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Written by Jonathan Kamens on 2025-01-22 at 02:38

I just unsubscribed from #TheContrarian (https://contrarian.substack.com/), #JenniferRubin and #NormEisen's new anti-Trump endeavor, after subscribing the day it launched.

I gave it long enough to be certain that it's neoliberal garbage through and through. Just a bunch of status-quoniks who aspire for things to be how they were before Trump. As if that will solve anything. Clueless idiots, the lot of them. Or maybe just clickbait grifters. (Why not both?)

[#]journalism #neoliberalism

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Written by Francisca Sinn on 2025-01-22 at 02:40

@jik Good to know. Thanks.

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Written by MooMoo the Cat on 2025-01-23 at 06:00

@jik I just listened to The Contrarian show w/ Heather Cox Richardson. Jen Rubin maybe asked 3 questions & let Ms. Cox Richardson talk most of the time. At least it seemed like it. The show touched on historical similarities in past US history to today. I didn't get the impression you did. But I don't like Norm Eisen & wouldn't watch that particular show, since I had the misfortune of seeing him on "It's Complicated" (Renato Mariotti & Asha Rangappa discuss legal ramifications of recent events)

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Written by Jonathan Kamens on 2025-01-23 at 10:11

@flowerpot I am talking about their written content, not their interviews.

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Written by Jonathan Kamens on 2025-01-23 at 10:44

@flowerpot Also, I read literally everything they published for a week. You apparently watched, one interview? These are not the same.

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Written by MooMoo the Cat on 2025-01-23 at 14:20

@jik Not at all the same.

I thought you were talking about the podcast/YT channel, and I was trying to give her (Jennifer Rubin) the benefit of the doubt. Thank you for adding more context. 🙏

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Written by MooMoo the Cat on 2025-01-23 at 14:16

@jik Ah, ok.

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Written by freediverx on 2025-01-23 at 13:02

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Written by John Breen on 2025-01-23 at 13:12

@jik That seems pretty harsh. I find it better than a WaPo subscription.

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-actions-are-not-just-lawless

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Written by Jonathan Kamens on 2025-01-23 at 13:40

@jab01701mid

Condemning Trump and Trumpism is a low bar. There are plenty of people I can read who are doing that who are far more well-informed and informative than anyone at The Contrarian.

To be any use whatsoever, people need to go farther than that. They need to actually be advocating for progressivism, not just a return to the time before Trump.

The time before Trump is what got us Trump.

Rubin will never do that. She still thinks the GOP was fine before Trump came along and ruined it.

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