Evening Roundup, February 5
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Jen Rubin, ICE at the Super Bowl, the decimation of WaPo, Portland updates, Calls to Action, Meredith Blake on 'The Secret Agent,' & April Ryan's "The Tea" w/ special guests
How to Fight Trump’s War to Rig The Election, with Leader Hakeem Jeffries
[VIDEO] Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) joins Jen Rubin to discuss all of the ways House Democrats are rising up and pushing back against Trump’s autocratic attempt to manipulate the 2026 midterms.
The Dangerous Spectacle of ICE at the Super Bowl
By Jeff Nesbit
Levi’s Stadium will no longer be just a football field — it’ll become a tinderbox where two levels of American law enforcement are on a collision course.
RIP The Washington Post
[VIDEO] Washington Post slashed a third of its workforce after billionaire owner Jeff Bezos issued a directive. The sports and Middle East desk is gone, the international desk is abysmal, and Caroline O’Donovan, Amazon report and frequent critic of big tech, is out. The cuts reflect a disturbing pattern of choking and destroying integrity-based journalism.
Trump and ICE Have Overshadowed Super Bowl Week for the NFL
By Carron J. Phillips
You know things are bad when American politics has taken the country’s attention away from America’s favorite sporting event.
Judge Bans Use of Chemical Munitions Against Portland ICE Protestors
[VIDEO] America is at a crossroads between a well-functioning democracy, where protest and the press are embraced and celebrated, and an authoritarian regime where that is not the case. That’s the opinion of a federal judge who’s trying to give democracy a push in a healthy direction by banning the use of chemical munitions here at the ICE facility in downtown …
Baseball Bugs 80th anniversary
By Frederic J. Frommer
‘Baseball Bugs’ at 80: How a Looney Tunes classic left its mark on America’s pastime.
Contrarian Calls To Action
Democracy is not a spectator sport. Whether you want to exercise your right to vote, join a protest, call your elected officials, run for office, or keep tabs on the week’s hottest issues and protests, The Contrarian has you covered.
'The Secret Agent' Revisits a Dark Chapter in Brazilian History that Resonates with this Moment
The title of The Secret Agent is a bit of a misnomer: the Brazilian film, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture, doesn’t follow a spy or a covert operative of any kind...
LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Georgia Fort and Christine Pelosi
This week April was joined by attorney, author and candidate for California State Senate Christine Pelosi and independent journalist Georgia Fort.
Bezos has officially contributed to the fall of the WAPO. It remains to be seen if the Post can ever be returned to the once great news source it was. It’s clear that Bezos has no loyalty to the Post or the outstanding journalists who dedicated their time and careers in making the Post what it was.