3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (487+ words) Legacy media has certain tropes that it falls back on frequently, no matter what’s going on in the real world. One is “Democrats in disarray.” It shows up all the time. Four years ago, it led news giants to make…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (234+ words) The No Kings coalition, whose hundreds of affiliated groups have put millions of Americans into the streets in support of democracy, rolled out its next big event yesterday. In a press release, the groups announced that October 17 will be a…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (189+ words) Welcome to The Contrarian’s newest feature, the Daily Jolt, a midday hit to give you updates on polling, court cases, campaigns, Donald Trump temper tantrums, MAGA debacles, and more. Enjoy your Daily Jolt! Democrats need to learn how to respond…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (416+ words) Weeks before the November midterm elections, Democrats are reminding anyone who will listen this Labor Day of the economic pain under the current leadership of this country. People from all walks of life and political parties are deciding who best…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (957+ words) When I served as U.S. ambassador in Prague, I had the privilege of getting to know the great Czech dissident-turned-president Václav Havel. Reflecting the Central European lachrymose view of history and the world (something I also know well from my Central…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (468+ words) Here’s the historical argument for, and then I’ll give the arguments against. We’ve changed the number of justices already seven times in the first 80 years under the Constitution: we went from six to five to six to seven to nine…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (43+ words) The Contrarian Make Voting Hard Again A cartoon by Nick Anderson Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. Find him on Substack at nickanderson.substack....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1045+ words) The Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado claims he’s mastered the “rules of engagement” for casting off “demonic oppression.” Oddly, that supernatural claim might be one of the least interesting — and most believable — parts of his biography. Victor Marx runs…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (673+ words) More than two months behind schedule, Sean Duffy’s scandal-plagued reality series finally arrived on YouTube last week. When Duffy started publicizing the series this spring, he described it as a patriotic travelogue designed to boost domestic tourism ahead of the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (396+ words) So back in March, Trump issued an executive order which told the Department of Homeland Security to make a list of everyone in every state who is a citizen and at least 18 years old by election day, and those lists…...