Evening Roundup, June 24
Featuring Marvin Kalb; Norm Eisen & Tom Joscelyn; Mayor Karen Bass & Jen Rubin; Max Stier; Brian O'Neill; Jeff Nesbit; Meredith Blake; and Nick Anderson
The “Goldene Medine,” Once Upon A Time
By Marvin Kalb
Donald Trump has already gone a long way toward wrecking American democracy. In five months, he has thrown our economy into a state of uncertainty, our foreign policy into an “America First” confusion about war or peace with Iran, and our national image into one of bleak selfishness.
Trump’s Pick for the Third Circuit Is Clearly Unfit
Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, is expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Bove was a controversial federal prosecutor who later became Trump’s criminal defense lawyer. He then served as acting deputy attorney general...
ICE Raids Continue in L.A. Despite Community Opposition: Mayor Karen Bass on the State of the City
It has been more than two weeks since Donald Trump deployed the National Guard into Los Angeles to shut down anti-ICE protests. Demonstrations have largely ceased, but it appears the troops are there to stay. As parts of the city remain in a militarized state, others remain clouded by fear. Even if a feeling of normalcy persists for many Angelenos …
Donald Trump’s man-made disaster
One of the most fundamental responsibilities of our national government is to assist states when disaster strikes, a heart-wrenching lesson that was driven home following the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago.
Was the U.S. strike on Iran worth it? Brian O'Neill on the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict
Yesterday, Trump declared a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on social media posting, “THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!” (clearly a master of diplomacy). Only a few hours later...
The Senate GOP's budget bill is even worse than the House version
By Jeff Nesbit
It's not a continuation but a dangerous escalation of the assault on American health care.
For better and sometimes for worse, Barbara Walters understood how power works
A documentary about the legendary broadcaster highlights both her savvy and her unseemly connections.
In 1977, Barbara Walters scored a historic joint interview with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, edging out CBS legend Walter Cronkite and NBC’s John Chancellor for one of the biggest media gets of the era.
War and Peace
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and elsewhere. Find him on Substack at nickanderson.substack.com.
Stay cool, Contrarians!
I am so impressed by your work.
Everyone MAGA treats him like the baby that he is.