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But of course they protected the victimizers...
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The Contrarian
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A reality TV star became a two-term presidentâand opened the floodgates for unqualified candidates everywhere.
@carronjphillips.bsky.social
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Trying to Jump to the Majors Without Little Playing Little League
Pundits and former players/coaches toying with running for public office show little concern for policy and legislation.
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/trying-to-jump-to-the-majors-without?r=53ubpn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The Contrarian
about 12 hours ago
Economic Boom!
@deadder.bsky.social
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Economic Boom!
A cartoon by Michael de Adder
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/economic-boom?r=53ubpn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The Contrarian
1 day ago
Merry Christmas to Oil ...
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Merry Christmas to Oil ...
A cartoon by RJ Matson
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/merry-christmas-to-oil
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The Contrarian
2 days ago
Gaslighting
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Gaslighting
A cartoon by RJ Matson
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/gaslighting
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Two Countries
Two responses to gun massacres
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/two-countries?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=2a286k
3 days ago
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Making a list and checking it twice
It's going to be long
https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/making-a-list-and-checking-it-twice?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=2a286k
3 days ago
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Wow
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4 days ago
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Wow, not even enough time for the thoughts and prayers to kick in...
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4 days ago
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Feels like Krampus should be extra busy this year...
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6 days ago
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We should be able to hold two thoughts in our head at the same time...Gavin Newsome is doing good work resisting Trump, and he also should not be our next President (for this and other reasons)
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[UPDATE] If You Think Gavin Newsom Should Be President, Halle Berry Would Like a Word
Newsom keeps pushing aside a key women's health issue, and she's not going to take it anymore
https://open.substack.com/pub/ruminato/p/if-you-think-gavin-newsom-should?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a286k
6 days ago
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Some seriously impressive cognitive dissonance going on here... Pinched by higher prices, Trump voters say: Don't blame the president -
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Pinched by higher prices, many Trump voters say: Don't blame the president
Republicans worry that "affordability" is the word that could sink their hopes to retain control of Congress. But Trump supporters from around the country told Reuters they blame structural issues for...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pinched-by-higher-prices-many-trump-voters-say-dont-blame-president-2025-12-13/
7 days ago
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Teach them well and let them lead the way...
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7 days ago
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The Contrarian
7 days ago
@andertoon.bsky.social
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The War on Christmas
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-war-on-christmas
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Oh, this can't go wrong at all...
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8 days ago
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Ho, ho, no...
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8 days ago
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Young people...don't screw us all...
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8 days ago
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Resist...
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9 days ago
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
9 days ago
December 10, 2025
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December 10, 2025
Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2025
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Some spirals are faster than others...
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9 days ago
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Hey, United States: Your Racism is Showing.
King said the arc of history bends toward justice. In the context of American politics, the arc of history bends towards racism.
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/hey-united-states-your-racism-is?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a286k
9 days ago
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Another data point in the negative for the for-profit healthcare argument...
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Healthcare rage and the Luigi Mangione moment
Can you name any other accused assassin from the last year? The last decade?
https://open.substack.com/pub/arishapiro/p/healthcare-rage-and-the-luigi-mangione?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a286k
9 days ago
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Brenton Mastenbrook (he/him)
The Contrarian
9 days ago
RJ Matson presents: The Fog of War
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The Fog of War
A cartoon by RJ Matson
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-fog-of-war
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The Contrarian
10 days ago
@andertoon.bsky.social
presents: MAGA Jesus
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MAGA Jesus
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/maga-jesus
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The Contrarian
10 days ago
He's Making a List â A cartoon by RJ Matson
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He's Making a List
A cartoon by RJ Matson
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/hes-making-a-list
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The challenge with our healthcare being largely run by for profit entities is that the results of prices rising each year (in search of higher shareholder returns) is a none outcome
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12 days ago
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Way to seed world leadership on a critical issue...
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12 days ago
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Be like Doris...
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December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/december-6-2025?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a286k
12 days ago
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Whiskey Pete goes caroling
Senator Tom Cotton joins in the merrymaking
https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/whiskey-pete-goes-caroling?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a286k
12 days ago
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Holy s***...
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December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/december-5-2025?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a286k
13 days ago
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Oh Tig-mas tree...
14 days ago
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Fire...
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14 days ago
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
15 days ago
December 4, 2025
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December 4, 2025
âWhat I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things Iâve seen in my time in public service,â Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, said.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-4-2025
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Eggs, Lies and Gasoline
The unbearable lightweightness of being Kevin Hassett
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/eggs-gas-and-lies?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a286k
15 days ago
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Follow the money...
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16 days ago
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NPR
16 days ago
One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care is intensifying â even for the companies and investors who make money from it.
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U.S. health care is broken. Here are 3 ways it's getting worse
One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care is intensifying â even for the companies and investors who make money from it.
https://n.pr/4rDglLU
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The Contrarian
16 days ago
@deadder.bsky.social
presents: A Pat on the Back
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A Pat on the Back
A cartoon by Michael de Adder
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/a-pat-on-the-back
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Been there buddy...
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16 days ago
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Brenton Mastenbrook (he/him)
The Contrarian
16 days ago
A University of Oklahoma student failed an assessment and seemingly blamed it on her professor being a trans woman. Now that professor has been put on leave.
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The First Amendment Canât Get You Out of Following Class Instructions
A failing grade for not understanding the assignment isn't a constitutional crisis.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-first-amendment-cant-get-you
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16 days ago
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Tsk tsk JK...
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17 days ago
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
17 days ago
December 2, 2025
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December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to âkill ev...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2-2025
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Will make me rethink my future Dell purchase Dell family to donate $6 billion to 'Trump accounts' of 25 million US children -
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Dell family to donate $6 billion to 'Trump accounts' of 25 million US children
Entrepreneur Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, will deposit $250 in the individual investment accounts of 25 million American children in a $6.25 billion philanthropic pledge as part of the Trump admi...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/michael-susan-dell-pledge-625-billion-investment-accounts-us-children-2025-12-02/
17 days ago
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OMG...
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17 days ago
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Joyce White Vance
18 days ago
Youâve probably seen that the 3rd Circuit ruled that Alina Habba wasnât properly appointed by the administration as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. This piece explains why the court reached that conclusion. It was a unanimous decision.
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The Third Circuit Says "No" To Alina Habba as Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
Monday morning, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Trumpâs appointee to be U.S.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-third-circuit-says-no-to-alina?r=5n3e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
18 days ago
December 1, 2025
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December 1, 2025
President Donald J.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1-2025
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Nope, we are not serious...
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18 days ago
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Oh hell no...
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18 days ago
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Brenton Mastenbrook (he/him)
The Contrarian
18 days ago
For the first time in 37 years, the Trump admin will not commemorate World AIDS Day as it guts global health funding and jeopardizes the health of millions. So this year's theme is fitting: overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response. You can more here:
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World AIDS Day 2025
On 1 December WHO joins partners and communities to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025. Under the theme âTake the rights path: My health, my right!â, WHO is calling on global leaders and citizens to cham...
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-aids-day/2025
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Brenton Mastenbrook (he/him)
The Contrarian
18 days ago
Trumpâs energy agenda isnât a show of strength. Itâs a mark of a political partyâand a manâthatâs been sold off to the highest bidder.
@timdickinson.bsky.social
explains in his latest:
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-trumps-energy-dominance-agenda
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How Trumpâs âEnergy Dominanceâ Agenda Is Dominating You With Dirty Energy
Raising costs, killing the climate, helping China â itâs a Trump trifecta
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-trumps-energy-dominance-agenda
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