Evening Roundup, February 24
Featuring YOUR evening plans tonight, the GOP's crusade against healthcare, your weekend watch, the lore behind SOTU, Jared Bernstein, the Democracy Movement & more!
Spotlight
On the Hill
Alternative State of the Union: Live w/ April Ryan
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“Madam Speaker, the State of our Union is traumatizing our children.”
Hot Topics
Millions of Americans Are Paying for Health Insurance But Can’t Afford to Get Sick
By Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Tax credits the GOP let expire made real insurance affordable. Now, many are going without or buying plans that don't cover much.
Executive Dysfunction
Mr. President, Are You Listening?
By Terry Edmonds
What was once a time-honored ceremonial occasion has morphed into a predictably partisan recitation of “accomplishments” and grievances.
Religion in America
How Religion is Being Weaponized in American Elections
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Tom Malinowski, friend of The Contrarian, former congressman and State Department official, recently lost his bid for the 11th Congressional District in New Jersey. He was defeated in a way that should disturb all of us.
Social Issues
Exploring the Fraught, Fruitful Alliance Between Black and Jewish Americans
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“Under the floorboards of Western culture run two streams. One is anti-semitism, the other is anti-Black racism.”
Buckle up for, possibly, the biggest clown show SOTU address in American history given by a man who hates the majority of Americans and loves himself above all else. It will be a mater class in "Who you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?
The GOP has a crusade against Americans. Period. Anything that helps people who are struggling or that benefits middle class Americans or children or young people they want to eliminate.