
Norman Eisen
Legal Analyst at CNN
Sr. Fellow @brookingsgov, Founder @DDAction_ & Co-Founder of The Contrarian https://t.co/6geSqqX25P. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
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6 days ago |
contrarian.substack.com | Norman Eisen
The end of this week brought two of the most dramatic scenes yet in the decline and fall of Elon Musk—and of his and Donald Trump's failed DOGE effort to remake government. Despite all the damage that they have done (and that Trump will continue to do) we should take a beat to appreciate the milestone. It speaks to the power of the patriotic opposition—and of the role you’ve played, dear Contrarians.
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1 week ago |
contrarian.substack.com | Norman Eisen
Memorial Day has particular meaning for me. I would not be alive if it were not for the US military. It helped save both my parents in World War II—though in very different ways. In spring 1945, my mom had been in Nazi captivity for a year—transferred from Auschwitz to a slave labor camp in Neuengamme Germany, packing (and when she could, sabotaging) ammunition. When she was flagging, a friendly jailer whispered to her to hang on—the allies were near.
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2 weeks ago |
contrarian.substack.com | Norman Eisen |Asha Rangappa
Archive of live conversations with special guests on news essential to safeguarding against autocracy. Get your morning dose of democracy on Coffee with The Contrarians, with Co-founders Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen. Jared Bernstein answers your questions about all things economy on Let's Do Lunch. Plus, breaking legal and political news. Archive of live conversations with special guests on news essential to safeguarding against autocracy.
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2 weeks ago |
contrarian.substack.com | Lisa Gilbert |Norman Eisen
When this Congress was sworn in, Senate Majority Leader John Thune drew a principled—and politically smart—red line: He said overriding the Senate parliamentarian would be “totally akin to killing the filibuster.
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2 weeks ago |
brookings.edu | Norman Eisen
Certainly since World War II, and arguably since World War I, the U.S.-Europe relationship has been the world’s most important alliance and an anchor of global democracy, stability, and prosperity. That alliance is now under internal stress in ways that we have not seen in decades—if ever.
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