Evening Roundup
Andrew Weissmann in conversation with Jen Rubin; Nat Kendall-Taylor; Nicole Ozer; Nick Anderson; Jonathan Alter; and Contrarian Lily Conway's interviews with recently-fired federal health workers
Andrew Weissmann and Jen Rubin on crumbling rule of law in America
Former General Counsel for the FBI Andrew Weissmann and Jen Rubin give an update on the criminal proceedings against Eric Adams and discuss the naming of right-wing influencer Dan Bongino as Deputy Director of the FBI.
Fired Federal Workers Push Back Against Musk
The Contrarian’s Lily Conway spoke with health workers who gathered at the Hart Senate Office today to share their stories.
Americans think the system is rigged. We need to start listening.
By Nat Kendall-Taylor
Working around the edges just won't cut it.
Will We Let a Digital Coup Against Democracy Prevail?
By Nicole A. Ozer
DOGE, Democracy, and What the Privacy Act of 1974 Has to do With it
The Eye of Sauron
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.
And in case you missed it this morning, please enjoy Jen Rubin’s weekly installment of “Words and Phrases We could Do Without” (for paid subscribers), as well as Rubin’s interview with Tom Malinowsky.
Tom Malinowski and Jen Rubin on U.S. divergence from European allies
Yesterday in the United Nations General Assembly, the United States sided with Russia voting against a resolution blaming Russia aggression for the war in Ukraine and calling for immediate peace. Diplomat and former Representative Tom Malinowski and Jen Rubin discuss the U.S. splitting from European allies, the destabilization of the international commu…
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The Contrarian has become indispensable but could you PLEASE indicate more clearly WHERE THE VIDEOS ARE HIDING. Instead of "read more" put "watch video". Jen Rubin's voice is one of the only things keeping me from defenestration and locating her videos shouldn't be a daily treasure hunt. Thank you!
Right now Europe needs to become much more independent. I am grateful that Macron was explaining to Trump and the US media that Ukraine should not pay reparations it should receive them, and that Ukraine has to be supported. I worry that Trump cannot hold that thought.
What Merz needs to do is get a coalition together as quickly as he can so that he can share in leading Europe in defense of Ukraine and the EU and democracy. Here is an article I wrote today about Merz as Chancellor.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/friedrich-merz-the-untested-incoming?r=f0qfn