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Evening Roundup, December 23
Featuring Jen Rubin; Meredith Blake; Recipes of the year with Marissa Rothkopf Bates, Jamie Schler, and Emily Beyda; Calder Robinson; The Contrarian Podcast, and Holiday Pets Part III!
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December 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Rep. Jim Himes on the Trump Administration's March Toward War
Rep. Himes also discusses the possibility of a land invasion in Venezuela, the future of the Ukraine-Russia war, and China’s growing advantage as America’s democracy shrinks.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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12 Artists Who Showed Some Spine in 2025
In a year when too many of our pop culture favorites let us down, these creative people were willing to take a stand (and pull no punches)
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December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Contrarian Pets of the Week, Holiday Edition Part 3
Meet Davy, Willie and Posy, Tundra, Issa, Stub, Milton, Chuck, and Chester, Sandy Mittens, TaiJi, Lucca, Nash and Stella, Sequoia, and three adorable pups available for adoption from Rural Dog Rescue.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Recipes of the Year
Our fearless food writers' favorite recipes from 2025.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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American Christmas, 2025 Edition
A cartoon by Calder Robinson
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December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Lessons from 2025
What will guide us going forward?
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December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Evening Roundup, December 22
Featuring Tim Dickinson, Jennifer Rubin and Pablo Torre, Cartoons of the Year, Josh Levs, Nick Anderson, The Publisher's Roundup, Talking Feds, and Coffee with the Contrarians
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December 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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How Many Scandals Hit Sports in 2025?
Pablo Torre delivers an expert review of this year's top sports stories, stars, and scandals.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Cartoons of the Year
The best editorial cartoons of the year from Nick Anderson, Michael de Adder, and RJ Matson.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The 20 Most Unhinged MAGA Media Posts of 2025 (Part I)
From Pope Trump to ‘Chipocalypse Now,’ a ranking of the Trump administration’s social media ragebait
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December 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The [REDACTED] Files
As the Department of Justice slow-walks an over-redacted release of its files on Jeffrey Epstein, Harry Litman convenes CNN’s Aaron Blake, former Senator Heidi Heitkamp, and NOTUS White House correspondent Jasmine Wright to analyze the administration’s ham-handed noncompliance.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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The Eternal Flame
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
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December 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Coffee with The Contrarians
A recording from Coffee with The Contrarians LIVE 12/22
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December 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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It's time to vote in the 2025 Media Fail Awards
The biggest ways legacy media blew it in holding the Trump administration accountable
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December 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Remember the Unsung Resistance Fighters
Some punched above their weight
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December 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Will Trump Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell? What His 10 Worst Pardons Teach Us
Publisher's Roundup 48
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December 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Evening Roundup, December 19
Featuring April Ryan & Susan Rice, Trump's Workshop, Tim Dickinson, Jen Rubin & Rep. Jim Himes, Maria Peralta, Eliza Orlins, Billy Shore, Carron J. Phillips, HOLIDAY Pets of the Week, and The Podcast!
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December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Susan Rice Describes 2025 in One Word: 'Abomination'
The former ambassador looks back on the year in authoritarianism, unemployment and more.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Trump's Workshop
...and his Deplorable Elves
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December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Contrarian Pets of the Week, Holiday Edition Part 2
Meet Archer, Skippy, Poppy, Banshee, Bambina, Stevie, Lottie, Ollie, Louie, Carmie, Ellie, Radar, Caroline, Loki, and Susie Q!
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December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Dictatorship, Isolation, and Automation: Susan Rice Assesses 2025
The Ambassador warns the nation of looming fascist threats domestic and abroad
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December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Chocolate Linzertorte
A traditional German dessert gets only better with a little cocoa.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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15 Trump Moments That Felt Like a Fever Dream
No, you didn’t make that up. The 2025 nightmare was real.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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2025 Was the Year of Trump's Retribution Crusade
New York City public defender Eliza Orlins reminds us how quickly democratic institutions can falter when those who are meant to protect it become targets of political persecution.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM