Evening Roundup, August 4
Featuring Jen Rubin and Glenn Kessler; Dan Koh; Carron J. Phillips; "Offsides with Pablo Torre;" Mimi Rocah; Jen Rubin, Tom Malinowsky, & Victoria Nuland; and "Talking Feds"
Verifying truth in Trump's America: Glenn Kessler on the art of fact-checking
After 14 years as editor and chief writer at The Fact Checker at the Washington Post and 28 years total at the newspaper, Glenn Kessler is leaving the outlet.
Trump's firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer should alarm every American
President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer last Friday should alarm every American. Having served as chief of staff at the Department of Labor, overseeing the BLS, I know firsthand the importance of protecting the integrity of our nation's economic data. …
Vance should face the same unreasonable standards and scrutiny as Harris
By Carron J. Phillips
Once a usual suspect filled the job, America stopped acting like it cared about the vice president.
Offsides with Pablo Torre: A new Washington Commanders stadium & the future of sports journalism
Pablo Torre is back for another episode of Offsides where he and Jen discuss everything going on in the world of sports. This week, the two discuss the politics of the new Washington Commanders stadium planned for D.C. as part of a $3.8 billion, multi-use development project, the future of sports journalism, and the deep pockets of those in the golf…
The 'Epstein Files': What We Should (and should not) Focus On
If you had told me even six months ago that the criminal legacy of Jeffrey Epstein would become a unifying factor in America—one of the few topics about which people across a wide political spectrum would be interested in—I would not have believed it. But here we are...
Tom Malinowski and Victoria Nuland on deteriorating American diplomacy & foreign policy
Two former State Department officials, Tom Malinowski and Amb. Victoria Nuland join Jen to discuss the loss of an entire generation of diplomatic leadership under Trump.
Incriminating—Or Just Skeevy?
It was another week dominated by the Epstein scandal, which grew ever more murky. A stellar Talking Feds Substack roundtable of Alisyn Camerota, Josh Marshall, and Asha Rangappa joins Harry Litman to work through both the law and politics of Trump’s efforts to disentangle himself. The panel then moves on to apparent capitulation to Trump’s shakedown by a series of universities…
The ideal subject of totalitarianism is ... people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." Hannah Arendt
"If we are to have another ( Civil War ), I predict that the divining line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other." President Ulysses S. Grant
"If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a Political Party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Now is our moment—today take action against this harmful government. They are:
• Covering up a pedophile ring.
• Ignoring court orders.
• Spreading corruption.
The poor, the needy, and children are being abused—by our government. Healthcare, already a broken system, was canceled for 13 million. Take to the streets!
We must protest outright crooks and the pedophiles. They will start shooting us. Untrained ICE agents will shoot us. Protest until we go down or we oust these tyrants.
I made 54 protest signs to aid protest groups. I will make many more to share. You will see something different in these signs! Help yourself to this second batch, and share them as far as you can.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/more-free-protest-signs?r=3m1bs