Evening Roundup, October 23
Featuring "The Tea" with April Ryan, Meghan Houser, Rep. Dan Goldman and Jen Rubin, Shalise Manza Young, Max Stier, Sen. Mark Warner, Michael de Adder, & CWC with Norm, Jen, and Joyce Vance
The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Esosa Osa and Sen. Raphael Warnock
Host April Ryan is joined by guests Esosa Osa and Senator Raphael Warnock to discuss the government shutdown, healthcare cost increases, and the Blackout Report that showcases the Trump administration’s coordinated erasure of Black history and excellence.
The Ballroom and the Bubbles
As shocking as it’s been to see the innards of the East Wing this week, there is also a refreshing honesty to it. For once, there is no obscuring the destruction required to build one of the Trump administration’s many new façades. Goodbye, East Wing; hello 999 capacity, $300 million big empty room.
Trump Wants Escalation: Rep. Goldman on Canal Street ICE RAID and $230 Million
On Tuesday, Oct 21st, federal agents executed a joint raid with ICE in New York’s City Chinatown district. The raid drew crowds of New Yorkers to “protest” during the action, leading to agent/protestor confrontations. Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) is leading, once again, the charge to enforce state laws concerning federal agents…
The grotesque metaphor of Trump tearing apart the figurative seat of American democracy
By Shalise Manza Young
The horrifyingly haphazard manner in which he had the East Wing demolished, with no respect shown to history or the historic structure, is the poisonous icing on a rotting cake.
The guardrails are gone
Though President Donald Trump’s decimation of major government agencies get all the headlines, his attacks on obscure but vital parts of the federal government are at least as consequential. The Office of Special Counsel, agency inspectors general, judge advocates general and the Merit Systems Protection Board…
The Tides Are Turning: Sen. Mark Warner on the Shutdown, No Kings, and Upcoming Elections
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) hits the nail on the head in his discussion with Jen: “Republicans won’t do anything without the explicit sign-off from Donald Trump.”
Coffee with The Contrarians 10/23
Enjoy Coffee with the Contrarians featuring special guest and OG Contrarian Joyce Vance, whose book was published this week.
Unbelievable. Trust. Really. Trust. I have no trust. Tiny hands must go. His o shaped pie hole must be ripped out. Painfully. What a jack ass. Rip it all out. I write this with a smirk. Pain is what pain is :)
You all have not reported on it so far, but I'd like to get your take on the buyout of Dominion Voting and its voting machines by a right wing organization.
What could possibly go wrong in the next elections, with them now owning the voting machines, the gerrymandering, the reversal of many sections of the voting rights act and on and on and on???????? When is the effing Democratic "leadership" going to wake up? Are they so old and calcified that they can only deal with one issue at a time, like the government shutdown now?
They should be on the barricades and shouting from the rooftops all the time. Just a few brave souls (AOC, Sanders, Booker and about 10 others) are not enough to be heard amongst all the fascist party bullshit.