Evening Roundup, September 24 Featuring Brian O'Neill, Tom Malinowski, Roberto Valadéz, Shalise Manza Young, Meredith Blake, Carron J. Phillips, Austin Sarat, RJ Matson, & "Quiz: Choose the Real Headline" Sep 24 Sorry Mr. President, the UN isn’t going away Brian O’Neill · 2:01 PM On Tuesday, President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on its 80th anniversary, delivering a meandering, often denigrating speech that sounded like one taken from a MAGA convention—ego forward, policy last. He said he had predicted “everything” and told attendees that their countries were “going to hell,” all while drift… Read full story Trump and his regime are not invulnerable Tom Malinowski · 4:30 PM Whenever we despair about the Trump administration’s open corruption—the foreign interests pouring billions into Trump’s crypto scam, the rich donors buying presidential pardons, and now allegations that border czar Tom Homan accepted paper bags full of cash Read full story The Importance of Engaging in Earnest 6:30 PM The revolution is here and your siloes will not save you...we must embrace the messy, uncomfortable work of genuine connection or risk devolving down a path of diminishing returns. By Roberto Valadéz Read full story What you see if you look long enough 9:01 PM A photo of a formerly enslaved man is dangerous to a regime that wants regression, not progress. By Shalise Manza Young Read full story Culture Corner Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech as 'One Thing We Can Agree On' Meredith Blake · 5:31 PM The comedian returned to ABC last night and struck a defiant yet patriotic tone. “The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs." Read full story The war against late-night hosts highlights the uneven privilege of free speech 7:30 PM America has traditionally protected rich white men, especially if they tell jokes. That is no longer a guarantee. By Carron J. Phillips Read full story Trump ups the ante on an unconstitutional crackdown on speech Austin Sarat · 3:03 PM Last week was a bad one for freedom of speech in the United States. Read full story 'There's never been anything like that' RJ Matson · 8:30 PM RJ draws several editorial cartoons each week for his substack, e pluribus cartoonum, and for Roll Call, the newspaper of Congress and Capitol Hill. His work is widely syndicated to print newspapers by Cagle Cartoons. Read full story Democracy Movement Quiz: Choose the Real Headline The Contrarian · 8:00 PM We know classic clickbait when we see it. ONE SIMPLE TRICK! YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE NOW! You don’t fall for that spammy, hyperventilating marginalia—except maybe when the claim is so outrageous, or the mystery so tantalizing, that you still can’t help but click through. (“Touché,” I think, when I meet a blizzard of ads and no sign of the p… Read full story This Substack is reader-supported. Please subscribe to join our community of good troublemakers and assist in efforts to hold our government accountable in the court of law. The Contrarian Shop is LIVE! Our limited-time collection is available for preorder! Each purchase helps power our work to boldly defend democracy. https://shop.contrariannews.org

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.