Thursday, March 13, 2025

Evening Roundup: March 13

 


Evening Roundup: March 13

Featuring Jeff Nesbit, Jared Bernstein, Marvin Kalb, Jess Piper, Barb McQuade, The Democracy Movement, Maria Peralta, and a massive legal victory!


We Won! Federal Employees to be Re-hired Immediately

Norman Eisen and The Contrarian
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6:16 PM
We Won! Federal Employees to be Re-hired Immediately

BREAKING: A U.S. district judge just ruled that thousands of fired probationary federal workers must be reinstated. This is a huge win for federal workers and The Contrarian’s own Norm Eisen was on the front lines. Hear his thoughts just moments after leaving court now.

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Maria Peralta and Jen Rubin on community organizing and collective action

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11:02 PM
Maria Peralta and Jen Rubin on community organizing and collective action

As we see more and more Americans take to the streets to rally against the Trump-Musk regime, Jen Rubin interviews Maria Peralta about the strength of grassroots organizing.

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Trump’s deliberate destruction of biomedical research institutions

8:00 PM
Trump’s deliberate destruction of biomedical research institutions

The actions have ground NIH to a halt and sent shockwaves through academia and the biomedical research institutions.

By Jeff Nesbit

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Is There a Murrow in the House?

9:01 PM
Is There a Murrow in the House?

Edward R. Murrow exemplified a free press unbowed by autocracy—and if American democracy is to survive, we need his like again

By Marvin Kalb

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Democracy Movement

The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement

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6:44 PM
The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement

Every day (Monday-Friday), we’ll update this space with protests, signs and other public demonstrations against the actions of the administration. Keep checking to see how Americans all across the country are protecting and defending democracy. Subscribers can submit their own protests in the chat for consideration.

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Jess Piper and Jen Rubin on failing Democratic strategy in rural America

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3:31 PM
Jess Piper and Jen Rubin on failing Democratic strategy in rural America

Jess Piper joins Jen Rubin to talk about how Trump’s policies are disproportionately harming rural Americans, and how the Democratic Party cannot abandon the rural vote if they want to be successful.

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Elon Musk's social insecurity

2:30 PM
Elon Musk's social insecurity

The billionaire's reckless claims seem intended to manufacture outrage to justify an end to what he refers to as an “entitlement program.”

By Barbara McQuade

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How Trump's reckless economic agenda united the country

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9:45 PM
How Trump's reckless economic agenda united the country

President Donald Trump is typically—and correctly—viewed as one of the most aggressive partisans ever seen in American politics, pitting his MAGA supporters and the Republican politicians he controls against the rest of us.

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