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.

 

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!

The Contrarian Mar 13

We Won! Federal Employees to be Re-hired Immediately

Norman Eisen and The Contrarian · 6:16 PM

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

Maria Peralta and Jennifer Rubin · 11:02 PM

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

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

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

The Contrarian · 6:44 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. 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

Jess Piper and Jennifer Rubin · 3:31 PM

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

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

Jared Bernstein · 9:45 PM

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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