Featuring Tim Dickinson, Jennifer Rubin and Pablo Torre, Cartoons of the Year, Josh Levs, Nick Anderson, The Publisher's Roundup, Talking Feds, and Coffee with the Contrarians
I’ve never been more relieved to see a year end. 2025 has been one long horror story, that try as you might, you can never leave. A truly frightening version of Hotel California. But there have been millions of acts of resistance, large and small that give me hope for 2026 – we have awoken anew to the promise of this country and have been given a vivid lesson of how fragile our democracy truly is. We well know now that there are no guarantees, no inevitabilities if we don’t remain vigilant. However, I am confident that the growing wave of resistance will continue to slow down and then wash over this administration in 2026. It is surely not a given, as Project 2026 makes clear, but the will, fortitude, passion, strength, and courage to withstand this despicable episode in American history is undeniable. May 2025 come to be viewed as the nascent beginning of a new start for this country and 2026 solidify the will of the vast majority – to stop the destruction and build back a far better system of governance. One that is designed for all the people and meets everyone’s basic needs – affordable health care, education, and housing, a living wage, control over personal life choices, and a tax system that the wealthy and corporations simply cannot avoid.
Those comics are simply spectacular! And to see them all at once! Thanks for HUGE laughs! And everyone have a super holiday season, with Santa making many prolonged stops!!! 💝
Thanks Contrarian for a memorable year even though it was full of disrespect for democracy on the part of our government and sadly our president. You’ve shown us what is important to keeping democracy in the forefront of our existence as a democratic society. 2025 has been full of potholes in the road back to democratic norms but you have smoothed the path to democratic values and victory going forward.
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I’ve never been more relieved to see a year end. 2025 has been one long horror story, that try as you might, you can never leave. A truly frightening version of Hotel California. But there have been millions of acts of resistance, large and small that give me hope for 2026 – we have awoken anew to the promise of this country and have been given a vivid lesson of how fragile our democracy truly is. We well know now that there are no guarantees, no inevitabilities if we don’t remain vigilant. However, I am confident that the growing wave of resistance will continue to slow down and then wash over this administration in 2026. It is surely not a given, as Project 2026 makes clear, but the will, fortitude, passion, strength, and courage to withstand this despicable episode in American history is undeniable. May 2025 come to be viewed as the nascent beginning of a new start for this country and 2026 solidify the will of the vast majority – to stop the destruction and build back a far better system of governance. One that is designed for all the people and meets everyone’s basic needs – affordable health care, education, and housing, a living wage, control over personal life choices, and a tax system that the wealthy and corporations simply cannot avoid.
Those comics are simply spectacular! And to see them all at once! Thanks for HUGE laughs! And everyone have a super holiday season, with Santa making many prolonged stops!!! 💝
Jennifer,
Thank you. Happy holidays! We are in this together. No Kings. Peace.
Christopher and family
Thanks Contrarian for a memorable year even though it was full of disrespect for democracy on the part of our government and sadly our president. You’ve shown us what is important to keeping democracy in the forefront of our existence as a democratic society. 2025 has been full of potholes in the road back to democratic norms but you have smoothed the path to democratic values and victory going forward.
How about getting legal gurus (like your team) to debate the top sins of DJT that could best lead to his impeachment.
Better times will come if we stay strong together!
When will EJ be making his appearance??
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