gonna play oracle, at least let us pick the fortune cookie. #WeSeeYou
🥰
Oh they are so adorable!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My dog doesn’t seem to understand the seriousness of the situation in our country. Time for a walk and maybe some treats!
Those sweeties could keep anyone sane. Hang in there Molly.
Simba cat keeps me from going over the edge because I feel like an abused spouse being gaslit 24/7
Adorable!💕
What about the 🍰?!!!! 😂
Gorgeous. What breed? They look like shaggy Pappilons.
Gorgeous puppy
Thank you. She's a miniature dalmatian. A loving rescue!!
For me it's: Dog and Cat Science Fiction and Horror Trolling Conservatives
We all need our soothing therapies, which, in a healthy framing, be an Rx for life.
*can
R'Amen
Thank goodness!
Cake the band or the desert cake?
Spite, hope
I'm with you with dogs and cake!
Hmm, so cake is the answer..
And wine
Mine: Dogs BBQ & TexMex food Escaping into sports fandom
I find watching this season's first three South Park episodes over and over again extremely cathartic.
Staying sane is overrated. I've learned to embrace my inner Jack Nicholson from The Shining. I've just self-published my first novel, "All Work And No Play," and now I'm waiting for my hedge maze to grow tall enough to wander through until I freeze to death.
Cake! Extra frosting, please!
I’ve been a “dog person” all my life, but been without for many years now. I recently heard Nicole W say very matter-of-factly, “Ya know, dogs are angels here on earth walking among us.” I am fully aware of her love for dogs, but thought maybe a bit much. Then I had thoughts, saw a dog, and wonder
Those are two different dogs…
You have so much on your plate Molly. I am thankful for you
I’ve found some solace in watching movies and TV from the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s when America was moving forward rather than self destructing.
Good list ❤️
Same
I identify with you.
Cake 🍰 or @thebandcake.bsky.social ?
Let her eat cake!
Shit now I want cake 😒
Gelato Bike riding Neighbor's dogs
Kayaking is also good. Also, the Expanse books.
All good choices. Keep coming back.❤️
Sooooo, no cats. Hmmm!
I was gonna ask if it's cake the food or Cake the band but tbh they're both real good
“Old dogs and children and watermelon wine”! Tom T. Hall
Vanilla Haagen-Dazs with real chocolate syrup is very helpful.
I seem to remember Tina Fey recommending cake after Charlottesville. Well, maybe more than "A" cake.
I was looking to see if someone else thought of this. I may have to start “sheet caking” myself soon.
Molly check out the chocolate mousse cake from Olive Garden!!! It’s absolutely the best!!!
Hang in, girl. We’re all in this nightmare together.
Please know, Molly, we very much appreciate you and what you do to keep us informed!!!!
White cheddar cheez-it's Stray porch cats
Absolutely cake!!!
Ice cream. Wine. Movies. Molly on Ari Melber!
My list is... Walking. Watching a LOT of tennis. Texting/talking to my son who keeps me grounded.
I love you Molly Jong-Fast. Listened to your book read by you…so lovely & sad & brilliant, thank you.
I like ice cream with frozen strawberries.
Me all the time
AA mtgs that’s GREAT! I’d be dead right now and my 3 grands wouldn’t have ever met me if I hadn’t gone cold turkey 11 years ago. I’m Irish Catholic so that’s explains it and my dad and sister both passed from drinking at young ages so I figured I’d try to stop the curse
Walks in the woods.
add books, for me.
🫂It's exhausting!
I’m so grateful for you and your reporting. Don’t stop
Say, that is sane 💫
Was sober for 15 years. Decided to start drinking again. Glad I did.
“Cake” is too generic. What cake? How much cake? Also in the morning? Any cake?
Cake for breakfast
If you do breakfast…can you after dinner?
Of course. 3:00 pm snack, too.
Oh yeah, of course: that’s not even a conversation…
Claire’s cake? She always has one on her kitchen cupboard! ☺️🥮🍰🧁😋
Awesome shark!
One day at a time, sister!
I turn off the devices for at least 6 hours. No cat videos for me. I have a very entertaining ruler of the house of my very own.
Pistachios, binge utube favorite’s, and seclusion. Rinse and repeat. pedophile epstein.
...and ice cream?
And chips. And salsa.
Molly loves ice cream!
347 million citizens and we can’t pull a few million to walk in and escort Brown Stain and his accomplices to one of their prison camps?That’s not asking a lot to save our country.Could the military handle a few million Americans.NO! This crap must be stopped now.The damage done already is horrific!
Here is an oldie to remind people to protest safely. It also mocks birthday boy who wants another parade in homage to himself. I think it would be worth the drive to DC to be able to turn my back on his funeral procession. Maybe "Good Riddance" on the back of a t shirt. youtu.be/HSvQT-tkiBw?...
AA meetings ❤️ dogs 🐶 ❤️ cake 🍰 ❤️
💙
Keep coming back!
No weed?
Bowl of ice cream 1 day a week. Gives you something to look forward to having at the end of a hectic week.
Trees.
How I stay sane? Molly Jong Fast, Joyce White Vance, Barb McQuade, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy, Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Jeff Jackson (NC AG), my local Precinct members and Heather Cox Richardson. These are just a few .....
Meidas Touch Network, excellent news source!
Aaron Parness
Yeah, we just picked up baby Eydie Gormé from a shelter last Saturday to add to the pack of 2 doodles. If the world continues like this we’re gonna need a bigger house.
What a cutie! 🩷🩷🩷
❤️ the name. Do you have a Steve Lawrence too?
Unfortunately, no. The next one will be Steve 😁. We do have a Sally Ride and a Jane Goodall though.
👏👏👏 They'd be honored. I have heard a lot of dogs were named Betty White, which still makes me smile.
Dogs… the b e s t
Not necessarily in that order.
Same!
Dogs Hikes Chocolate
Joking with @therickwilson.bsky.social on podcasts. It does cheer me up, at least.
With frosting
And you can’t beat their hourly rate!
Haha...yes!
YES. we work for just petting.
🥰🥰🥰
You had me at cake.
It's not that serious, lol
Putting in my buds and going for a 5 mile jog/walk I’m not a long distance runner lol and shopping, even if I buy socks it’s very distracting from this horrific political climate
Ice cream😂🤣
Perhaps we all should join Politics Anonymous. I would definitely go to meetings
Our lists are the same.
Sounds good.
And how I stay sane READING all about this political moment... My Grandkids 💚 My Garden 💜 My Ice Cream 🍧
Sounds like a plan. Love your posts.
We want to hide under the blankets every day lately!!
Indeed!
Yes, Cake!
Loved your audiobook. Love you.
❤️
Epic Tina Fey sheet caking
Mine is: Dogs Music Soccer Dogs and Dogs
Stay strong Molly. Keep going to meetings!!!
What kind of cake?
Good list. 🐶🍰 no🍷 👍🏼🙋🏼♀️
Cats Cat/Dog posts (ie We Rate Dogs) Sees candy
I just ate a 2 lb box of Sees last week
Potato chips Lemonade Mexican food Thai food
And my dog
Ice cream? (loved your book btw)
Cats Crafting Pharmaceuticals
Always cake!!
Jesus Christ, I read this: Drugs AA meetings Coke
Lots of dogs. I'm convinced they're smarter than humans.
Me too Molly!!!! Me too! Except the cake is more apt to be a pastry but ditto!’
I really want to stay informed but for my sanity I take days off from news. It’s a never ending fire hose of criminality , brutality and incompetence that’s hard to deal with on a daily basis. Stay strong Molly.
Cake - my favorite frosting delivery device
Oh cake!
Dogs Dogs Dogs
Me: Cats Alcohol
Cake really can do wonders.
We love you Molly💙💙💙💙💙🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Keep up the good work!
I approve this message.
My dogs make me crazier. The one I call The Sentinel in particular. They're digging in my neighborhood for Fiber Optic all week and I'm about to lose my everloving mind. If people do fireworks this weekend that'll be it. I'll fucking go postal.
No Ice Cream ?
Sure, Jan! We know it’s dogs, reading and writing. You do both so well.
Excellent regimen. Keep up that AA! You already know this, but your sobriety has to come before everything else. It works if you work it. So proud of you for taking care of yourself. 😊✊
Oh! And my pet tax… Allow me to introduce Lord Bentley Lick-Lick. 😍😆
😆 That does not look comfortable!
😂He sleeps like that…a lot.😂
😊
You have your priorities in good order.
Noticeably absent: Diet Mountain Dew.
My list:dogs, cats, Aa meetings, coffee
Dogs have a way of bringing it all back down to right here & right now. My 2 keep me relatively sane.
Did you say cake? Try this one, Molly, while the last of peaches are still in markets. NYT peach ricotta cake. I don’t bake, but this was easy.
Recipe?
Just posted it
Where?
Go to her profile…posts
Oh, thanks...I already found it in NYT recipes 😋
Books, books, & more books are the only I have stayed somewhat sane. It's retail therapy & escapism in one go. 📚🛍️💙
🫶
Dogs Pot More pot Pizza
Sounds like a pretty good start, Molly.💙
Books More books Chocolate Netflix Legalized recreational weed Dark humor
Knitting Baking bread Going to seashore
"... and the wisdom to know that dogs make a big difference."
Is it ok for me to take the dogs to an AA meeting while eating cake...
Ohhh yaaaa, CAKE 🍰🧁🎂 yummy! 👍😏🙃🙂
Nature/Country Drives YMCA Finger Lakes Swimming
Thank you for your voice. DO NOT STOP. AMERICA NEEDS YOUR VOICE.🇺🇸
For me: Also dogs Walks in the woods Music
Red, red wine!🍷
Do donuts count?
❤️❤️❤️ Same.
Some of us try to ignore it to stay sane. Thank you & others who stay with it. & I love your dogs!
Strong list!
Same here exactly!
On "cake," the band, dessert, or both? Just curious...
All of them
This is important… I’m hoping the answer is both.
lol I had the same question
Thanks Molly for helping the rest of us feel sane. So thankful for journalists who don’t normalize authoritarianism.
Booze
Cats Books Chocolate (cookies, cake, ice cream) Cappuccino Netflix Gardening Singing
Girl..same 💙🦋✌️
I need to adopt a dog the end of October! My Meg crossed over the rainbow bridge in the spring and I’m waiting to go on my Irish journey before adopting a new one. I can’t wait 🦮🦮🦮
I’ve been watching UFO “documentaries”, find them strangely comforting.
shit yeah dogs
If it helps, know we are all going crazy, & we sure love having you help us navigate this madness!
In no particular order: Cat Sleep Mental health Low carb diet Dancing A day at a time
Especially the cake, lots of cake. There is never enough cake...
Thanks for the tips.
And family and friends and fans, Molly!
Chocolate?
Furry friend babysit Therapy Cookies 🍪
Been reading your book. Halfway thru!
Definitely cake, dark chocolate kisses, and snuggles with Tribble and Dobby.
It's that easy?
Things that make people happy and reduce stress? "What are dogs?" for $1,000,000 Alex.
I’m with you on dogs and cake, gotta draw the line somewhere! So named the dog Jura after an island of whisky
And candy corn. 🤢😭
Stay strong Molly💙
Do not forget the healing powers of pie
Dogs Golf Jameson With Trump I need AA!!
I have eaten too many slices of my current favorite from a local cafe, which is Honey Lavender Cake. It’s ridiculously good. But hiking is my other emotional regulation, so I’m hoping it balances out.
Dogs and cake. Two of my favorite things.
Although I am not in need of AA, I'd love to join if it helps one cope with the mess we are in.
Especially breakfast cake!
Love it!! Hang in there girl😘
There’s really no other option Permission to add: Books Planning future travel Because I have to mentally escape somehow 😂
Tai Chi
Grandchildren Sunrises Weed
Un Dia Ala Vez
We feel your pain. Dogs/cats Gardening/wilderness/nature Books Stand-up comedians
French fries Pinot Grigio My hubby
My cat The Phillies TCM Books Coffee shops
Ice cream
Looking out my window at the setting sun while a squirrel takes an extra-long drink from the birdbath is good, too. No question about dogs. Dogs always good.
Chocolate is also helpful
Chocolate is high on my list of coping skills.
Dogs, Coffee, Art
All three at the top of my list as well! 😄
Always cake, not pie.
Ahhh, cake! For me it’s pie!