Evening Roundup, July 30
Featuring Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Mary McCord & Jen Rubin, Shalise Manza Young, Maria Peralta, Brian O'Neill, Ilan Goldenberg & Jen Rubin, & RJ Matson
The degradation of democracy and abortion rights go hand in hand
The federal judiciary has proved a powerful bulwark in the first six months of the Trump administration, countering or stalling some of its most naked power grabs and retaliatory agenda. On Monday, a district court in Boston issued yet another key order…
Attacks against the judiciary have become the new normal: Mary McCord on the state of the Justice Department
Today, Emil Bove was confirmed by the Senate for a lifetime appointment on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals despite multiple whistleblower complaints. Bove has been accused of saying that the Trump administration may need to ignore court orders in order to carry out his deportation goals.
The world awakes to the Gaza famine
By Shalise Manza Young
Atrocities are atrocities, and we must say as much, in clear language, every time they happen.
Unions and community organizations uniting against the dictator
By Maria Peralta
Hundreds of organizers gather in Chicago to lift up workers over billionaires.
The quiet purge at our national parks
There are many ways to erase a country’s memory. One is to forget. Another is to be told what not to remember.
Live with Jen Rubin on the crisis in Gaza and the fight for democracy
Jen Live with Ilan Goldenberg on the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
Ticked off at windmills
RJ draws several editorial cartoons each week for his substack, e pluribus cartoonum, and for Roll Call, the newspaper of Congress and Capitol Hill. His work is widely syndicated to print newspapers by Cagle Cartoons.
Now is our moment—take action against this harmful government. Covering up a pedophile ring. Ignoring court orders. Blatant corruption. The poor, the needy, and children are being abused—by our government. In the streets we must protest outright crooks and the pedophiles until after their shooting us starts, until we go down or we oust tyrants. I made 54 protest signs, and 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
Three fantastic podcasts today from The Contrarian. On the live stream with Ilan Goldenberg, Jen mentioned that it was hard for her to write her column on the Gaza crisis. I imagine it was, but she did a great job in distinguishing a defining of the labels and what is really happening there. Jen is resilient and tenacious two wonderful qualities in a democracy defender! Many other columnists here who have done a great job!