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*Special Report on Trump's Reckless War*

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  *Special Report on Trump's Reckless War* What have we done? Hear and read reactions from Jen Rubin & Ilan Goldenberg, Brian O'Neill, plus statements from members of Congress and other public servants. Keep watching this space The Contrarian Feb 28 Live! Breaking News: A Reckless War in Iran Jennifer Rubin, Ilan Goldenberg, and The Contrarian · 5:04 PM Jen Rubin and Ilan Goldenberg — JStreet’s Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer and former Special Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris on the Middle East — update us on this morning’s airstrikes in Iran. What are the risks to toppling the Iranian regime like this? Are civilians being protected? Does the U.S. have a plan? Listen now for the … Read full story Jen Rubin's Columns Trump Launches Another Illegal War Jennifer Rubin · 4:52 PM Donald Trump, reeling from the Epstein pedophile scandal, soaring inflation, and rotten poll numbers, launched an unprovoked regional war without congressional authorization...

Donald Trump Scores Two Holes-in-None

Donald Trump Scores Two Holes-in-None With The Contrarian Caddying--Publisher's Roundup 55 The Contrarian and Norman Eisen Feb 21 In good news for Contrarians and all Americans, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the tariffs Donald Trump imposed on a variety of nations grossly  exceed his constitutional power . Though Trump immediately threatened to reimpose tariffs in some other way and accused the justices of being “ under foreign influence , ” this is the latest of hundreds of decisions by courts at every level against him. For all our vehement disagreements with the Roberts Court’s, this also represents a triple bogey at SCOTUS with respect to Trump’s abuse of emergency powers. First, the court denied him authorization to use the Alien Enemies Act to target migrants based on bogus claims of alien invasion. Then, the court shut down his abuse of the National Guard because there was no emergency regular forces could not deal with. And now his attempt to deploy tari...