Evening Roundup, April 8
Hegseth's crusade fantasies, Rep. Sylvia Garcia is done with the chaos, 25th Amendment anyone?, war crimes accountability, Tehran trumps the threats, The Pod, & more
Spotlight
The Truth From The Hill
Accelerating Executive Dysfunction
Break Glass
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution is the equivalent of the warning on a fire alarm: “In case of emergency, break glass.” The glass is rarely broken, and most of us have seen the alarms and the warnings and paid no attention. Well, most of us have paid no attention to the 25
How Does the 25th Amendment Actually Work?
[ VIDEO] It’s time for the 25th Amendment, Section 4. Here’s how we do it…
War and Resistance
Legal Fight Club: Trump Could Face War Crimes Charges After Viral Post
Cardozo and Columbia law professor Gabor Rona joined Katie Phang Tuesday on Legal Fight Club, a YouTube show hosted by The Contrarian’s co-founder Norm Eisen and attorney and Katie Phang, a lawyer and legal analyst, to talk about President Trump’s handling of the war in Iran. Legal Fight Club brings viewers inside the legal and political fight to uphold…
Foreign Affairs
The Strategic Gift to Tehran
The easiest mistake after the past 24 hours is to focus on Donald Trump’s volatility — his threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” followed hours later by a conditional pause in strikes and renewed talk of a deal. The more consequential question is what Iran takes from it — how Tehran reads his machinations, inconsistencies, flailing threat…
Media Center
Toxic Religious Rhetoric & Why a Ceasefire in Iran Isn't Enough
The constant references and invocation of white Christian nationalism are unmistakable in the rhetoric of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. Announcing intentions to commit genocide, wiping out civilizations, allusions to apocalypse—these are not accidental references.
The 25th Amendment can be a matter of record, like the 2 🍊 1.0 impeachments. It will go nowhere.
Maybe it's best to avoid Vance getting in. He's a quiet kind of ruthless virus. If 🤪 is gone, the US State of Amnesia will resume. Gas goes down and they shrug their shoulders and enjoy the summer.
Better a LAME DUCK wallowing in orange sauce,(appropriately), as a Tsunami takes the House and Senate.
Mustn't lose momentum?!!
If there is a 25th amendment and impeachment Vance will simply pardon trump and impose all the cheating on elections he has just learned from Hungary. Trump is a simple man who just pursues money. Ignore trump, but documenting his illegal money grif so once he is out in 2025 you can seize all illegal monetary gains. Focus on 2026 elections let trumps unlike behavior help the democrats at midterms. Keep an eye on Vance he is all in for 2025 plan and young enough to be around a long time. Trump’s ego is what is stopping Vance/Miller 2025 fascist party plan. Don't do anything that let's Vance take power.