Evening Roundup, August 28
Featuring "The Tea" with April Ryan, Michael Podhorzer, Mitch Landrieu & Jen Rubin, Meredith Blake, Carron J. Phillips, Leon W. Russell & April Ryan, and Michael de Adder
The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Michael Nutter & Stacy Davis Gates
April Ryan knocks the pot over yet again with special guests Stacy Davis Gates and Michael Nutter. Join us Live every Thursday at 5pm ET!
The One Single, Proven Constraint on Oligarchy and Autocracy
Elon Musk’s destructive ransacking of our government should have reminded us of what previous generations of Americans understood intuitively: that "we may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both ,” as Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis put it.
A 20 year retrospective: Mitch Landrieu on the legacy of Hurricane Katrina
This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and what is considered to be the massive failure of the federal government’s response. Over 1,300 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of others were displaced from their homes.
Culture recs: Hurricane Katrina is Still With Us
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall 20 years ago this week, the storm revealed fissures in American society that have arguably only worsened in the decades since. An estimated 1800 people died, many of them poor, Black, and elderly. Many thousands more were permanently displaced from their homes…
Chicago needs many things. A National Guard deployment isn't one of them.
By Carron J. Phillips
The "What about Chicago?" crowd has been stirred by the president's ongoing fixation with a city he enjoys irritating.
Leon W. Russell on the intersection of civil rights and workers' rights
There is no Labor Day without Black Americans. From leaders such as A. Philip Randolph to Chris Smalls, Black leaders have been at the forefront of the labor movement since day one.
Always ready, always there
Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack here.
In 1215 King John signed the Magna Carta establishing in Britain that no man, not even the King is above the law. It was the beginning of power sharing with the Monarchy in the English speaking world.
In 1649 the English monarchy was abolished and Britain established a constitutional monarchy with political power shifting to Parliament, heavily controlled by the British aristocracy.
In 1776 the American colonies rebelled against rule by the British Parliament and we were born.
In 2025 Donald J Trump, conman extraordinaire, in league with his version of American aristocracy, is grifting our country and trying to return us to a pre-magna carta version of a Monarchy. Kings enjoy divine rights and are above the law.
So how far back in time are Donald's handlers attempting to take the US? At least pre-1215 when England had a population of 3.0 million.
Does any sane person believe Trump and the vile reptiles he has surrounded himself with can pull this off against our diverse population of 330 million? Even if 38% of Americans don't yet realize they've been taken.
Let's stick together. Confidently fight back against the cruel forces of greed and fascism
And let's push MAGA back under its rock.
See you in September in DC.
https://removalcoalition.org/
Congress returns. There are many issues we can use to convince a few Congressional Republicans. Brian Fitzpatrick is a case study.
Pressure them directly, their donors, families, social friends etc. Picket. Sit in.
Proportionally 4 x more crime in MAGA Mike's home town than in DC. Memphis is the most crimeridden city in the US. Jackson, Mississippi! Bessemer, AL!
Interview the National Guardsmen. Odds are more crime at home.
Labor Day 2025, Workers Over Billionaires https://maydaystrong.org/