Evening Roundup, April 7
Featuring Pablo Torre & Jen Rubin; Brian O'Neill; Dr. Brian Klaas & Jen Rubin; Elaine Weiss; Sen. Angus King & Jen Rubin; Marvin Kalb; Stephen Richer; Owen Pence; and Michael de Adder
Hands Off! Protests Across the Country
This past Saturday, we saw millions of people demand change from the Trump-Musk regime. April 5th protests took place across all 50 states! The people are rising to the challenge — take a look for yourself.
Take Your Ball and Go Home: Sportswriter Pablo Torre and Jen Rubin on Trump’s failed Appropriation of Sports
Washington Nationals fans watch out, this Contrarian is an LA Dodgers ride or die.
It's the Stupidity, Stupid! Dr. Brian Klaas on the inability to explain away incompetence
Dr. Brian Klaas joins Jen Rubin to discuss the impact of seemingly random global events and how they change our lives. When this thinking is applied to the Trump Administration, we see a loss of global reputation, top scientists and researchers opting to leave U.S. universities, and a break down in our systems and institutions.
The judge and the speaker
A politically motivated impeachment attempt against a federal judge went nowhere, as Musk's current attempt should.
By Elaine Weiss
Senator Angus King and Jen Rubin on the attacks against our Constitution
Jen is joined by Senator Angus King to discuss the attack on our fundamental structure of government.
One Day that Shook the World
By Marvin Kalb
It took the Bolsheviks, wrote American journalist John Reed, ten days to “shake the world.” They were, of course, launching a communist revolution, and those upheavals often took at least a week. But Donald Trump, all by himself, “shook the world” in only one day by arbitrarily raising the alarming prospect of a recession and a trade war.
North Carolina is asking people to vote according to rules the state hasn't set
By Stephen Richer
Five months out, chaos continues in a state Supreme Court race that was counted, recounted and audited.
Dawn Staley’s impact is reflected in coaches past and present
By Owen Pence
Her appreciation of the Black women who came before and her support of those who follow are proof that wins or losses won’t dictate her legacy. The opportunities created will.
Lightning rod
Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack.
One burning question. If Trump were to order the Insurrection Act in a near future protest (some speculate April 20), what legal recourse do protestors have in the moment? How will this look one week later, one month later. How does Mr. Eisen see this playing out. What sort of plan could be developed in advance?
I am going to continue complaining, respectfully, to Republicans in Congress. Especially about PIno's plan to celebrate Flag Day, June 14th ( also his birthday)with a military parade of tanks, soldiers. ( 20 million dollars at tax payers expense. HELL NO!) Stalin did it. Putin does it. Why doesn't he ask his boyfriend Musk to pay. Is this flexing muscles at the 56 thousand plus Greenlanders? That is Not American. I'm up for going to DC that same Saturday to protest such an atrocity. Disgusting 🫣.