Evening Roundup, June 20
Featuring "An Ode to the Flag," Chellie Pingree & Jen Rubin, Mimi Rocah, Tom Malinowski, Guy Gugliotta, The Democracy Index, Meredith Blake, Emily Beyda, and our Pet of the Week!
An Ode to the Flag
Last week, millions across the United States said no to kings—reclaiming the Constitution, the flag, and our future. The celebration of Flag Day and No Kings Day represents hope, unity, and the promise that we can build something better—together. Let's rethink what it means to be American. If that fact holds, a new era begins.
Trump’s Big Bad Betrayal Bill is nothing but harmful. Rep. Chellie Pingree on how this disastrous bill impacts the people of Maine
Jen is joined by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree to discuss why Trump’s Reconciliation Bill is a complete disaster for Maine, not to mention its relationship with its friendly Canadian neighbors.
Why the feds want the Minnesota assassination case
After 20 plus years as a state and federal prosecutor, I have seen my share of horrific murders. The assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, who were critically wounded, still sent chills down my spine...
American morality requires us to protect Afghans
In November 2021, small-town mayor and Democrat Joe Signorello lost a tough race for state Senate in New Jersey. Such races normally revolve around issues like taxes, schools, and mass transit. But he told me that the No. 1 concern independent voters raised when he knocked on their doors was not any of those. It was what they saw as
For Trump, demonization is good politics
By Guy Gugliotta
But now, unlike after the Civil War, the federal government is not combating injustice.
Culture recs: America's Sweethearts are back--and they want a raise
Plus: a timely drama about the Mitford Sisters, a wrenching Grenfell documentary, and more to entertain or distract you through the weekend.
A moveable feast
So many of my childhood summers are a blur of cooking in the same Cape Cod kitchen. My family would go every summer, renting the same house in Chatham, Mass. We ate out sometimes—lobsters at the Lobster Pot in Provincetown every fourth of July, blackberry ice cream at Emack and Bolio’s after a trip to the brick walled library on a hot summer day…
Tom the Dancing Bug
Follow Ruben Bolling on Substack here; Join Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive here; and here is the Tom the Dancing Bug website, with information about the new book, “It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug!"
Contrarian Pet of the Week
We told you we wanted to have fun, and we take fun seriously at The Contrarian. Each week we will share The Contrarian pet(s) of the week. (The pet need not be contrarian.) Subscribers are invited to submit their furry friend!
The Democracy Index
Every week, there’s an avalanche of news for us to cover. But this past week may be remembered as a genuine pivot, a moment when the increasing sprint of authoritarianism took a militaristic and violent turn. In spans like this, the urge to tune out, to become desensitized, to accept apathy becomes increasingly compelling. This maneuver is part of the a…
have called on Iran for regime change. They can help us. Trump needs to go. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/iran-2-weeks?r=3m1bs
No pet of the week, actually.