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Evening Roundup, April 30

The Tea w/April Ryan ft. Damon Hewitt & Ed Towns

Yes, Shootings Are Traumatic. Welcome to Our World

Defend Voting Rights, Mobilize for May Day

Our Economic Power Is Stronger Than We Know

The Supreme Court’s Racist Rerun

Gun Violence Deeply and Uniquely Impacts Women and Children

The New Jim Crow

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Joyce Vance and April Ryan

The Contrarian Covers the Democracy Movement

A Devastating Decision for Voting Rights

Being a Dissident Is ‘A Way of Being’

SCOTUS Sinks Voting Rights Act: Evening Roundup, April 29

How SCOTUS Made It Easy for the GOP to Disenfranchise Minority Voters

Why SCOTUS's Callais Decision Is a Gigantic Step Back for Fair Voting Rights

Alito Pretends Racism Is Over in Latest Decision

‘We Have Come Too Far to Turn Back Now’

The Supreme Court Has Demolished the Voting Rights Act

Legal Fight Club: Judge Mark Wolf Breaks Down Trump DOJ's Ridiculous Comey Indictment

Want to Fight Today's SCOTUS Decision? Then Fight for the Georgia Supreme Court in May

Contrarians Will Fight Back on Brutal SCOTUS Decision: What To Do Now

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Liz Shuler

Warnings About Kash Patel May Fall on Deaf Ears

King Meets President

Trump Made Progressivism Great Again

Evening Roundup, April 28

Why Is the White House More Concerned with Building a Ballroom than Protecting Americans?

Trump Is Trying to Get Jimmy Kimmel Fired (Again)

A Crisis of Competency Is Plaguing Our Economy

In 1970, Princess Anne Ruffled D.C. Feathers by Dissing America’s National Bird

At Least They Have Thoughts and Prayers

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, April 27

The Supreme Court Killed the Clean Power Plan — and Public Confidence

The Moneyball Mindset Is Ruining Sports

Musk vs. Altman: Risking the Future on a Battle of Egos

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Randi Weingarten

Kash Crash

Netanyahu Shows Why U.S. Aid to Israel Must End

Lessons from the Correspondents’ Dinner

Special Sunday Report: The WHCD Shooting

LIVE with Norm and Jim Acosta After the WHCD Shooting

Norm & Carlos LIVE After the White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting

Norm Eisen LIVE from White House Correspondents Dinner

The Trump Regime’s Corrupt Indictment of SPLC Is a New Low

The Trump Regime’s Heinous Attack on a Legendary Civil Rights Organization

Evening Roundup, April 24

Legal Fight Club: Ghislaine Maxwell Being Considered for a Pardon Is an Outrage

The Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon is Getting Worse

'My Life Has Been the Most Tragic and the Most Hilarious That You Could Ever Imagine'

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Self-Butchered Smothered Porkchops

Trump Isn’t the First American President to Covet Greenland

A Stunning Setback for the Global Far-Right

Why voters say the Democrats are "weak," in their own words

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted in Virginia

Evening Roundup, April 23

The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie and Loni Love

Shining a Light on the Shadow President

'Bow Down': Why Madonna Remains in Vogue

Resistance Reading and How to Protest Paramount

Americans Don’t Need Facts to Rush to Judgment

Urgent Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon Worsens

Beware of the President

Donald Trump Isn’t for You. He Hates You

Good News for Women — from the States

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Jeremy Ben-Ami

What Have Republicans Done for Voters Lately?

Two Weeks More

Evening Roundup, April 22

The Redistricting Battle Heats Up

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Wants to Take Back Big Oil's Big Profits

How Trump’s Turn on Ukraine Led to His Iran Isolation

A President of Spectacle, A War of Consequence

War Is a Reality Check on Even the Maddest of Kings

Trump vs. Earth

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Emptying Americans' Pockets

SPLC Indictment Reactions

Coffee with Contrarians

Women Are the First To Go

Evening Roundup, April 21

People Are Sick of Congress Abdicating Their Power

How Will the War with Iran End?

Kash Patel and the G-Men

Just as Obama Denounced Rev. Wright, Catholics Should Denounce Trump

Stay Classy

Trump, McConnell, Roberts. That’s Not Rule of Law. It’s Rule by Law

Let’s Do Lunch!

221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, April 20

Eric Swalwell Flew Too Close to the Sun

No Matter How This War Ends, the U.S. Will Be Worse Off

Madison Square Garden Security Followed a Trans Woman to the Bathroom

JD Vance Can Forget About 2028

A Snowless March Is a Warning We Can No Longer Ignore

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Adrienne Elrod

Trump's "Absolute Fiasco"

Trump Is Making China Great

Rejecting the Orbanization of America

Evening Roundup, April 17

Moon Joy

'The Pitt' Knows What's Ailing America

Republicans Cave (Yet Again) on the War with Iran

Hungarian Palatschinken

Rescues of the Contrarian

Dianna Russini and America’s Fascination with Sports Personalities

Politics as Usual Is Long Gone

Coming Soon: The New CNN

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted in Hungary

Evening Roundup, April 16

Pulpit Fiction

The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Leah Daughtry and Rep. André Carson

Objection: The Online Rape Academy

'If Someone Won’t Answer, Persist'

This AG Fought the Ticketmaster Monopoly and Won

Help Impeach Hegseth, Earth Day Prep, and More

Inventors Have Looked to Perfect ‘Robot Umpires’ for Better Part of a Century

Why Donald Trump and Kash Patel Want Your Data

Doctor, Doctor

Why Is Congress Not Being Briefed on Iran?

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Tom Malinowski

Trump’s Blockade Is Another Blunder

Evening Roundup, April 15

The Latest on the Fight to Block the Merger

Block the Merger!

The California Quagmire

The CA Governor's Race Is a Mess. Here's Why That Matters.

Russ Vought Is Rewriting America's Budget

What the Polls Tell Us About Iran, California, and the Midterms

McDonald "Jesus" Trump

Big Crowds

The Tax Fairness Question Dominating This Filing Season

Fewer Teen Births Is Good, Unless You’re the Patriarchy

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Pollster G. Elliott Morris

Autocrats Don’t Fare Well Against Faith Leaders

Evening Roundup, April 14

We Must Stop the Trumpification of CNN!

Hungary After Orbán & Why Is Trump Obsessed with The Pope?

Big John Cornyn: Trump's Little Buddy

Taking a Toll

Trump Mobilizes DHS and USPS in Latest Assault on Elections

Why the Meme Wars Are No Laughing Matter

Trump's Puerile Pope Problem

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, April 13

Orban’s Defeat Spurs Democracy’s Resurrection

Hegseth’s Enraging Purges Shock but Don’t Surprise

MAGA Men's Bizarre Love Fest at UFC

Holding the Cards

Coffee with Contrarians ft. April Ryan and Simon Rosenberg

Carte Blanche and an Inside Strait

Hollywood Comes Out Swinging Against the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

Bullying Does Not Pay

Special LIVE Report: Orbán Falls, Is MAGA Next?

Revelations About a Trump-Witkoff Business Raise Troubling Questions

Evening Roundup, April 10

Republicans Will Condemn Trump's Bad Iran Deal...Right?

Trump's Budget: $1.5 Trillion More for War, Nothing More for Child Care or Health Care

Feel Like Screaming? This Club Is for You

Pennsylvania Democrats Are Ready for a Fight

A Week of Startling Cosmic Contrasts

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Summery Salad Dressings

Operation Enduring Glory

How Do Women Have FEWER Rights in Georgia Than They Did 20 Years Ago?

A Decisive Victory

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted

The Tea w/April Ryan ft. Rep. Glenn Ivey & Rep. Al Green

Evening Roundup, April 9

The Infuriating Hypocrisy of Usha Vance

How One Candidate Plans to Bring Georgia Back to its Progressive Roots

Reject Genocide, Save the Forest Service

Split Screen: Giorgia Meloni — Feminist or Fascist?

Both Sides Win

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Doug Jones

Affordability is the Issue, Especially for Childcare

A Strategic Defeat of Historic Proportions

Evening Roundup, April 8

Toxic Religious Rhetoric & Why a Ceasefire in Iran Isn't Enough

This Congresswoman Is Jamming the Gears of Trump’s Chaos Machine

How Does the 25th Amendment Actually Work?

Break Glass

Are We Headed Towards A Modern Day Crusade?

Legal Fight Club: Trump Could Face War Crimes Charges After Viral Post

Rescue from Iran

The Strategic Gift to Tehran

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Joyce Vance

What Comes From the Failure to Confront Insanity

Evening Roundup, April 7: A Deadline for Disaster

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Iran & Who Will Be the Next Attorney General?

"Remember, I'm the President of Peace"

Urgent Call to Action: Oppose Trump's Escalation in Iran

‘The madness must stop now’

*Special Alert* Americans Must Not Tolerate War Crimes or Trump's Genocidal Threats

How the Media is Helping AI Spread Lies

No Farms, No Food

What Pam Bondi Destroyed in One Year Could Take Decades to Rebuild

Redacted

Contrarian Calls to Action, Standing Resources

Here Come the F-Bombs

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, April 6

Why Michigan vs. UConn is the Ultimate College Basketball Final

Which Cabinet Member is Next on The Chopping Block?

5 Things You Should Know About AI Right Now

Don't Forget About Minnesota

Trump Threatening War Crimes on Easter Sunday

Texas Stripped 15,000 Businesses of Opportunity. Now It Faces a Legal Challenge.

The Auriemma/Staley Spat is Good for Women’s College Basketball

Bad Bunny

Bondi, Bombs, and Birthright

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Maria Cardona

Bondi’s Replacement Will be Just as Bad

I Was There for the Trump-Bondi Breakup

Evening Roundup, April 3

The Bondi Breakup

Pam Bondi's Firing & Repairing A Broken Justice System

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Perfectly Imperfect Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

They’ve Paid a Price for Their Epstein Ties. Who’s Next?

Pam Bondi's Firing Is Not Enough

Did Trump Just Cancel Mail-In Voting?

Contrarian Legal Contributors on Pam Bondi’s Ouster

Oh, Baby

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted

Evening Roundup, April 2

LIVE: The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Joanna Coles & Dr. Frederick Haynes

We Went to SCOTUS Yesterday. Here's the Inside Scoop.

Have You Seen the Dow?

'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' Takes a Chilling Look at the Effects of Russian Propaganda

Anybody Up for a General Strike?

Buh-bye, Bondi!

Protesting is Necessary but Not Sufficient

Pennsylvanians Are Sick of Their Trump-Loyalist Rep.

Trump Is Likely to Lose on Birthright

Help!

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Katie Phang

Trump Is Serious About Accepting a Humiliating Defeat

Contrarians at SCOTUS

Evening Roundup, April 1

On the Ground from SCOTUS' Hearings on Birthright Citizenship

American Consumers Will Pay for Trump’s War with Iran

Up Next in Protest: May Day Strong

Contrarians Live From the Supreme Court!

Women Who Serve Also Face the Trump Administration’s Misogyny

Coffee with Contrarians: Special Live Report from SCOTUS!

‘If they rise, they rise’

How Mass Movements Topple Autocracies

Evening Roundup, March 31

This Middle East Negotiator Breaks Down Trump's Impulsive War

No Kings Day at the Court

The Echo in Trump’s Detention Camps

The Next Big Iran War Announcement

Florida’s AG and the NFL Are Trying to Limit Head Coaching/Front Office Jobs to White Men

In Defense of Joyful Protest

The Newest Media Merger Could Reshape Your Local TV News

Words & Phrases

The Democrats are NOT the Party of the KKK, Nick Cannon. Here's the Real History.

Evening Roundup, March 30

For Meta, The Mask Is Off: They Knowingly Harmed Children

Is It Too Late To Apologize?

Elon Musk’s $2.6 Billion Tweet: The Verdict Everyone Missed

March Madness: The Miraculous & Miserable

Federal Workers are Demoralized

Iran’s Negotiating Strategy Is Built on Distrust

The Democracy Movement No Kings Day Special Edition

Coffee with Contrarians

Departure of Justice

What ‘deadline’?

No Kings Day III Live Part 3

No Kings Day III Live Part 2

No Kings Day III LIVE, Part 1

NO KINGS III COVERAGE IS LIVE

No Kings of America — Or of Media Either

Evening Roundup, March 27

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump's Endgame in Iran. And No Kings Day 3 Is Saturday!

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Citrus Curd and Raspberry Cream Cake

Fifty Years Ago, a Renovated Yankee Stadium Cost a Broke NYC $100 million

Let’s Do Lunch!

BLUFF: Bold Launch, Unable to Fully Finish.

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted

Evening Roundup, March 26

LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Sen. Warnock & Jonathan Capehart

Meet the Press

Why Young People Can't Get Enough of 'Love Story'

Oppose ICE at Airports and March on No Kings Day

Trump Seems Intent on Tanking the World Cup

Regime Change Hydra

This Farmer Is Done Watching Congress Fail Working People

Days of Love and Rage

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Leah Greenberg

Trump Blew it on Immigration

Evening Roundup, March 25

How Trump is Attacking Your Right to Vote

What Can We Believe About the Iran War?

MAGA is Afraid of Your Vote

Trump’s ‘Protection’ of the Army-Navy Game is an Ineffective Diversion

The Fog of War

Attacks on Women Continue Unabated

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Paul Raushenbush

What Did Republicans Expect?

Evening Roundup, March 24

'We're Spending Two Billion Dollars A Day'

'The Bachelorette' Controversy is Nothing New for Reality TV

Why Conspiracies and Propaganda Fuel Violent Extremism

Fundraising at a Predator’s Picnic

TACO Tuesday

Governance by Ideological Whim Meets the Rule of Law

Words & Phrases

We're going live for No Kings on Saturday — three times

Evening Roundup, March 23

How SCOTUS Could Change Vote-By-Mail

Another Lesson from Dolores Huerta: The Patriarchy Has No Place in Social Justice

Death of the Cinderella Story

When Intelligence Stops Judging, It Stops Mattering

Dire Strait

The Lesson of the M.S. St. Louis Is on Trial Again

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Juan Proaño

Trump’s Disastrous War Comes Home to Roost

How We Will Defeat the Putinization of America

Evening Roundup, March 20

Sen. Chris Coons and Where We Go Next in Iran

The Most Misunderstood Job in the Movie Biz

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Chocolate Whiskey Loaf Cake

A Reckoning Long Overdue

‘A Clearer Sense of Ourselves’

Sunshine Week: Why Law Must Be Public

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted in Illinois

Evening Roundup, March 19

LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Rep. Joyce Beatty, April Reign, and AG Keith Ellison

Gear Up for No Kings; Track ICE Warehouses

Sixty Years Ago, an All-Black Team Stunned College Basketball with an NCAA Title

Trump Chose War

Dispatch from Chicago: Illinois Primary Has a Lesson on Big Money in Politics

PA Representative Exposed For Insider Trading?

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Katie Phang

The President Who Cried Nato

The Filibuster is No Virtue

Hard Truths

Evening Roundup, March 18

Is an Election Denier Posed to be the New Head of DHS?

A Big Legal Win Against Trump, the SAVE Act Hits the Senate, & Illinois Primaries

Will Republicans Get Around the Filibuster to Pass the SAVE Act?

Yeah, the '90s Were Cool, But We're Ready to Fight Now

Coffee with Contrarians and Simon Rosenberg

Misleading Packaging

War is Not the Answer

Evening Roundup, March 17

Trump’s Middle East Disaster, AIPAC's Dark Money Meddling Continues and more

Why the Irish are Taking Over Pop Culture

The Anti-Voter SAVE Act Must Be Stopped

The “Affordability” Trap: Why Progressives Need to Talk About Design, Not Just Prices

What They Don’t Want You to Know About Long COVID

Talking Head

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, March 16

Want to Lose All Your Money? Try Sports Betting!

The SAVE Act: Awful and Unconstitutional

Why the Trump Administration Couldn’t Kill the Nature Record

Just Another Distraction?

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Jeremy Ben-Ami

Hegseth: Unleashed and Unhinged

Trump’s War is the Worst Conceived in American History

Contrarians Combat Trump’s Foreign Policy Catastrophes

Evening Roundup, March 13

How an Aspiring Senator and Current Congressman are Fighting Trump’s Corruption

Will 'Sinners' Prevail at the Oscars?

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Five-minute Vacation Broccoli Stir Fry

Iowans Are Ready For New Political Leadership

Is Trump Building ‘Concentration Camps’? These Experts Have No Doubts

When Epstein Bombs Drop, Trump Drops Bombs

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted

Evening Roundup, March 12

LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Harry Dunn & Valerie Jarrett

Push for Peace; Hold the Line Against ICE

Split Screen: Visuals of Survivors and Predators

We Built the Surveillance State Ourselves

Battleship: Strait of Hormuz Global Shock Edition

If Corruption Falls, So Does the Regime

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Juan Proaño

Gulf States Anxious & Iran More Dangerous

Not a Dime More for Trump’s Illegal War

Evening Roundup, March 11

The Cost of War, an Unsteady Job Market, and the Labor Impacts of AI

Contrarian Community Chat Charter

Canceling the Atlanta Hawks’ ‘Magic City Monday’ Shows That Adam Silver Has Lost the Plot

Global Health After USAID Is Vulnerable and Volatile

Forced Regime Change Doesn't Work

Thousands of Americans with HIV at Risk of Losing Access to Lifesaving Care

Dissecting the President's Women's History Month Statement

The Magic Feather

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Maria Cardona

Kristi Noem's $220 Million Tax Heist

Trump’s Delusions Come at Americans’ Expense

Evening Roundup, March 10

Why Donald Trump Went to War

The Iran War is Making Prices Go Up. Here’s Why

Stream This Album and Help Kids in War Zones

You Got ‘The Look’ from Hillary Clinton?

Can Mar-a-Lago Turn Blue?

Democrats Can't Let Up on DHS Funding

Outside Money Surges in Illinois Ad Campaigns

Let’s do Lunch!

Yes, Great Powers Share Intelligence

Pain at the Pump

How the War Ends

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, March 9

Now Whistleblowers Are Involved

Trump the Chicken Hawk

‘The First Casualty When War Comes is Truth’

Trump Thinks He Can Gain Historic Glory

Trump’s War on Iran Challenges a Democracy Already Under Stress

Why Iowans Are Tired of Being Dead Last

Coffee with The Contrarians

A Man, No Plan, Iran

Inexcusable Incompetence

The People Standing Up for Science Across America

American Extremism — A Weekend Deep-Dive

January 6 Recidivists

These Christian Nationalists Are Loving War with Iran

Contrarians Combat Trump’s Wrongdoing at Home and Abroad

Evening Roundup, March 6

Sen. Jeff Merkley Wants to Stop Pouring More Money into Trump's War with Iran

The MAGA-Coded Reality TV Villain With Surprisingly Good Politics

Contrarian Pet of the Week

The Peace President

Pistachio and Lemon Olive Oil Cake

Athletes Keep Letting Trump Make Fools Out of Them

Rev. Jackson’s Legacy Demands More: Disturb the Comfortable Anyway

Every Expansion of Democracy Has Faced Backlash

What’s Driving the Partisan Divide on Iran?

On the Ground in the Middle East

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted

Evening Roundup, March 5

LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Mary Trump & Rep. Kweisi Mfume

To the Dogs

A Day on the Front Line of America's Abortion War

Oppose War, Stand Up for Women and Science

Gangsters of Capitalism

Sen. Merkley Condemns "Funding an Unconstitutional War"

Those Numbers Are Way Up

Take Notice of Who Celebrates Women

Where U.S. Athletes Always Lose: Healthcare

Trump Brings America Closer to a Quagmire in Iran with No Clear End in Mind

Coffee with Contrarians and G. Elliott Morris: The Numbers Behind the Dems' Primary Wins

Evening Roundup, March 4

The Year Texas Might Turn Blue

What is the War Powers Resolution?

How Are Black Americans Engaging with Elections Now?

Dems' Big Night, GOP's Rough Path Forward

The Urgent, Oscar-Nominated Film That Goes Inside the Country's Deadliest Prisons

NC Voters Oust Politically Unfaithful Officials

Why We Fight for Science When Everything Is Going Sideways

Trump and Hegseth Want AI Without Rules

Coffee with Contrarians and Simon Rosenberg: Dems HUGE night

The Silent Starvation of American Science

Democracy Rises and Falls with Women’s Movements and Mobilization

War with Iran Is a War of Choice

Ken Paxton: Scandal, Rinse, Repeat

Trump’s War Underscores His Massive Betrayal

Evening Roundup, March 3

Trump's Avoidable, Deadly, Costly War with Iran

Who's Feeling Lucky?

The Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger Is Not What a Free Press Looks Like

In Two Weeks

Operation Epic Fury and the Law

Flyover Country

Congress: Do Your Job, Not What's Politically Safe

The Deeper Challenges at ICE and CBP

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, March 2

Everything Is Gambling Now

Trump starts a war with Iran that few Americans support

The Human Toll of Trump's Unconscionable Iran Attack

Iran Poses No Imminent Threat. So, Why Are We Attacking?

Trump’s War on Iran Is Illegal

A Chicken In Every Pot

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Tom Malinowski

Bombs and Bombast

An Illegal, Unjustified War Underscores Danger of Media Consolidation

Reactions to Trump’s Iran Strikes

Jen Rubin with Steve Cook: Iran Breaking News

World Leaders React to the Strike on Iran

*Special Report on Trump's Reckless War*

Betting on Tehran to Break

Breaking News: A Reckless War in Iran

Look Over There!

Trump Launches Another Illegal War

Trump Can’t Use War or Other Excuses to Take over American Elections

Evening Roundup, Feb 27

Justin Wolfers on Tariffs, the Myth of Job Growth, the Reality of Racism

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Lemon Soufflé Pudding

Preserving Black History in the Trump Era

“We Will Abolish ICE”: The New Protest Songbook

From Award Shows to Basketball Games, Caucasians Keep Shouting the N-Word

Biggest Hockey Win Ever

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted Democratic Governor

Evening Roundup, Feb 26

LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Kica Matos & Mo Ivory

Are Arizonans on the Verge of Dumping MAGA?

Air Traffic Control

The Success of 'Heated Rivalry' Is a Lesson for the Men’s Hockey Team

Contrarian Calls to Action

Trump’s Plot to Make the Lost Cause Great Again

Jaylen Brown Should Make an Example out of the Beverly Hills Police

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Randi Weingarten

Okay, What's Actually Happening with the Tariffs?

The Rip-roaring Response to Trump’s Lies

Evening Roundup, Feb 25

Reclaiming Faith for Democracy

Contrarians in the Classroom and Beyond

The American People Aren't Buying Trump’s Lies

The Reverse Robin Hood of Trump's Tariffs

Business Leaders Welcome SCOTUS Tariffs Decision

The Trump Regime’s Misogyny is Rampant in Immigrant Detention Centers

A State of the Union for the People

New poll: Voters would pause deportations to lower housing, food prices

Kash Patel Presents: FBI

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Paul Raushenbush

When Intelligence Judgments Become the Problem

Trump Stole Our Money

Alternative State of the Union: Live w/ April Ryan

Evening Roundup, February 24

Exploring the Fraught, Fruitful Alliance Between Black and Jewish Americans

How Religion is Being Weaponized in American Elections

TONIGHT: The Contrarian's State of the Unions

Mr. President, Are You Listening?

Let's Do Lunch!

Come and Take It

Millions of Americans Are Paying for Health Insurance But Can’t Afford to Get Sick

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, February 23

Democratic Lawmaker Humiliates Trump After Stunt Backfires

End Religious Nationalism in Politics

How I Got Past Massie Derangement Syndrome

Americans and the Supreme Court Agree: Trump Overstepped on Tariffs

212. The Gorsuch-Kagan Tariffs Exchange

Tariffs Trumped

The UK and Other Democracies Hold the Epstein Elite Accountable

Last Chance! Contrarian Merch 💙

Donald Trump Scores Two Holes-in-None

Evening Roundup, Feb 20

Will the Economy Improve Now that Trump's Tariffs are Gone?

What's Next After Trump's L on Tariffs. Rep. Bennie Thompson on SOTU, ICE & more

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Not-Quite-Healthy I Love You Truffles

Culture Recs: The Work of Frederick Wiseman

SCOTUS Knocked Down Tariffs. What Now?

Steamrolled

Can We Still be Romantic About Sports?

Election Interference & A War with Iran?

Censor, Bow, Surrender

Ken Paxton is No Stranger to Controversy. Here’s Nearly 20 Years of Scandals & Headlines

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted in Denouncing Religious Hypocrites

Evening Roundup, February 19

LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Rep. Thompson & J. Terry Edmonds

Contrarian Calls To Action

They’re Echoing Nazis. It’s Not an Accident. It’s a Strategy

Give Peace a Whack

Coffee with the Contrarians

Jesse Jackson’s Death Highlights the Absurdity of Stephen A. Smith’s Political Aspirations

Leading the People

Orwell Would Cringe

Evening Roundup, February 18

Talarico's Colbert Moment, MAGA Eats their Own and Previewing the Midterms

Jackie Robinson Found Acceptance in Montreal

Chairman of "Peace" Board Starting a War with Iran?

Texas Lawmakers Say They’re Demanding Major ICE Reforms Because ‘Families and Children Are Terrified’

Inside Trump’s ICE Concentration Camps

Older Women — Not Young Men — Might Save Democracy

Just Doing Research

Coffee with Contrarians ft Katie Phang

Jesse Jackson’s Passing Should Stir the Democracy Movement

Contrarian Merch for Marching

Evening Roundup, February 17

We Can Fight Back Against White Supremacy

CBS Tries to Kill Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico; Makes it Go Viral Instead

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Legacy

Olympians are Human Too

ICE Barbie

Trump's Government Mainstreams White Supremacy

Last week’s Munich Security Conference Confirmed Uncertainty, Not Unity

Bad Bondi

Special Collector Series: U.S. Presidents*

Words & Phrases

A Great Lesson—and Warning—of the American Presidency

75 Years Ago, The U.S. Imposed Term Limits on Presidents

Remember When Presidents Were Presidential?

The Worst President Ever

Presidents Day

Contrarians Counter Bondi Bullying

Evening Roundup, February 13

Pam Bondi's Epstein Cover-Up & How AIPAC Hurts Jewish Americans

'Wuthering Heights' Isn't a Love Story. So Why Does Hollywood Keep Insisting It is?

Truffle-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Pam Bondi Refused to Face Epstein Survivors

And The Medals Go To ...

Question Republicans and white evangelicals — not Black people — about Trump’s racism

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted in Georgia

Evening Roundup, February 12

LIVE w/April Ryan: The Tea ft. Maria Teresa Kumar & Dr. Bernice King

Contrarian Calls To Action

The Epstein Cover-Up is Coming From Inside the DOJ

Source Neutralized

The Art of the Counteroffer

How to Fix the Washington Post, and Media in General

Can the Courts Resist Trump's Lawlessness?

Trump is Weaponizing the US Holocaust Museum

Coffee with the Contrarians

Getting the Ick

The Epstein Cover-up Must End

Evening Roundup, February 11

How Democrats Can Flip Back Latino and Rural Voters

Puerto Ricans are U.S. Citizens—Without Full Voting Rights

The GOP’s Voter Integrity Sham

The Pathetic Price of Entry to Epstein’s World

AIPAC Money Is a Toxic Badge for Democrats

Six Questions for Pam Bondi

Reproductive Justice Demands We Call In, Not Just Call Out

Is Trump Losing Rural America?

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Michael Podhorzer

DOJ Can Give the Survivors Answers

How to Rein in ICE

Evening Roundup, February 10

Bad Bunny Embodies the American Dream

Gov. Josh Shapiro on ICE, Israel, Fair Elections and more

U.S. Olympians Give Voice to American Realities

Let’s Do Lunch!

Connect the Rots

Gov. Josh Shapiro Won't Be Intimidated

The United States Has Started Campaigning Abroad

The Frightening

Minnesota and the U.S. Constitution

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, February 9th

The Sad Truth Behind the Reaction to Trump’s Sick Meme

The Epstein Files Release is a Failure. Survivors Deserve Better.

Bad Bunny Shows Us What Radical Joy Looks Like

The Atlantic Shame Gap

Trump's Warfare Tests Resilience of Latino Community

The Racist Megaphone

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Katie Phang

Live from Princeton: A Contrarian Quartet

They’ve Always Known He is A Racist...

Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals

Evening Roundup, February 6

Billy Porter Exposes the NFL's Performative Politics

Just Scrap the Rooney Rule

50 Years Ago, Up With People Changed Super Bowl Halftimes

Rep. Jeffries on Reforming ICE. Georgia Fort's Disgraceful Arrest

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Oven-Baked Parmesan Panko Crusted Chicken

The Librarians, Our Unlikely Heroes

Your Cover Up Is Showing

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted from the Bench

Evening Roundup, February 5

LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Georgia Fort and Christine Pelosi

'The Secret Agent' Revisits a Dark Chapter in Brazilian History that Resonates with this Moment

Contrarian Calls To Action

Objection: The Epstein Files Diary

Trump and ICE Have Overshadowed Super Bowl Week for the NFL

The Dangerous Spectacle of ICE at the Super Bowl

Judge Bans Use of Chemical Munitions Against Portland ICE Protestors

Baseball Bugs 80th anniversary

The Darkness Descends

Coffee with Contrarians ft. April Ryan & Juan Proaño

RIP The Washington Post

Voters Want Massive Changes in ICE

How to Fight Trump’s War to Rig The Election, with Leader Hakeem Jeffries

Evening Roundup, February 4

The Fight over DHS Funding & Protecting Fair Elections

Death by 1,000 Cuts

Trump Can't Nationalize Elections

After Greenland, the U.S. is a Risk to be Managed

Pressing Forward in the Face of Intimidation

The Killing of The Post

The Face of Authoritarianism

The Minneapolis Protesters are Showing What it Takes to Change Minds

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Joyce Vance

Will a Whistleblower Complaint Unmask Tulsi Gabbard?

Who is Hurting Kids?

Evening Roundup, February 3

Et Tu, Tim Cook?

NFL Owners in the Epstein Files & Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Moment

From Day One, the Trump Regime Made DOJ a Tool of Political Leverage

ICE Application

Trump FBI Executes an Electoral Smash & Grab

Let’s Do Lunch! ft. Daleep Singh

Ready for Her Close-up

Trump, Look What You Made Europe Do

The Invisible Recession

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, February 2

ICE Teargasses Peaceful Crowd at Portland Protest

The War of Southern Aggression

Musicians Speak Out in Defiance of ICE while Honoring the Many Voices that Make Us Great

Don’t Ask, Don’t Kill

How Many Sports Leaders are in the Epstein Files?

Tulsi Gabbard Is Most Dangerous When She Needs to Be Useful

Can Democrats Reform ICE?

Intimidating the Press

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Marc Elias

Cracks in the ICE

Arresting Two Journalists Is Pure Fascism

What I Saw in Minneapolis: The Worst and The Best of Us

Evening Roundup, January 30

These Two Candidates are Running to Stand Up for Democracy

Vigil for a Helper

Contrarian Pet of the Week

The Radical Act of Sloppy Hosting

Everything About 'Melania' is Unprecedented, and Not in a Good Way

Reactions to the Arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort

LIVE: April Ryan on Don Lemon Arrest

Maine Governor Wants to Dethrone Susan Collins

Eliza Orlins Explains Tiktok's Dangerous New Terms of Service

Redacted!

Apple Has Fallen Far From the Tree

Americans Yearn for Representatives that Actually Represent!

The Ball and The Ballot

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted

Evening Roundup, Jan 29

The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Lee Merritt & Charles Coleman

Contrarian Calls to Action

AI Sexual Assault is Pushing Women Out of the Public Square

Missing: Mike Johnson

ICE: The Epitome of Toxic Masculinity

No Funding Until we Get ICE Reform

This Is All Your Fault

How Do We Put Checks on a Runaway Executive?

Maine is ICE's Latest Battleground

Pam Bondi Exploited ICE Violence to Control State Elections

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Juan Proaño

Why Dems Should Force Kristi Noem Out

Evening Roundup, Jan 28

Jim Acosta on the Failures of Legacy Media and Why Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached

The Trump Regime’s Misogyny is Not Exclusive To Nor Deadly Only to Women

No Kings Is BACK on March 28th

The American Conservative Movement Has Failed

The Trump Economy

No One Can Afford to Buy in Trump's Economy

‘Outright Lying’: The Judge Who Slammed Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino

Obey — Or Else!

Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda Poses Real Economic Risk

This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy—My New Book, out July 21

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Jim Acosta

A Five-Alarm Threat to U.S. Financial Stability

Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti’s Murder Counted More

NO KINGS Coalition Responds to Escalating Brutality and Authoritarianism

Minnesota Communities Resist ICE Terror: Ground Reporting with Katie Phang

Evening Roundup, January 27

How YOU Can Deny Stephen Miller's Deportation Scheme

Mayor of St. Paul speaks on deadly ICE raids w/ Katie Phang

'We Need to Confront This Immorality'

Mel Brooks has Been Fighting the Good Fight for Nearly a Century

Midterms Update: Keep Your Eye On Illinois

Why Does Pam Bondi Want States' Voter Rolls?

250 Years In The Making

Open Up!

SPECIAL CWC Report: Katie Phang Live in Minneapolis

The Fed Is Not an Island

Words & Phrases

Evening Roundup, January 26

On the Ground in Minnesota with Katie Phang

Can Dems give Noem the Boot?

Trump’s Comply-Or-Die Policing Isn’t New

The Rittenhouse Test

Will International Athletes Boycott the World Cup?

Big Brother

Not a Dime for ICE Lawlessness

Alex Pretti Cannot Die in Vain

"Are You F***ing Kidding Me?"

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Simon Rosenberg

For the Love of God, Get ICE Out of Minnesota

How to Stop the Fascism

Congress Must Act Now

The Latest on ICE Shootings in Minnesota w/ Omar Noureldin

Execution in Minneapolis

Jen Rubin With ACLU’s Mike Zamore on execution in Minneapolis

Execution in Minneapolis- Jen Rubin and Mary McCord go live

We Caught DOJ Trying to Hide More of the Epstein Files

Evening Roundup, January 23

A Little Man With Big Fascist Energy

Oscar Nominations: The Good, the Bad, and the Inexplicable

Sen. Whitehouse on DHS Funding, Greenland, and more

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Scandinavian-Style Spice Cake

The Batty Signal

Jack Smith Reminds us What Real Prosecutors Sound Like

Lucinda Williams Wants to Push Our Buttons

The NFL: A Case Study in Contradiction That Fans Can’t Ignore

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted Women

Evening Roundup, January 22

The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Nana Gyamfi & Rep. Robin Kelly

The Signs Were Small. The Sexism Wasn’t.

Disaster in Davos

LIVE with Katie Phang: Jack Smith Testimony

Contrarian Calls to Action

Split Screen: A Year Since Trump 2.0

Taco, Trump?

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Jeremy Ben-Ami

So, You Want to Run for President?

Fear and Faith in Minnesota

Evening Roundup, January 21

NATO No More?

14 Ways The Trump Administration is Trying to Kill Us

The Imagery of Inflection Points

Will ICE Target World Cup Fans Too?

Move Over Childless Cat Ladies. There’s a New Broad in Town.

SCOTUS Arguments on Trump’s Fed Power Grab

A Guide to Resisting Violent Extremism

Promises, Promises

The End of the Lawsuit But Not the End of the Fight

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Maria Cardona

An Open Letter to European Leaders

Trump Gets Worse, But the Blowback Intensifies

Evening Roundup, Jan 20

DOJ Officials are Resigning Over ICE's Actions

MAGA's Using Religion as a Smokescreen for Hate

Let’s Do Lunch!

65 Years Ago, JFK Inspired A New Generation

‘I Will Have My Vengeance’

Kristi Noem is Cold as Ice. She’s No Barbie.

A Clockwork Orange

Former Presidents Take On America's Civics Crisis

Trump’s Insane Greenland Plot

Trauma and Terror in Minnesota

Words & Phrases

We Knock the Pot Over

Don't Mess with New Jersey

Trump’s Assertion of Power Threatens Black Workers

Supreme Court Considers Axing Voting Rights

"ICE Is A Modern Day Slave Patrol"

Americans Should Understand MLK, Jr.’s True Legacy

Why I Am Hopeful Despite It All

Evening Roundup, January 16

The historic inflection point we now live in

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Orange, Pear, and Date Salad and Moroccan-Inspired Marinated Orange Slices

Can Trump Actually Use the Insurrection Act?

Will the Supreme Court Allow Trump to Use the Insurrection Act?

Why Is Everyone Still Talking About That?

What Is ICE Hiding in Minneapolis?

DOJ Attorneys Call It Quits as Civil Rights Erode

This Year’s Primaries Aren’t About Left Vs. Center

We're Living Through History (And It Sucks)

A Gift to Moscow

Tom the Dancing Bug

Minnesota Undaunted

Evening Roundup, Jan 15

Global Instability, and Trump’s Ten Steps to Authoritarianism

The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Peggy Flanagan & Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi

Getting the Story Right Was Never Easy

Contrarian Calls To Action

The Battle For 2026 Midterms

FAQ

The WNBA is Getting Closer to a Work Stoppage. That’s Not a Bad Thing.

America is a Rogue State

Nobel Dreams

Coffee with the Contrarians ft. AG Matt Platkin

Big Business Should Wake Up to the Trump Threat

Does Calling Your Reps Actually Work?

Evening Roundup, January 14

Another Castro Fiasco In The Making

ICE Wants 10,000 More Agents on Our Streets

The Fascist Takeover is Here

The Trump Administration's Full-Throated Misogyny

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Amanda Litman

Donald Trump’s Wrong Turn on Affordability

Democrats Must Seize the Opportunity to Control ICE

Evening Roundup, January 13

Breaking down the legal battles against the Trump Administration

Trading Blood for Oil

A Year of Contrarians

Five *Urgent* Questions About the Year Ahead in Culture

Capital Punishment

Cyber Power, Strategic Illusions, and Iran in 2026

An Opportunist in Dove’s Clothing

By the Neck

Coffee with Contrarians 1 Year Anniversary

Trivia: Coffee with the Contrarians Quiz

The Contrarian’s 1st Anniversary

Evening Roundup, Jan 12

Donald Trump Is Losing in Court

The Cognitive Dissonance of the Golden Globes

Who Actually Wants to Come to the U.S. Right Now?

A Year After the L.A. Fires, A Community Grapples with Who Gets to Rebuild

Lookahead to the 2026 Economy

Trump’s Billionaires and His New ‘Oil-for-Blood’ Doctrine

The War Powers Resolution Remains a Paper Tiger

Gasoline on the Fire

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Neera Tanden

EXCLUSIVE: 'Something Was Different' - An Immigrant's Worst Fears Realized

ICE’s Reign of Terror and Violence Must End

America Shows up for Renee Good

A Year of Fighting for Democracy–in Print and in Court

Evening Roundup, January 9

Trump's Dictator Playbook & Standing Up to ICE

Renee Nicole Good is ALL OF US

Contrarian Pet of the Week

Japanese Curry With Eggplant Tonkatsu

America's Disastrous History of Foreign Coups, in Books and Films

Kick ICE Out of Our Communities

Find Your Joy.

OIL, OIL, OIL!

Four things to expect at the intersection of sports, race, and politics in 2026

Stephen Miller Is Taking His Fascist Horrorshow International

No Tolerance For Corruption in Public Office!

Tom the Dancing Bug

Undaunted

Evening Roundup, January 8

The Tea w/April Ryan ft. L.A. Mayor Bass, Bishop Dwayne Debnam & Carla Debnam

Portrait of a Terrorist

Wait, What is the Donroe Doctrine?

ICE Can't Unilaterally Deploy Lethal Force

Split Screen: The Reality Show Presidency and the Maduro Capture

The Shadow Government Implementing Project 2025

Don’t Forget Who First Stole CBS’s Integrity

My Precious

A Threat To Every American

Coffee with the Contrarians

The Dissolution of the MAGA Coalition?

ICE Killed Another Person

Evening Roundup, Jan 7

Venezuela, January 6th, and the Threat to Global Order

The Coming Legal and Congressional Action to Fight ‘The Donroe Doctrine’

Maduro's Arrest Made WHO 400k Richer?

My Predictions for Women’s Health in 2026

Laws of the January Jungle

Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan Gets the Math Right and the History Wrong

Coffee with The Contrarians ft. Jim Acosta

The Next Cold War

Surprise! January 6 Rioters Are Repeat Offenders

MAGA Republicans Condone the War for Oil

Evening Roundup, January 6

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on the future in Venezuela and more

Subject to Debate: MTV Isn't Dead Yet. But It Might As Well Be.

Venezuela's Liberty Purgatory

J6ers: Where Are They Now?

Let’s Do Lunch!

Maduro's Show Trial

Weak on Crime

How Jan. 6 Marked the Marriage of MAGA and White Nationalism

Five Years After January 6

Words & Phrases?

Evening Roundup, January 5

The ‘Peace President’ Goes To War For Oil

Congress In The Dark

Jack Smith’s Testimony: A Reminder that Donald J. Trump Owns All of It

24 Hours at the Capitol...

Sports Endure Despite the Chaos

Trump’s 2026 Government Agenda

Republicans Want Taxation Without Representation

Coffee With The Contrarians 01/05

Making a Mockery of Checks and Balances

If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War

The War with The Contrarians

We Toppled Venezuela for Oil: Trump Just Told Us So

A Brilliant Operation Can Still Be a Bad Bet

Updated: Headfirst Into War

The Worst Foreign Policy Blunders of 2025