Evening Roundup, July 7 Featuring Austin Sarat, Rep. Jake Auchincloss & Jen Rubin, Azza Cohen, Donald M. Berwick, Brian Finucane, Mimi Rocah & Berit Berger, The Democracy Movement, and "Talking Feds" The Contrarian Jul 7 How Trump’s tax bill undermines democracy Austin Sarat · 2:01 PM In his farewell address on Jan. 10, 2017, President Barack Obama tried to rally the nation to the defense of democracy and the rule of law. He reminded his listeners that “Our Constitution is a remarkable, beautiful gift” and called on them to be “anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy.” Read full story Prices are rising faster than pay: Rep. Jake Auchincloss on 'cost disease' Jennifer Rubin and Jake Auchincloss · 8:59 PM In a recent Economist article, Representative Jake Auchincloss wrote on the notion of ‘cost disease’ - the idea that inflation is not spread equally across the economy, but in key sectors such as healthcare and housing. Read full story Split Screen: The visual politics of Independence Day Azza Cohen · 9:01 PM Every Fourth of July, the White House becomes America's most powerful stage for visual patriotism. Presidents use this moment to define what the American celebration should look like—and these choices reveal volumes about what the president sees as the future and past of our country. Shocking to no one, Donald Trump’s Fourth of July… Read full story How to Make America Sick Again 4:30 PM By Donald M. Berwick The Trump administration’s plan to “Make America Healthy Again” will only make Americans’ health worse. Read full story Trump’s attack on Iran and restoring constitutional war powers 6:00 PM By Brian Finucane How we can safeguard against further such abuses of power. Read full story What the Sean Combs verdict told us about understanding abuse 7:30 PM By Mimi Rocah and Berit Berger The verdict says as much about our failure to recognize the most pernicious impacts of abuse as it does about the strategy of the prosecution in the case. Read full story Democracy Movement The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement The Contrarian · 5:54 PM 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. Read full story Talking Feds Supreme Court Roundup: Revenge of the Six The Contrarian and Harry Litman · 5:12 PM It’s our annual end-of-term Supreme Court special episode of Talking Feds Substack, with a roundtable of three of the most eminent Court watchers in the country: Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, and Steve Vladeck. The nationwide injunction case capped off a conservative juggernaut of a term in which the 6 conservative justices expanded Executive power, contracted individual rights… Read full story The Contrarian is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, please join our community of good troublemakers by becoming a free or paid subscriber.