Jen Rubin

Language matters... these are pogroms and terrorists:

The nomenclature for radical Israeli Jews who are engaged in murder and mayhem against Palestinians must reflect the real, horrifying conditions . The benign use of “settler” soft-pedals the depravity of those trying to drive Palestinians from the region in an effort to ethnically cleanse territory.

If he wins by double digits and helps bring in 4 PA House seats h'e going to get a whole lot of attention

Now THAT's talking like a Speaker

Here's the topline of my analysis on this afternoon's 2-1 Ninth Circuit ruling in the California ballot case:

A great byproduct of Ds winning the Senate.. none of these utterly unctious, intellectualy corrupt Trump appointees auditioning for higher court will ever go anywhere. Their careers end where they are now. In embarassment.

Send it to us!!

and concurrance says US is going to lose on merits: Even if I were to conclude we had jurisdiction over the appeal, and reach the merits, there are several reasons why I would deny the United States’s emergency motion for injunctive relief pending appeal.

Brutal 9thC: The United States’s claimed emergency, at least in part, is a self-constructed one. At least part of the delay here is attributable to the United States’s own delay in filing suit, in realizing that existing California state law governs the issuance and processing of ballots....

A. A. R. P. does not stand for proposition that litigants may appeal a request for an injunction whenever the district court fails to rule within fifteen hours of filing. ..As we now explain, the United States has not treated this case with anywhere near the exigency of detainees in A. A. R. P.

I honestly don’t get what Newsom thinks his future in the party is. Between this and Paramount merger he’s just not close to where Dem primary voters are

like I said, Vance is the big loser of 2026: www.contrariannews.org/p/who-has-al...

MUST read: It's the policy... and the dark money subtefuge

These guys can't take tough questions from women:

CAP: Trump war "raised prices across the board, increased inflation, and costs about $2,000 per household.... a broader range of costs and high burn rate for munitions … suggest the cost of Operation Epic Fury could have reached more than $100 billion.” Then there's fuel and food costs.

Fascinating and horrifying: "t’s a classic authoritarian move, too, to kind of just run roughshod over every moral guardrail that’s out there. So once you get people desensitized, right, there really is no limits, right? Anything is on the table, every tactic is justifiable."

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We already have the 2026 cycle biggest loser:

No 2028 contender has been more visible or effective than fButtigieg whose biggest accomplishment is in defining himself not as a remanent of the old guard but among the most articulate of the new generation of reformers with bold ideas

Early voting has already defeated Trump's voter suppression

A fine omen

Blanche is really terrible on TV. He better hope his boss wasn't watching. www.salon.com/2026/10/25/y...

He assumes people are as stupid as he is

Mike Rogers is a straight up liar, added and abetted by Bari Weiss's CBS and Brett Baier's Fox.

makes me want to see all of them!!

Makes your heart soar

"He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory!".... perfection

He is just SO good at this: www.mediaite.com/media/news/o...

Murkowski knows this is wrong and counterproductive to Rs. Why is she still in that party?? x.com/lisamurkowsk...

Aside from being legally ridiculous, Trump's Alaska gambit is just dumb. Will only pump up Dems. But that is Trump -- a stupid autocrat, a lawless bumbler. Alaska voters can make that perfectly clear and defy attempts to take away their votes.

why Blanche needs to face impeachment

A sign somethint wrong with the CANDIDATE when the family turns? What about Max Miller? What about Iowa Lt. Gov. candidate Derek Wulf (R) getting sued by parents for $275,000 in unpaid rent? Vile MAGA has no moral principles just unquenchable thirst for power and contempt for real victims

HASC Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov talks with Jen Rubin at @contrariannews.org about the vast number of possibilities for oversight in the House Armed Services Committee in the coming Congress, including "all the illegal activities ... but stopping the Iran war would be job one."

Like me declaring I hereby refuse to certify the results in Mississippi... who the eff cares? it's irrelevant, illegal, frivilous

“D.O.J. making this claim this late smells of political interference and is against D.O.J. policy. The feds have absolutely no authority to tell Alaska when and how to certify. The state officials are following Alaska state law, as the Constitution requires.” so shame on NYT giving credence

Super clever Halloween decorations

How did we come this far? All noteworthy social and political change comes from bottom up.

the integrity of the rank and file (e.g. refusing to take part in the live stream, now this) continues to impress me. They deserve a secretary and commander in chief of integrity. Sadly, they are having to defend the military's honor against these reprehensible figures.

Has she been living under a rock? They are depraved grifters... for years now. And it's not just Ohio, dear. "“What is wrong with Ohio GOP?” Cupp asked. “What is wrong with the Ohio Republican Party that it gave us Jim Jordan, JD Vance, Max Miller, Vivek Ramaswamy? What are you guys doing?”

Fascinating piece

One of the most impressive gubernatorial candidates... David Crowley from Wisc

This is what the Republican Party is. Why not a single one should be elected

Because Trump is a sick person and Epstein’s pal, someone with a history of defending depravity

With Chris Christie, Mike DeWine and even Scott Jennings (!?!) denouncing Vivek's despicable ad, JD Vance shows his own ugly stripes and continues to shill for depravity

R candidates are just rotten candidates:

In case you needed another reason to vote for Congress to check a lawless, rogue president. “The U.S. and Israeli militaries have developed specific plans for renewed strikes against Iran after the American midterm elections,” the New York Times reported. Not a dime more for this war.

OMFG when you lose Scott Jennings....

no they are not. Vance is a weak, depraved and deeply unlikeable man who has no ability to even fake empathy