Evening Roundup: Helping guide you through the chaos
February 4: The zone is being flooded by design! To help you parse through what matters, we have pieces by and with Norm Ornstein, Rep. Dan Goldman, Ilan Goldenberg, Senator Andy Kim, Jason Furman
Good evening Contrarians! Let’s begin with a conversation with our founders, Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen:
Fighting the Putsch
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Prime Minister Daylight Comes to Washington
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The Real Pain of Tariffs
As always, thank you for being a part of our community. See you tomorrow morning!
I am really disappointed with The Contrarian. As soon as I saw Jen Rubin's name on it, that very first day, I signed up and paid for a subscription. However, I don't want to watch a bunch of video interviews. I like to read, or perhaps - maybe - listen to an article read by an AI voice while I do something else. Reading is quiet and quick. A video demands that it be watched, and I don't have the interest, the time, or the patience to do that. There's also a lot of silly laughing and giggling, which is irritating. So, Jen - I read your WaPo columns for years, even as a liberal, I subscribed to your podcast, and I immediately signed up for this substack, paid for it, and have generally been a longtime supporter. But I'm not going to stick around much longer if it's going to be primarily video interviews. If I'm in the minority, then you won't miss me anyway.
A large contingent of people keep banging on about how DOGE isn't an official government agency, its minions aren't government workers, that what they are doing is unconstitutional and illegal, and yet damned little is being done to resist their efforts, which are clearly a real and present danger to the country. We need some immediate action. Somebody please, enforce the laws!