Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

4 days ago | contrarian.substack.com | Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

At a town hall meeting in Parkersburg, Iowa, last Friday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R) faced a boisterous room of constituents, with many in the crowd expressing concern about the “big, beautiful” budget bill on its way to the Senate, with proposed cuts to the committee that oversees Medicaid.

1 week ago | msmagazine.com | Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

This story was originally published by The Contrarian. Last week was another raucous week in Congress, with continued discord over the fiscal, social and societal implications of President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” as it heads to the Senate. Meanwhile, the wheels continue to spin in dozens of statehouses across the country, many of which are at the height of their own legislative sessions.

1 week ago | contrarian.substack.com | Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Last week was another raucous week in Congress, with continued discord over the fiscal, social, and societal implications of President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” as it heads to the Senate. Meanwhile, the wheels continue to spin in dozens of statehouses across the country, many of which are at the height of their own legislative sessions.

2 weeks ago | contrarian.substack.com | Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Even though the White House would like to have us believe it is laying low on abortion, make no mistake: The state of reproductive rights is dire in all corners of the country. Today’s column, a summary of just a single week of headlines, paints a spectacularly damning, dystopian picture. In the states:In Georgia, an Atlanta hospital is forcing Adriana Smith, a pregnant woman declared brain dead, to remain on life support until her fetus can be delivered, likely another three months away.

3 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

This story was originally published by The Contrarian. President Donald Trump’s trade wars continue to create global turmoil and churn for financial markets. Monday, May 12th’s move—a temporary suspension of his “Liberation Day” bombast and 90-day pause until massive tariffs are fully imposed on China—seemed in part prompted by warnings of a dire toy shortage and the sour reaction to Trump blathering about … dolls.