Evening Roundup, June 18
Featuring Tammy Baldwin, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Ned Price, Stephen Richer, Shalise Manza Young, Bill Braniff, and Jen Rubin
Stealing from the poor to give to the rich: Tammy Baldwin on Trump's reverse Robin Hood bill
Jen is joined by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-W) to discuss how Trump’s Reconciliation Bill is a massive betrayal to the American people, how it harms those most in need, and why the public must be informed of its harmful potential.
Supporting Women's Rights Goes Hand in Hand with Political Violence
Among the myriad headlines that roiled the nation last week, rising political violence in the United States was a sickening drumbeat—one that culminated and resounded most loudly during a weekend of targeted shootings directed at two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.
Trump State Department fails Americans Overseas: Ned Price on the Growing Conflict in the Middle East
As the conflict between Israel and Iran continues and heightens, Jen is joined by Ned Price to discuss the incredible failure of the State Department to keep Americans safe, Trump’s inability to act with any diplomatic shrewdness, and why the repeated narrative of Iran’s nuclear weapons program suddenly matters again.
The Trump vendetta against Harvard
By Stephen Richer
The government isn't acting on national security interests. It looks like an attempt to further punish Harvard for actions protected by law.
In the Boston mayoral race, money vs. experience
By Shalise Manza Young
The city's first woman mayor is battling to keep her job as a well-heeled newcomer steps in.
Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation: Bill Braniff on the darkness and confusion in our online environment
It’s news to no one that something is terribly wrong with the current information environment. False, hateful, nihilistic, and anti-democratic content dominates many spheres of online life. In recent years, the level of online pollution has only seemed to increase. But what can be done about it?
Counting on ‘TACO’ Trump is foolhardy
When a country initiates a war with a rhetorical sleight of hand or questionable circumstances (e.g., Gulf of Tonkin, Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction), it usually spells trouble. In Israel’s case, no one doubts Iran is a malicious actor whose acquisition of nuclear weapons would pose an existential threat to its neighbors.
Jen, thanks for all that you are doing with the Contrarian. I just came across Ronald Reagan’s last presidential speech from 1989 about the importance of immigrants to the United States……very powerful. Ron Menaker, Rochester, Minnesota