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www.contrariannews.org/p/words-and-... Blanche not only failed to calm the storm; he wound up provoking usually docile senators and maring his own standing with the people who would have to confirm him if he were nominated for the job.

www.contrariannews.org/p/words-and-... one thing to lose a case critical to Trump. (Abrego Garcia infuriated the regime when he challenged Trump and Stephen Miller’s evil deportation scheme — and won!) It is quite another to lose it because you gave the defense critical evidence of vindictive motive

the Abraham Accords misdirect is ridiculous. does nothing to hide that Iran will retain missiles, nuclear capability and $25B. A complete non sequitur

I can think of no better way to honor our military men and women — living and dead — than to make it as hard as possible for a president to launch a harebrained war without the buy-in of voters and Congress. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Only after the bombs stopped falling did Congress finally push back on Trump’s disastrous war. The Framers would be shocked, no doubt, at the inversion of power they carefully crafted to prevent executive abuse. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Trump's war cost 13 US lives and wounded hundreds , killed thousands of civilians, burned through billions of dollars, reduced Tehran and Beirut to rubble and saddled already struggling Americans with higher gas prices and an inflation surge. And for what? open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Congress must investigate Trump regime’s malfeasance, incompetence, and dishonesty. If war crimes were committed, the officials responsible need to be held accountable. And finally, Congress needs to pass legis to prevent presidents from unilaterally blundering into unnecessary, ill-advised wars

The entire episode underscores the utter fecklessness of the Rs in Congress, who don’t exercise their constitutional authority or conduct even minimal oversight. At best, we would be back to an agreement akin to the JCPOA but with a much emboldened, more dangerous, and well-funded Iranian regime.

www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-is-f... But most galling for Republicans, Trump’s agreement reportedly would unfreeze $25 billion in Iranian assets, Recall that Republicans and Trump personally excoriated President Barack Obama’s agreement to unfreeze a mere $1.7 billion

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m... deeply important

www.contrariannews.org/p/undaunted-... Given the betrayal by the U.S. and the threats from Russia and China, the EU deserves more recognition for upholding democratic values and at least partially filling the vacuum created by Trump’s retreat from reality.

Trump is making the GOP crazier and less electable by the day. Ds therefore have chance to assemble the widest coalition in recent history, underscore the depravity of the MAGA party, and present a sane alternative in step with concerns of majority of voters. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

MAGA voters in primary electorate is shockingly high Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and, on Saturday, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) It would be a mistake to deny these voters agency; they want crazed, extreme leadership drenched in white supremacy. These voters are culpable. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Instead of a colossus, he has become a big fish in a shrinking, fetid pond of MAGA loyalists and cut off an escape route for Rs in general elections, making it virtually impossible for Rs to create any daylight between themselves and Trump open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... his brain is mush and long past time for legacy to cover intensely

If they don’t even get to keep their jobs, were their final years in office worth it? If they conclude they needlessly sold their souls, they might share their confession with voters, especially those whose votes for Trump have inflicted suffering on others. www.contrariannews.org/p/republican...

www.contrariannews.org/p/republican... Do Cassidy, Cornyn, and others who may lose despite their self-debasement think it was worthwhile? Do they imagine they will be remembered for anything other than their cowardice and capitulation when America was most at risk?

www.contrariannews.org/p/words-and-... So, let’s dispense with the notion that the weaponized, rogue department now run by Todd “I love you, sir” Blanche is even trying to earn “the public trust.” In two years, the department has trashed its sterling reputation built over decades.

Looks like Cassidy sold American children down the drain to vote for RFK Jr. for nothing.

If Cassidy goes down maybe he'll actually take some principled votes on war powers, the ballroom, ICE, etc. He and Tillis should chat.

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Don't tell Pete Hegseth, but the most lethal and effective fighting force in the world today might be Ukraine.

A Republican’s Mysterious Absence Reflects Congress’s Silence on Health, inexcusable. voters deserve to know what is going on. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

The response to Callais must be just as ferocious as the Supreme Court’s assault on voting rights. We do not have a true democracy when millions of Americans cannot elect representatives of their choice, or when virtually all-white ruling class has a lock on office open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Senate Ds enjoy an ideal political environment (perhaps best since 2006, when they picked up 6 seats) and the best recruits in years, reminding voters that if 2 more yrs of MAGA white nationalist rule the country will be unrecognizable and perhaps unsalvageable. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The public rightfully blames Trump and his Republican doormats. In April, inflation soared to 3.8 percent, the highest in three years. There is no guarantee — and no indication — that it won’t go even higher before election day. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Trump, his MAGA toadies on the SCt or White supremacist state legislators can figure out how to gerrymander states. Lacking the favored Jim Crow mechanism (e.g., radical redistricting) to rig the election, Republicans’ Senate prospects are looking worse by the week. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

www.politico.com/live-updates... but what about the money Trump took???

centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/... THIS

One can imagine a downward spiral for the U.S. after Trump frittered away geopolitical advantages . His weakness in Iran emboldens China, while China’s potential to dominate the summit will only increase Iran’s resolve. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Iran happy to present Trump with a binary choice: Either Trump folds, or he resumes hostilities, which have already proven incapable of dislodging the regime. Anyone who understands Iran’s recent history and its mindset after surviving a war should not be surprised. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Inspiring, informative... THIS is the Callais push back open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

To be clear: Trump achieved no strategic objective, gave up the Strait of Hormuz, lied about considerable damage to our side and vastly overplayed "decimation" of Iran forces. Sounds about right.

not even sock puppet Kevin Warsh is going to be ableto cut rates

So we should stop using “strongman” to describe either Trump or Putin. The aura of failure hangs over them. Former followers disparage them. Their propaganda cannot withstand vivid evidence of failure. They seem old and decrepit.

Only white men need apply

agree entirely: centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...

Bezos is a failure. He had the most diverse and successful opinion section in the paper's history. The hugely popular writers left and took collectively millions of readers to new and legacy outfits. What is left is unreadable, a flop.

As infuriating, partisan, and legally unsound as these rulings are, they are not the final word on either the midterms or the future of our multi-racial democracy. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.” @slate.com slate.com/news-and-pol...

open.substack.com/pub/jstreetd... wonderful piece

www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-made... It is only when those things are dramatically snuffed out by a hyper-extreme and entirely inept regime that people come to appreciate what they once assumed were permanent features of American society and politics.

Do you think they’d take us back?

Trump is so pathetic even the king of England disses him