Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social

Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, MSNBC contributor, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book recommendations welcomed.

Trump has handed over an international waterway to the Iranians, who will now charge (at least) $2M per vessel. Trump, unbelievably, contemplates this “joint venture” — a “beautiful thing” — with Iran. (If that is not evidence of mental defect, I’m not sure what is.)
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www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-war-peace-leverage-f90b82d9 so many cards.. such dullards across the table
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Four-byline alert: 🚨

(WSJ) - Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles in its arsenal that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, according to American officials familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments.

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-has-thousands-of-missiles-and-could-retrieve-launchers-u-s-intelligence-finds-eaa230ec
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www.contrariannews.org/p/feel-like-screaming-this-club-is?utm_campaign=post form your own club!!
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because only Trump is a moron
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he is SO close to getting it: The Iranians don’t seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways. The only reason they are alive today is to negotiate! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Operation Enduring Glory... OMG... hysterical and horrifying open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/operation-enduring-glory?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Ruh Roh: www.cnbc.com/2026/04/10/cpi-inflation-report-march-2026.html
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This would be a prophylactic impeachment necessary to remove a ticking time bomb (excuse the metaphor) that could go off at any time. open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/undaunted-5eb?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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The issue is not whether Trump will be forced from office — his toadies for now will make sure that doesn't happen — but whether he should be. Ds who make the case that Trump has irreversibly revealed his unfitness to lead do the country and our democracy a service open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/undaunted-5eb?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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utterly fascinating open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/split-screen-giorgia-meloni-feminist?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Critical read;
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open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/coffee-with-contrarians-ft-doug-jones?r=230tr&utm_medium=ios Doug Jones is a national treasure
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www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/core-inflation-was-3percent-in-february-as-expected-key-fed-gauge-shows.html loser economy: Gross domestic product, a measure of all goods and services produced, rose just 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, down from the prior reading of 0.7% and the initial estimate of 1.4%. The full-year growth rate held at 2.1%.
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open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/a-strategic-defeat-of-historic-proportions?r=230tr&selection=0e433b6a-3a8b-433f-8b13-dde5d8dae416&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web&aspectRatio=instagram&textColor=%23ffffff&bgImage=true
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Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and their MAGA cult can tell themselves whatever lies they want about “victory” against Iran, but make no mistake: The United States suffered a decisive and devastating defeat in an illegal war that was doomed from the get-go.
open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/a-strategic-defeat-of-historic-proportions?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Yes, Trump and Hegseth think they are fighting the Crusades... the frightful vision of Christian war open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/hegseth-wants-an-america-at-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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a fun conversation with @gregsargent.bsky.social
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This is what comes from cadre of white, Christian evangelical leaders who adopt nationalism rather than faith; from legacy media ignoring Trump’s mental and physical decline; from bastardization of Wa Post and CBS; from GOP abdicating constitutional functions. open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/what-comes-from-the-failure-to-confront?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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While Hegseth has been written off as a crank and imbecile (albeit one who once tainted our uniformed military ranks), this brand of religious fervor becomes deadly serious when uttered by the commander-in-chief, who possesses access to nuclear weapons.
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Trump’s belated construction of some muddled tale of a diplomatic breakthrough should in no way diminish the illegality of his genocidal threats, the political horror it represented, or the frightful intrusion of religious zealotry into our politics.
open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/what-comes-from-the-failure-to-confront?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/special-alert-americans-must-not?r=230tr&selection=193fef58-21b7-4d00-ac63-f2874396f9f4&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web&aspectRatio=instagram&textColor=%23ffffff&bgImage=true
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open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/special-alert-americans-must-not?r=230tr&selection=aaea0df1-9b48-4f2c-8f8f-024f41e689d8&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web&aspectRatio=instagram&textColor=%23ffffff&bgImage=true
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I'm there: Vance would be better. He should invoke the 25th A
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Iran understates the depth of the problem in declaring he is on “the brink of madness.” We need less sane washing, more explanation of Iran’s resilience/determination to wait us out, and increased attention to Trump’s serious mental deterioration and incapacity to make rational decisions.
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The legacy media’s taking at face value Trump’s declarations that the U.S. has achieved “total and complete control over the skies” amounts to stenography. Frightfully, Trump lacks any semblance of control even over himself.
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Trump Threatening War Crimes on Easter Sunday .. @neeratanden.bsky.social always a wealth of information and insight open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/trump-threatening-war-crimes-on-easter?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Inspiring!! open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/dont-forget-about-minnesota?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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important piece from @staceyabrams.com open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/texas-stripped-15000-businesses-of?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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educate the public about DOJ’s depravity, expose spinelessness of senators voting to confirm, gather evidence to use later to exact accountability for the nominee or others (e.g., bar complaints, perjury charges), and remind
courts this DOJ does not deserve the presumption of regularity
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