Jen Rubin

Chasing R's out without confirming all nominees, sending House R's fleeing from Epstein and now Texas D's leaving the state. THIS is how you fight fascism.

where is Tom Cotton who hollered Biden did not do enough to get Afghan helpers out? Oh, that's right- Cotton sold his soul to devil

Poll: Most Israelis fear they won’t be able to travel abroad as global anger mounts As anti-Israel incidents grow, 56% say they fear not being able to go overseas; 67% of Israelis don't feel government represents them, 62% want comprehensive hostage-ceasefire deal

Poll: Most Israelis fear they won’t be able to travel abroad as global anger mounts.. Bibi grossly unpopular IN HIS OWN PARTY www.timesofisrael.com/poll-most-is...

what a blunder. ends future prospects of anything

Trump Administration Live Updates: Hassett Defends Firing of Top Labor Official Over Weak Jobs Numbers “Absolutely not,” Hassett told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, as he insisted that there had been numerous revisions to the numbers since the start of the pandemic.

Hassett is a fool and a stooge. He should never be confirmed to anything. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Pathetic, weak and incompetent

Unreadable

Every protest matters: Ezra Levin on getting involved in the movement "They get to show up with a big crowd and a peaceful protest, and suddenly you have them as part of the movement."

Every protest matters: Ezra Levin on getting involved in the movement... always great, with news! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

From the no shit dept care of NYT: "One of the primary goals of the Trump administration’s tariffs have been increasing U.S. manufacturing jobs. But in recent months, we’ve seen manufacturing jobs fall, including by 11,000 positions in the July data released today."

The rich and powerful go unpunished: Julie K. Brown on the scale of the Epstein scandal "These victims feel betrayed once again, by the DOJ and by our government officials who, they believe, are still covering up for wealthy and powerful men."

What categories of documents do you think that they should focus on that would bring light to some of this stuff? Where should they begin?
They should start with the money.
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The rich and powerful go unpunished: Julie K. Brown on the scale of the Epstein scandal "These victims feel betrayed once again, by the DOJ and by our government officials who, they believe, are still covering up for wealthy and powerful men."

people were there, they had to know, but nobody that we know of anyway spoke out. There were some people that refused to go to his house because it gave them the creeps. But for the most part, a lot of people just kind of look the other way.

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The rich and powerful go unpunished: Julie K. Brown on the scale of the Epstein scandal "These victims feel betrayed once again, by the DOJ and by our government officials who, they believe, are still covering up for wealthy and powerful men."

THEY KNEW. "the worst kept secret in the social society circles in both Palm Beach and NY. It wasn't just Trump who was there. There were people in the media...in science. There were tons of people that were at these events and at these parties with young girls"

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Why the Epstein case could go much deeper with Julie Brown Listen now | "It's always been a mystery how [Epstein] made his money."

WHy didn't the investigation continue? there's a number of other things they could have done. For example, they could have said, look, we looked at these files and there's so much material in here that wasn't investigated thoroughly enough... open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

I'm sorry, when he when Trump now says he was stealing his employees. I don't think that that means that he knows he knew that that Virginia even existed at that time. And also the phrase he stole her is a bit troubling. She's a human being. She was an underage girl. She was 16 years old.

The rich and powerful go unpunished: Julie K. Brown on the scale of the Epstein scandal "These victims feel betrayed once again, by the DOJ and by our government officials who, they believe, are still covering up for wealthy and powerful men."

extraordinary insight into why this about more than DJT - or even the men involved. It's about a conspiracy of silence and utter failure to get full justice for victims. The US attys office and FBI have plenty to answer for as well open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The jobs market is in the crapper. The stock market is sinking on trade war news. Great job, Donny.

The media’s geographic bias strikes again A lone shooter in New York leads to nonstop coverage, while other shootings are ignored.

The media’s geographic bias strikes again.. blatantly obvious and rather embarrassing open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Undaunted: The State Attorneys General These lawyers are the tip of the legal spear to fend off MAGA extremism.

Democratic attorneys general, their states’ chief prosecutor. Democratic AGs from 23 states and the District of Columbia have, week in and week out, gone to court to stop Trump’s authoritarian power grabs (e.g., challenging DOGE).
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My GOD. What a total disgrace

Gaza is starving The most respected Israeli sources now confirm what many have long warned: Gaza is in a state of famine.

Gaza is starving
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Fed Up With Netanyahu and Handling of Gaza War, Democrats Rebuke Israel

Fed Up With Netanyahu and Handling of Gaza War, Democrats Rebuke Israel .. there must be accountability www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

Trump Is Bringing Back the Presidential Fitness Test

Trump Is Bringing Back the Presidential Fitness Test... only if he is the first to take it www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/w...

I would vote for a Democrat who commits to a permanent display on impeachments. Maybe a monument to the Jan 6 committee. We need to start thinking BIGGER

I'll vote for a Democrat who vows to investigate any Trump nominee who lied under oath during a confirmation hearing. If a judge, to seek impeachment

I'll vote for a Democrat who prosecutes those engaged in foreign bribery during the time Trump would not enforce

I'll vote for a Democrat who holds anyone involved in deportion to CECOT torture chamber legally responsible

I'll vote for a Democrat who pushes through with 51 votes in Senate if need be court expansion, term limits and DC statehood

I'll vote for a Democrat who promises to disgorge $ Trump corruptly made in office.

Split Screen: Michelle Obama and the double bind Black women's emotions, fashion, and authority are questioned visually, reinforcing troubling stereotypes.

Split Screen: Michelle Obama and the double bind... fascinating open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is running hot, buoyed by tariffs Inflation remained stubbornly high in June, according to data released by the Commerce Department on Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs begin to ripple through the broader economy.

Trump failed at core promise ot bring prices down www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...