Evening Roundup, October 6
Featuring: Norm Ornstein, "Offsides" with Pablo Torre, Jeff Nesbit, Senator Mark Warner, The Democracy Movement, "Talking Feds," and Michael de Adder
Democrats must stay on message with the shutdown
Imagine if Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Democrats had caved on the spending deadline to prevent a shutdown and the threats of mayhem from President Donald Trump and his allies. Democrats would have been complicit in what would follow. The implementation of the massive cuts in Medicaid, even with many delayed until after …
Offsides with Pablo Torre: Arrests, WNBA Strikes, and FIFA's Greedy Dynamic Pricing
A lot transpired over the weekend in the world of sports. From the surprising, and still developing, arrest of Mark Sanchez to the grumblings of a potential WNBA strike, the Yankees’ disastrous playoff weekend is now the least dramatic story of the day. Thankfully
The end of federal funding for NPR stations cuts deep in Trump country
By Jeff Nesbit
It’s beyond bizarre that the federal funding cuts are going to devastate stations in places that put Trump back in office.
Is Trump's Overreach Starting to Fail? Senator Mark Warner with Jen Rubin
Trump’s constant overreach in the legal system, the military, and the legislature may be hitting its first serious roadblocks.
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Shutdown Smackdown, Chi-Town Showdown
On this week’s Talking Feds Substack, Harry pulls in a trio of political pros—former Senator Barbara Boxer, Jonathan Capehart, and Norman Ornstein—to assess the fight over the shutdown. Who will the public blame? How long will it last? They turn next to the stunning federal raid in Chicago, with agents busting down doors and snipers dropping in from helicopters...
Cold as ICE
Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack here.
I put this together today--clearly very amateur, but I've printed many and will leave every place I go:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ygiDi9aVUVnRF7AOu7ALs8aB5ptSxiN_/view?usp=sharing
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