Evening Roundup, April 3
Featuring: Ana María Archila; David Litt; Garry Kasparov; Shalise Manza Young; Andrew Weissmann & Jen Rubin; Valerie Rivera; Meredith Blake; Jared Bernstein; Brian O'Neill; and RJ Matson
Ana María Archila and Jen Rubin discuss the political power of the working class
With the April 5th Day of Action right around the corner, Ana María Archila and Jen Rubin discuss the mission of the Working Families Party, the reason people are coming together this Saturday, and how together, we are so much stronger than the forces of autocracy.
The rhetorical genius of “Elon Schimel”
A few weeks ago, I cross-posted a piece with The Contrarian, asking readers to donate to the Wisconsin Democratic Party ahead of the upcoming state Supreme Court race, and promising to match contributions up to $1,250. To say you came through is a massive understatement: Together, we raised over $33,000!
Garry Kasparov joins Jen
Thank you Todd Christopher Thurman, Keli Osborne, SkyWaterEarth - Hobie Stocking, Elsie W, Sandy Bickel, and many others for tuning into my live video with Garry Kasparov! Join me for my next live video in the app.
Why Trump's Smithsonian executive order is especially painful
By Shalise Manza Young
The blood spilled by our ancestors for voting rights, fair housing and other freedoms has benefitted non-Black Americans arguably more than they have benefitted us.
Jen Rubin and Andrew Weissmann on the Eric Adams Corruption Case
Yesterday, Federal District Judge Dale Ho dismissed the corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Andrew Weissmann joins Jen Rubin to break it down for us.
Service members: Remember the duty to disobey
By Valerie Rivera
In the not-too-distant future, military members of all ranks and specialties might have a difficult choice: side with an unlawful president or with the Constitution.
Contrarian Culture Club Recommendations
With his record-setting Senate speech this week, Cory Booker gave demoralized Democrats some much-needed inspiration. He also reminded any of us who might have forgotten that he has always been an unusually telegenic politician.
A trade war—for what?
After engaging in a few months of minor skirmishes, President Donald Trump just declared a trade war on virtually every country with whom we trade. The New York Times correctly called them his “most expansive tariffs to date,” but I’d go a lot further.
The shareholder warning Trump would never file
By Brian O’Neill
An insider risk assessment of U.S. democratic integrity.
All-time congressional records
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.
I’m concerned about getting due process for Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and Kilmer Armando Abrego Garcia. This needs to be front and center everyday until that happens. Can you just imagine what they and their families are suffering? What can we do???
For 1500 years the Dynasties of China ruled the wealthiest and most powerful empire in the world which included China's vessal states across Asia. The Chinese emperors expected and received tribute from many of
Its weaker vassal neighbors. It's how the ancient world worked until the middle ages.
EXCEPT NOW! Donald Trump in his power hungry fever dreams, believes America has been a weak sucker/victim in its conduct of global trade with its vassal states (basically all other countries). So what does a "strong" emperor do? Slap bigger, better and harsher tribute terms on every other country. Right?
Today's tariffs have NOTHING to do with economic gain and EVERYTHING to do with brute power..namely Trump's brute power to do whatever the F he wants for whatever reason he believes (at the moment ) He has declared himself ZEUS and he can rain down lightning bolts wherever and whenever he chooses.
In 71 days, Trump/ZEUS has vaporized +$6 trillion of value across US equities markets.
Now he's going to cost US consumers at least another $1-1.5 trillion in prices of the products they buy. Not because of any value has been added to those products but simply as a value added tax.
When you throw in the slow rolling death of Social Security, Healthcare (that's all for parasites) and the death of our foreign alliances with trusting allies, the only real suckers here are the 77 million voters who elected Trump.
For the rest of Americans, we will do everything needed to get rid of the guy!!