Highly recommend everyone join The Contrarian for great insights and explanations. Here's a sample from today:
It was another exciting, packed day at The Contrarian, starting off with Paul Krugman and his first piece for us, Departing the New York Times, a deeper explanation of his leaving and an indictment of the current state of legacy journalism—one that reveals why staying true to his byline meant leaving his publisher of 25 years.
We also had our first installment of Jen Rubin’s weekly column on Words and Phrases we could do without, given our current political landscape and autocratic climate. Check it out to discover her inaugural word that has no place in the Trump administration.
*This afternoon, Jen interviewed former federal employees Mimi Rocah and Julie Zebrak on the breaking news about Trump’s attempt to halt all federal funding and the recent firings within the Justice Department.
*Esteemed American political scientist Norm Ornstein, who was all-too-prophetic when he co-authored the book It's Even Worse Than It Looks, reminds us that, while Trump is off throwing all the spaghetti he can find at the wall to distract us, rather significant decisions are looming, such as the decision about our debt ceiling. His advice? Let Trump deal with the mess.
*Award-winning author Katherine Stewart also contributed an insightful and alarming piece about some of the ideology that sits at the core of Trump’s plan for dismantling our country as we know it, namely, how he’s employing Christian nationalism as a key part of his leadership strategy.
*And in case you missed it, Kim Lane Scheppele’s searing piece on how to cut through the noise of “zone-flooding” in the first days of the Trump regime—by better understanding his autocratic instinct is a must-read: Cruelty and Loyalty.
Our publisher and co-founder, Norm Eisen, is currently on a LIVE Substack stream with Jim Acosta, who announced on air today that he, too, will be leaving corporate media and his post at CNN. We will have clips available tomorrow in our morning round-up. From Paul Krugman to Jim Acosta, Jen Rubin to Norm Eisen, a resounding message is hopefully being reaching you. There are still ample voices who refuse to buckle to tyranny or censorship. We are committed to truth-telling, and to doing it our way. Thank you for your continued participation in our growing community! Please share your thoughts, with us and with one another.
= new reply since forum marked as read
