Simon Rosenberg

Washington, D.C.

Founder and Writer at Hopium Chronicles

Political Strategist, Commentator, Hopium Purveyor | NDN, DNC, DCCC, Clinton War Room, ABC News | Slava Ukraini! | My home - https://t.co/TkYENB1lNw

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Delusional Trump Thought The World And America Would Bend The Knee - He Was Wrong, Seriously Wrong (New Video And Analysis)

1 week ago | hopiumchronicles.com | Simon Rosenberg

Morning all. Our plucky, proud and patriotic paid subscribers got together for our most weeks gathering last night, and I share a recording and transcript of it all above. It was a lively crowd and we had lots of questions. Hope you can get to it when you can. It’s a pretty comprehensive overview of our current moment.
G7 "chaos," immigration retreats and informed hope: Live with Simon Rosenberg

1 week ago | allrisenews.com | Adam Klasfeld |Simon Rosenberg
Double TACOS, Dropped Papers, Declining Poll Numbers - Monty Python Or American President?

1 week ago | hopiumchronicles.com | Simon Rosenberg

Morning all. I’m joining journalist Adam Klasfeld at 11am ET on a Substack Live for anyone who wants a little live morning Hopium. Click on this link at 11am to join the conversation. Here’s what I’ll be taking about this morning….. Our protests this weekend were dignified, joyous, enormous, peaceful. An affirmation of our great American democratic tradition. They were, and remain this morning, a searing counterpoint to the extraordinary chaos and repeated failure we continue to see from Trump.
Trump's Escalating War On Immigrants - My Conversation With Leon Krauze

2 weeks ago | hopiumchronicles.com | Simon Rosenberg

Afternoon all. Sharing a new conversation I had this afternoon with Mexican-American journalist and commentator Leon Krauze. Leon just spent a week among the protestors and the people of Los Angeles, and came by to share his first hand account of what he saw. He put some of his observations into a new essay that ran in today’s Washington Post, The Real Siege Of Los Angeles. It has been a long week and I know many of you are getting ready for the big No Kings protests this weekend.
Trump's Madness Has Become A National Emergency (New Video)

2 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Simon Rosenberg

Evening all. My friend Leon Krauze got caught up in reporting on the protests in Los Angeles and wasn’t able to make our Live event this afternoon. So I just took the time to share my latest take on things with those who joined the livestream, which I now share with all of you, above.
Sunday Hopium - Musk Wounds Trump And We Get Troops In Los Angeles

2 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Simon Rosenberg

Morning all. Here we are. Events will likely overtake anything I write so will keep it brief……First, Gina Ortiz Jones won a run-off election last night in San Antonio, Texas’ second largest city. Congrats everyone. Another good 2025 win for Democrats. Next. Trump’s economic plan is failing. Countries are not agreeing to “trade agreements” with him or bending the knee.
Hopium Goes Live with Joe Garcia

3 weeks ago | substack.com | Simon Rosenberg

Hopium Goes Live with Joe Garcia will start on Jun 6 at 4:15 PM
The Feud - Three Initial Takeaways

3 weeks ago | hopiumchronicles.com | Simon Rosenberg

Friends, what a day. Got three initial takeaways for you: Musk is doing a lot of damage to Trump at a time when he was already weakened and struggling. All of this makes Trump less “strong” and his regime even more of a farce and clown show. We should welcome Musk’s help in killing/undermining Trump’s terrible budget bill. It is a bad bill, and it will be good for the country if it fails.
Congress Is Back And We Have A Big Economic Argument To Go Win

3 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Simon Rosenberg

Morning all. Let’s start with a few reminders about some meaningful ways Trump, his agenda and his false narratives have been rejected, challenged and defied in recent weeks: In what was an incredible repudiation of Trump’s economic agenda, last month, for the first time in over 100 years, all three US credit rating agencies downgraded America’s sovereign credit rating. This weekend the WaPo ran a story about how Wall Street is warning Trump and the GOP to drop their reckless reconciliation bill.
A View From The Front Lines - My Conversation With Rep. Haley Stevens

1 month ago | hopiumchronicles.com | Simon Rosenberg

Afternoon all. Got a good one for you today. Sending along an interview I just completed with an old and dear friend, Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan. She gives us an important update from the front lines of the reconciliation battle in the House, and as a newly announced candidate in one of the most important Senate races in the country. A recording and transcript are above.