Evening Roundup, Nov 17
Featuring Rachel Foster, Jennifer Rubin, Yasmin Radjy, Aftyn Behn, Austin Sarat, Mariana Chilton, Jeff Nesbit, "Talking Feds," & the LAST day to get MERCH!
The House must vote to release the Epstein files
By Rachel Foster
Survivors are leading the call for truth.
A Spot of Blue in Tennessee? State Rep. Aftyn Behn on Why it's More Likely Than You Think!
Last Thursday, Trump called Tennessee State Representative Aftyn Behn a “left-wing lunatic” while hosting a remote rally urging his supporters to flood the zone red in Tennessee’s upcoming Dec. 2nd special election. Rep. Behn, the Democratic candidate, responded, “I’ve spent my entire career focused on making healthcare more affordable…"
Senate Republicans added insult to injury in the bill to end the shutdown
Autocrats care more about taking care of themselves and their cronies than they do about attending to the needs of the people. Without accountability, they feel free to line their pockets through secret deals and overt corruption. Autocracy and shamelessness go hand-in-hand.
How To Win the Midterms: Yasmin Radjy on her New Campaign Initiative Ground Truth
Democrats won the fight on November 4th, and now it’s time to expand the strategy for the 2026 midterm battles.
The ugliness under SNAP’s veil and the beauty of sharing our food
I’ve never seen the threat of hunger hit the headlines in every American news outlet, including late-night comedy, the way it did in the past few weeks. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was interesting only to policy wonks and a handful of public health professionals like me...
The Trump White House war on peacemakers is a betrayal of public safety
By Jeff Nesbit
DOJ has disqualified non-profit community groups from applying for the Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.
The Dog That Hasn’t Barked
For Talking Feds’ latest Contrarian episode, Harry speaks with Norman Eisen, Jennifer Rubin, and Neera Tanden about the reopening, revelations, and reprisals that dominated the week’s news. They break down where the Democrats went wrong in the shutdown fight and whether the cases against James Comey and Letitia James are collapsing. But, of course, with newly released documents …
trump's reversal on releasing the Epstein files can only mean his name has been redacted.
I believe T is now open to releasing the E-files because his people have had time to scrub them. Once released, there will be no evidence against T at all and I, for one, won't be the least surprised.