Evening Roundup: Americans Are Standing Up
Featuring We The People; Jen Rubin in conversation with Adam Kinzinger; Jeff Nesbit; Steve Vladeck; and Jamie Riley
Good evening Contrarians,
It’s Monday, but did our best to deliver one that’s not entirely hopeless…
Delete NOAA at our own peril
By Jeff Nesbit
The agency's data gathering and reporting—about hurricanes, heat waves, torrential rains and other extreme weather events—save lives.
Let’s fire all the lawyers
Buried in the headlines surrounding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti was a development that is far more ominous: Hegseth’s sacking of Army Lt. Gen. Joseph B. Berger III, Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer, and Navy Rear Adm. Lia M. Reynolds. Those…
Jen and Adam Kinzinger on the new USA/Russia relationship under Trump
Jen Rubin and Adam Kinzinger discuss the stark divergence that the Trump administration has taken from previous U.S. Presidents when dealing with Russian foreign relations.
Coast to coast, the effects of the Trump administration
Millions of Americans remain in a state of shock and despair at the rapidity with which the Trump administration’s cruel and wanton executive orders and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency are changing the shape of Americans’ lives and livelihoods.
And in case you missed this morning’s exceptional coverage of the Pentagon firings, please be sure to take a look:
Morning Roundup: Reckless Firings Continue, but Americans are Paying Attention
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Until tomorrow!
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The Contrarians







Someone gave me a great idea! Post sticky notes everywhere you go in public spaces, #NO Kings, or anything else you want to protest! Imagine what we can do!
Too bad the democrats in Congress won't stand up. With the exception of three, every democrat is either silent or preaching to the choir on opinion shows-- two things that do absolutely no good. Democrats must become vocal on the immoral, illegal, and un-American things Mustrump is doing, and they must go on EVERY media outlet there is to reach as many Americans as they can. They must CALL FOR ACTION AND GIVE US A PLAN ON STOPPING THESE FASCISTS, then LEAD! I know, I'm dreaming; it would require a spine and a clue, neither of which the democrats possess.