USS Abraham Lincoln Is Finally Heading Home
But Trump’s compassion for our military is still out to sea.
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Evening Roundup, August 20: ICE Shock Gloves and Anti-Big Tech
Abortion rights, Dems need anti-big tech voters, stop ICE taser gloves, Texas’s ten commandments, and more!
March on Washington; Stop ICE Shock Gloves
Contrarian Calls to Action: How to take action for democracy this week.
Memo to Democrats: Your Anti-Big Tech Majority Is There for the Taking
The backlash against data centers is the perfect opening for a popular mandate to rein in Silicon Valley.
Tunnel of Love
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
Why Fighting Trump’s Vanity Projects Matters
He’s using whatever he can to expand presidential power.
The Ten Commandments on the Wall of Every Texas Classroom?!
Is that constitutional? Ben Sheehan explains.
Coffee with Contrarians ft. Adam Klasfeld, All Rise News
Update on Contrarian-supported legal cases, what’s up with Natalie Harp’s security clearance?, and data centers vs. Americans
Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
We need to afford ourselves space to think long-term and big picture, to push back on backlash, and be clear about what a future of reproductive freedom could be and what it will take to get there.
Evening Roundup, August 19: Angie Nixon, David Jolly, and Gaza
Angie Nixon and David Jolly stop by The Contrarian, Gaza doctor talks to Meredith, future Dem majority plans?, danger of AI on children, Doug Jones, The Pod, and more!
Dems Are Assembling a Big Tent in Florida
Meet Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon and Gubernatorial candidate David Jolly
Going for Governor: David Jolly Pursues a Post-DeSantis Florida
The Democratic nominee is focused on Florida's future, not refereeing the Democratic Party.
At the Big Kids’ Table
A cartoon by Michael de Adder
On the Ground with Doctors in Gaza
‘American Doctor’ takes viewers inside a beleaguered hospital where physicians from the United States treat Palestinians under harrowing conditions.
Florida Flips: Angie Nixon Is the Democrats’ Newest Progressive Senate Nominee
Scrappy democratic socialist Angie Nixon scores victory against a $16 million campaign
Four Things Democrats Can Do with a Majority in Congress
Investigating corruption, blocking bad ideas, and fixing the damage already wrought should top the agenda.
Children in the Machine
Internet safety laws are being exposed as drastically outdated in the age of AI.
Coffee with Contrarians ft. Doug Jones, Alabama Gubernatorial Candidate
Alabama governor’s race, how the pre-Todd Blanche DOJ operated, and voters want answers about data centers
MAGA’s Anti-democratic Assault Threatens American Jews
Embracing shared democratic values is urgent.
Evening Roundup, August 18
NBA’s not-so-free press, non-governmental cyberoperations, the new hands-on policy, death in detention camps, The Pod, and more
Detention Deaths and Shock Gloves: ICE Violence Continues to Escalate
The Contrarian’s Tim Dickinson and LULAC’s Juan Proaño discuss
Like the Trump Administration, Adam Silver’s NBA Wants You to Disregard Journalism
Belittling and attacking journalists is an indication there’s a smoking gun.
The New Hands-On Policy
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
Trump Just Gave Corporations a License to Hack
The safeguards may work. The harder question is what happens when private offensive cyberoperations become routine.
The Contrarian Covers the Democracy Movement
Tuesday: Protests in Georgia, California, Oregon, and more.
Words & Phrases
The Max Miller scandal is not ‘private.’
Evening Roundup, August 17: USS Lincoln and ICE Taser Gloves
The real story at sea, ICE escalation operations, the AirForce One decoy disaster, democracy, coffee, and cartoons
No One Can Keep ICE's Escalating Abuses out of the News
From detainee and roadside deaths to arrests of non-criminals to its new 'invisible hand' partner, the rogue agency demands our attention.
Plane Ruse: Does Trump vs. the Media Now Have Life-or-Death Stakes?
From 'human shields' to routine switch: The battle over what really happened with Air Force One.