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7 Governor Races to Watch
If the 2026 midterms develop into a Blue Wave, Democrats not only have an opportunity to capture Congress, but to expand their capacity to govern in states across the nation. Democrats currently hold twenty four governors’ mansions, meaning a solid majority — important for symbolism as much as for blue-state solidarity — is within reach. (Fun fact: Demo…
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‘Primetime’ Revisits a Tawdry Turning Point in TV History
It’s 2006, and a grown man arrives at a nondescript home in Long Beach, California, intending to have sex with someone he believes to be a teenage girl. She offers him a plate of freshly baked cookies, then momentarily steps out of the room. Suddenly, a man in a suit emerges from behind a curtain.
Art as Resistance; Stand for National Parks
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.
You know what is really bothering me. I live in Tucson Arizona and we've elected democratic governor, two democratic senators and we have a spattering of democratic Congress people. And still, with the support of Katie Hobbs, the governor, they sold the previously shut down, in 2025, private prison (to save money 15 million over two years, for only 1/2 of the beds occupied and 100 people lost their jobs) Marana County Arizona, to the same company for approximately 355 million, to open a deportation center for 755, maybe to cram 1300 intomit after renovations. To be opened in two monthd. I guess anyome can be bought? I am disgusted. Still voting Blue no matter who, but we have serious changes to make in who we elect in primaries and in our corrupted local governments. After the SCOTUS 6 decision that the dictatorship can continue you to deport immigrants without due process to a third, not their original, country. This news atop that disgusting, horrible, inhumane decision is way too much. America, not the beautiful. Fuck all of these fuckers. They need to go, impeach, reverse this bullshit.