Evening Roundup, May 7
Featuring Meredith Blake, Josh Levs, Stephen Richer, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Brian O'Neill, The Democracy Movement, Michael de Adder
This year’s Met Gala could have been a mess. Instead, it was an inspiration.
Monday’s Met Gala was full of surprises.
The media keeps fueling the myth of a fiscally responsible GOP
With news breaking that President Donald Trump’s actions are making the trade deficit—which he constantly rages about—even worse, here’s a crucial question: Did anyone expect otherwise?
Sanity has been restored in North Carolina
By Stephen Richer
A ruling in favor of the law and a concession mean a November election is finally over.
Why states must focus on women's health
As the Contrarian rallied and tallied the Trump administration's first 100 days scorecard last week, the federal government unceremoniously did a massive flip-flop on women’s health, defunding and then refunding the decades-old Women’s Health Initiative...
A breather, not a breakthrough
By Brian O’Neill
Canada, Australia, and Germany have handed liberal democracy a few wins—but don't pop the champagne yet.
The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement
Every day (Monday-Friday), we’ll update this space with protests, signs and other public demonstrations against the actions of the administration. Keep checking to see how Americans all across the country are protecting and defending democracy. Find protests in your area!
Bullfight
Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack here.
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Of course, the media would present the Republicans as though they were fiscally responsible. They couldn't live with the reality every day pointed out to the public:
That the Republicans are a criminal far-right insurgency;
- a cult in the death-grip of a demented old grifter;
- and that their only objective is to cut taxes for the wealthy and the large corporations while slashing transfers to the poor and middle-class.
Is there a shirt or a mug with the contrarian logo somewhere? I really like it!!