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Trump Is Still a Loser: Courts Edition
Note: Norman Eisen is on vacation. Joshua Kolb, senior counsel and manager of rapid legal response at Democracy Defenders Action, is writing in his stead this week. It’s been a…
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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from…
Shootings in Michigan leave 5 people plus suspect dead following large-scale search
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NEW! Catch Up On Culture With Me
Hi Contrarians,This is Meredith Blake, culture columnist for The Contrarian. Welcome to the very first edition of Culture Clash!I’ll be…
The Trump Economy Stinks
Trump economy still stinks. U.S. nonfarm payrolls added only 29,000 jobs, well below expectations, in September while unemployment rose to…
Where Will the Iran War Go Next? Plus. . .
It’s Friday, October 2. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our…
Advice from an Executioner After a Botched Execution
On Wednesday night, the state of Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike, a convicted murderer, despite giving her a double…
TGIF: No Fatties, No Beardos, No Weirdos
Hello and welcome back to TGIF, where we do news summaries. Just the facts, ma’am.In housekeeping notes: Our October and…
‘Imagine, Please, I’m on the Ballot’
RJ draws several editorial cartoons each week for his substack, e pluribus cartoonum, and for Roll Call, the newspaper of…
Schmitt’s Slam Dunk
Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack here.The Contrarian is community-supported. Help fund…
America Will Regret Withdrawing from Iraq
I first arrived in Iraq in June 2004, as the insurgency in al-Anbar Province was raging. I was a newly…