Evening Roundup, April 2
Featuring Jen Rubin, Michael Franklin, Lily Conway, Meghan Meehan-Draper, Carron J. Phillips, Olivia Julianna, Meredith Blake, and the Democracy Movement
Pro-democracy momentum is real!
“Don’t let this be another day in America,” Senator Cory Booker insisted. Well, it wasn’t. Yesterday was a soaring day for the momentum of the Democratic party, culminating in an overwhelming win for Justice Susan Crawford in Wisconsin, thereby delivering a crucial and symbolic referendum on Elon Musk, President Trump, and anybody else who might believe…
Cory Booker Met the Moment
The senator’s record-breaking speech reminds us that voice is still a form of resistance
By Michael Franklin
48 Hours in Wisconsin
News outlets nationally and even globally have spent weeks anticipating the profoundly consequential April 1st state Supreme court vote in Wisconsin—which has often served as the tipping point in U.S. elections. The linchpin of the ballot was the judicial race between liberal Judge Susan Crawford and conservative Brad Schimel.
Democratic governors are fighting Trump’s attacks on democracy in the courts
The American people are again looking for reassurance, leadership, and good governance.
By Meghan Meehan-Draper
Cory Booker delivered a historic speech because we're in extraordinary times
History will determine how the senator's marathon speech is remembered. It will also remind us why the speech was necessary.
By Carron J. Phillips
Today’s Problems Won’t Be Solved by Yesterday’s Politics
Earlier this year, I made the call to step back from politics. After years of organizing in Texas, I was burnt out. Defeated. I’d seen firsthand what we were up against—and it was disheartening.
Mr. Booker Goes to Washington—and delivers a must-see cultural moment
Severance just concluded its second spellbinding season, Sunday brings us the much-anticipated finale of The White Lotus third installment, and with Emmys season around the corner, there’s suddenly a flood of important shows for everyone to watch and dissect at length. But it was Sen. Cory Booker who gave us the must-watch TV moment of 2025 so far, with a historic filibuster-that-was-not-technically-a-filibuster on the Senate floor.
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Senator Booker gave an inspiring speech, punctuated with readings of letters from constituents. That was an excellent move, and he's expressing a rallying cry for Democrats. Hats off to his colleagues who asked questions and provided support.
The Susan Crawford win in Wisconsin indicates that paying for votes was seen as an insult and that voters weren't having it. It looks as if Musk may be losing his punch. It would be still better if Trump would see it that way and throw him and his dogies under the bus. We'd be well rid of the lot of them.
Trump has dropped his hydrogen level, destructive tariff bomb, not just on the US, but on all our world wide trade partners. The negative impact on consumer prices, economic growth, US foreign relations and equity markets cannot be overstated. We are witnessing the beginning of the end of Trump and MAGA.