Evening Roundup: Don't underestimate the endurance of our rule of law
Featuring pro-democracy columns and interviews from Norm Eisen, Jen Rubin, Andrew Weissmann, and Ellen Blain--as well as an editorial cartoon from Pia Guerra. Plus...we want to hear from YOU!
Good evening Contrarians,
We started the morning with some Breaking News that our publisher, Norm Eisen (who is also our litigator-in-chief, though he may not acknowledge as much) was central to achieving.
Breaking! Coalition of government employees and unions sue OPM & DOGE
Co-founders of The Contrarian, Norm Eisen and Jen Rubin, discuss the latest litigation against DOGE and OPM. Last night, a coalition of government employee unions and current and former government employees, represented by State Democracy Defenders Fund
LEGAL UPDATE: Shock and Awe vs. Trump
Donald Trump and his shadow-president, Elon Musk, might be doing everything they can to “flood the zone,” but a coalition of democracy defenders is proving that it takes more than a couple of billionaire bros to defeat the rule of law.
Jen Rubin and Andrew Weissmann discuss Kash Patel
As we await Kash Patel’s official confirmation as FBI director, Jen Rubin and Andrew Weissmann discuss what his leadership could mean for the agency.
Say when
Pia Guerra was a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her editorial cartoons. She is co-creator of “Y-The Last Man.” Her cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, MAD Magazine, the Washington Post and the Nib.
Trump’s War Against His Own Attorneys
By Ellen Blain
Former DOJ Supervisor Ellen Blain on why this Trump term is different—and a greater threat to a functioning government
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Have a lovely evening—we’ll see you in the morning! Onwards.
The Contrarians
Thanks for the ongoing excellence.
Pia's wonderful cartoon illustrates a major element of our plight perfectly. Leaders who don't know how to lead, when we are in the midst of an unprecedented coup that is on course to break a 248 year run of the republic's democracy. I don't know how we wake these people up. They're getting the message from many sources, but are doing . . . nothing out of their usual blah blah blah . . .
Thanks for the directions concerning the reading versions .
I'm not a video person.