Evening Roundup, September 2
Featuring Norm Ornstein, Tom Malinowski, Austin Sarat, "Let's Do Lunch!" with Jared Bernstein & Wally Adeyemo, Meredith Blake, Calder Robinson, "Talking Feds," Nick Anderson, & The Contrarian Podcast
Democrats' shadow Cabinet should start impeachments now
It is time for House Democrats to unleash their secret weapon: impeachment. Not because there will be much chance of success, and not against President Donald Trump himself. But to highlight the horrors and depredations of the worst Cabinet members in history, who are causing death and destruction, threatening human lives and safety, destroying the rule…
When the GOP turned communist
In late July, the official social media account of the Republican Party boasted that Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will “drive the return of the great American car...”
MAGA’s counterculture attack on public libraries
Somewhere, 1960s hippie and counterculture icon Abbie Hoffman must be smiling. In 1971, he published a book with the ironic title “Steal This Book.”
Let’s Do Lunch! 09/02
This week's episode of Let’s Do Lunch! with Jared Bernstein features special guest Wally Adeyemo! Join us every Tuesday at 12pm ET and leave your econ questions in the comments.
Hero
Calder Robinson is a visual artist and designer based in Atlanta. Originally from the Midwest, his work delves into shared experiences, from momentous occasions to the mundane.
Mob Boss in the White House
Guest host Jonathan Alter convenes Peter Baker, Molly Jong-Fast, and Charlie Sykes to talk through Trump’s latest lunge for unchecked power. The quartet dig into the week’s flurry of controversial firings and the prospects for a long-promised, now long-overdue peace deal in Ukraine.
Picking your battles
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.
RFK Jr.'s CDC is in disarray. And fighting election denial in Georgia
Last Wednesday, Trump fired CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez for her refusal to follow RFK Jr.’s absurd anti-vaccine policies. At least four other top health officials have resigned from the agency over the past week, leaving it in disarray.
I just read that Pritzker says the Texas National Guard is being staged to come to Chicago. Let’s get some hair on fire going here!
Tell them they need proof of an emergency, not just because Orange says it's so. Abbot is a swine. I hope he gets his someday.