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Jen Rubin

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Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.

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@jenrubin.bsky.socialAug 5, 2026, 2:00 PM Pinned

Democrats desperate to put the primary acrimony behind them might find a silver lining: the unexpected closeness of the result seemed to have triggered some much-needed humility and magnanimity rather than chest-thumping.

JJen Rubin@jenrubin.bsky.socialAug 5, 2026, 2:00 PM

While pundits and partisan axe-grinders told us for weeks the race turned on an ideological schism in the party, ordinary voters, even in primaries that attract the most partisan segment of the electorate, choose between real candidates, not partisan manifestos.

contrariannews.orgThe Contrarian | Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen | SubstackUnflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:27 PM

Few journalists have aged as poorly as Brooks , who gives pomposity a bad name but then I’m biased vs men who dump wives to marry worshipful assistants. Has he written anything for Atlantic you want to read? Zzzzzzzzzz

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:40 PM

Actually it is the perfect exclamation point. Graham enabled this guy. This is on his head well. The hypocrisy is galling

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:39 PM

Loser. Traitor.

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:38 PM

TOLD YA! TACO incoming: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:55 PM

Mark my words: Trump will drop the public execution and say it was a joke or he didnt ok the public viewing.

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:25 PM

FANATASTIC

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:23 PM

too lacking in credibility and decency even for this WH. All that sucking up for nothing

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:22 PM

DOJ’s latest bellyflop in its voter file quest is the biggest yet electionlawblog.org/2026/dojs-la...

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:21 PM

even evangelicals are appalled

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:49 PM

After this campaign it is going to be really hard for Ossoff to tell Dems he doesn't want to run for POTUS. No one has been better in this cycle.

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:48 PM

got Hegseth is a monster that even another monster cannot stand

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:44 PM

Ossoff, El-Sayed and Jackson were brilliant last night www.contrariannews.org/p/fox-news-t...

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:43 PM

In Mo., “some voters across the state are furious at Denny Hoskins, Missouri’s Republican secretary of state, and other Republicans who played key roles in allowing the chaos to unfold,” The Guardian reported. “They say the R effort could backfire against them and energize people to come out.”

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:41 PM

Keeping Trump off the air is Fox's in kind donation to Republicans:

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:39 PM

Under Trump we are not better than this. This is exactly what we are:

“I absolutely support the sentence of death, but live-streaming executions is what jihadists do. America is better than that.”

— Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA), quoted by CBS News. politicalwire.com/2026/10/09/a...

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:12 PM

Trump created over 1 million illegal immigrants… a devastating and comprehensive report from @aclu.org on cruelty, democracy destruction, lawlessness of mass deportation

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:09 PM

No side hustles!!

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:08 PM

two reform-minded groups have wasted no time in exposing the extent of the autocratic abuse and beginning to formulate reform plans. With their help, our task of restoring and bolstering our democracy will be less onerous.

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:12 AM

No wonder R's didn't want to debate. They got DESTROYED in Michigan, Ga, etc. My. goodness.

@jenrubin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:11 AM

HOLY COW

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