A contrarian for Congress? Yup: x.com/i/status/198...

A True Tour de Force: Susan Page on the Impressive Impact of Nancy Pelosi open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The Unshakeable Legacy of Nancy Pelosi: Lynn Sweet & Jen Rubin Commemorate The Titan of Congress open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Ds need proposals to bring votes to the floor,and lay down markers both to embarrass Rs and to make clear to donors that when Ds come to power the influence-peddlers’ participation in the selling of American government with come with serious, expensive consequences. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

he ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

all those analysis of the huge changes Ds had to make to win back working class voters, Hispanics, etc. was DEAD WRONG. they did not make wholesale changes and yet they won huge. Context, candidates, and intensity. That's it. throw away the pundit playbooks.

The message from New Jersey: Democracy is alive and well... wonderful piece from someone who knows NJ!! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

What does CA's Prop 50 mean for the midterms?... welcome Ben to The Contrarians!!! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

no kidding: www.axios.com/2025/11/05/d...

With last night’s big wins, Senate Democrats gain new leverage to hold the line on affordable healthcare. Norman Ornstein explains what it means — and what’s next, if Republicans come to the table.

OWN this victory, clobber MAGA R's with it open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Democratic governors represent the promise of functional democracy. They have been critical to Democrats’ recovery to date, and they will be the tip of the spear in fending off a desperate, lame-duck president and a MAGA Congress headed for defeat. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If Democrats reinforce the big takeaway—namely, that Trump and his MAGA lackeys in Congress have lost the support of the country and that Trump poses a mortal threat to GOP majorities—they can set the terms for the midterms and turn up the pressure on Republicans. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Huge wins in NJ, NY, VA, PA, CA collectively indicate that a bold repudiation of MAGA politics has taken hold. An honest headline might read: “Democrats are in array”..The rending-the-garments, down-in-the-dumps attitude about party’s future is due for adjustment open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Election Day livestream is happening right now! Tune in as Jen Rubin, April Ryan & Katie Phang unpack the stakes of key elections across America https://open.substack.com/live-stream/75506

Spanberger will be a great governor. A bright future for her, VA, and God willing the rest of the country

watching election night without dread is so cool... remember how this feels folks

I will be going live with @katiephang.bsky.social and @aprildryan.bsky.social at 830ET at @contrariannews.org .. on our substack

there is no NYT needle!!! (too soon?)

THIS!!!

Offsides with Pablo Torre: Steve Ballmer Sued & Dodgers World Series Win ... wonderful chat on corruption, politicians who know sports and of course... the DODGERS open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Taking Dirty Donations: Rob Weissman on the Donors Behind Trump's $350 million Ballroom open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

the greatest speaker ever, the greatest politician of my lifetime... www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Could not agree more. On top of this it is STUPID. look at the polls. wait for the results tonight. A can understand the perpetually weak/inept Dick Durbin but the rest of them??!!

Justice Department attorneys’ ethical misconduct has become far too common. Absent real consequences, the transgressions will multiply. Without the legal profession’s self-policing, the most egregious illegalities of the Trump regime will pile up.

If some group of Ds are going to vote to end the shutdown they sure as hell better find 4 Rs on up or down vote to extend ACA subsidies

Democrats Win Case to Feed American Families: Attorney General Andrea Campbell on SNAP Ruling... brilliant, clear, empathetic open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Pitchbot for WSJ!

Spanberger and Sens Warner and Kaine

@barbegc.bsky.social and @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social at Spanberger rally

Spanberger crowd in Falls Church

The Octagon on the South Lawn... INDEED!! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

societal suicide www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Why Are the Feds Criminalizing a Clarinetist?... fabulous, vivid reporting open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

fabulous: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Mamdani’s Speech About Being Muslim Resonates Beyond New York City ... GOOD FOR HIM. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/n...

50 years ago, Ford told New York to drop dead—in so many words... WONDERFUL REMEMBRANCE open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Kamala Harris was right about everything- YES! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The MAGA GOP Doesn't Care If You Starve: Sen. Rosen on SNAP, Shutdown, and Senate.... a fighter, just what Ds need open.substack.com/pub/contrari...