Too many in mainstream & new media aren’t standing up to Trump’s assault on democracy—we will Today, @jenrubin.bsky.social & I launch @contrariannews.bsky.social: bold, independent, pro-democracy journalism Join us in the fight 👇 contrarian.substack.com - ThreadSky

normeisen.bsky.social • 40 days ago

Too many in mainstream & new media aren’t standing up to Trump’s assault on democracy—we will

Today, @jenrubin.bsky.social & I launch @contrariannews.bsky.social: bold, independent, pro-democracy journalism

Join us in the fight 👇 https://contrarian.substack.com/

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drbrose.bsky.social•40 days ago

Will the Contrarian News also be available on Youtube?

shawnalex.bsky.social•40 days ago

Done!

cashhungwell.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed to all. Thank you for your work.

jangreene.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you Norm. A lot of them are still shell shocked.

metamorphosis36.bsky.social•40 days ago

Looking forward to your new independent media.
🤜🤛💪🇺🇸

davidsongc.bsky.social•40 days ago

Didn’t have the free press contributes to democracy’s demise on my bingo card, but here we are.

jyf4.bsky.social•39 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/jyf4.bsky.social/post/3lfogtld6uk2z

sharklady.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you & Jen Taub

cristabel.bsky.social•40 days ago

We are getting hungry for some news that doesn’t come from a billionaire with business before the dictator. Thank you for eschewing mainstream media and pursuing actual truth. Thank you.

martik8991.bsky.social•40 days ago

I tried to subscribe - keep getting message that something went wrong.

wholenurse.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed in Texas!!!

basic12.bsky.social•40 days ago

Please! Keep up with truth & facts! It’s going to be hard since the MAGA owns all others! It would be nice to not have any report on Trump! Never mention his name! There is lots of other news!

chilicatsmom.bsky.social•40 days ago

Please use “new media” podcasts. You’ll increase your audience and reach younger voters 🙏

lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social•40 days ago

Contrarian, is a great name and I will subscribe

jillallgood.bsky.social•40 days ago

Followed!!

saltybreeze.bsky.social•40 days ago

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

dennis74.bsky.social•40 days ago

He will control Space Force! Capable of destroying their satellites

mmonbaron.bsky.social•40 days ago

khai-lai.bsky.social•39 days ago

Followed. High hopes on this venture. Let’s go!

nevadajb.bsky.social•40 days ago

Screw your subscription plan.
Your making money off of preserving Democracy? Shame on you.

quietretreat.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great to see you and Jen Rubin here on BlueSky.

jerripie.bsky.social•40 days ago

Congratulations!

lisab1974.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great stuff, I love your work can’t wait to get reading this

woofwoof65.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am very excited to see this new venture!

catherinemfds.bsky.social•40 days ago

I subscribed. $70/year for sane, real news is worth it to me.
Thanks for doing this & look forward to your great content.

alexcharles.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks!

nthabiseng.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you!!!! We need independent voices who do not tow the corporate line. Best of luck in this new endeavor. Thanks for being brave & for promoting truth in journalism. Bravo!!!

pteranodo.bsky.social•40 days ago

But one conceit of old media (and the Harris campaign) was that you could have your “guns and butter”— you could defend a liberal social order and defend brutality overseas. How will this play out here?

janerabbit.bsky.social•40 days ago

Two things:
1. Pronounce it DOGGY! Heather Cox Richardson does, with a totally straight face. So we must too!
2, Get Ann Telnaes!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!! Don't flinch!

olivernorwich.bsky.social•40 days ago

I just signed up and look forward to your new publication!

kslatteryresist.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks, I started getting my news from independents instead of MSM a few months ago. Much better writing. We still need Democrats to start streaming accounts for the 18-30 age group, the ones who didn’t vote. We aren’t reaching them; RWNJs are

docvalerie.bsky.social•40 days ago

Good point - isn't it time to get teams together on this?

Unfortunately I'm not seeing any Dem leadership on anything.. .wtf is happening?!

wkgokev.bsky.social•37 days ago

They're slinking away into the shadows

mercury2022.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just saw you and Jen Rubin on Jen Psaki. Cheers!

forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social•40 days ago

Congratulations. Just subscribed.

mrscrabapple.bsky.social•40 days ago

on Substack.

rbsnst.bsky.social•40 days ago

Someone to speak with…..We need positive forms of political opposition in the United States. The People's Cabinet would offer new ideas, new voices, and new forms of action.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/an-alternative-cabinet

sajeffe.bsky.social•40 days ago

Well, it sounded really good until I got to the price. It's well worth it, I know, but $7/month is too much for those of us on low fixed income. So we'll just stay underinformed and misinformed in many cases and uninspired. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️😥

sugahustler.bsky.social•40 days ago

Similar situation for me. So many news subscriptions look promising then end up being much the same as MSM. Hopefully they will offer enough free content, especially at first, to be able to evaluate whether to invest. This group of people have a promising track record, 🤞.

simplyme0612.bsky.social•40 days ago

Some of the posts will be free!

pamelajane.bsky.social•40 days ago

There is a subscription choice for "free". You would receive daily newsletters which is pretty good. The paid options offer podcasts, etc. I chose "free" because all I want is the newsletters.

docvalerie.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just sign up for free.. we should create tag teams that get content out to all who cannot afford it, anyway.

I would argue the first 6th crucial months should be completely free.

tulliuscicero43.bsky.social•39 days ago

Oh, and now that I've subscribed . . . if you subscribe at the free level one of the introductory posts has an email address you can contact if you would like access to the paid content but are suffering financial hardship.

sajeffe.bsky.social•39 days ago

Awesome! Good to know. Thanks!

tulliuscicero43.bsky.social•38 days ago

Btw, I've already received *a lot* of free content from The Contrarian in my email inbox: Norm Eisen's discussion of the released Jack Smith report, a Jen Rubin essay on the Hegseth hearings, and introductory column by Olivia Julianna.

tulliuscicero43.bsky.social•38 days ago

You're most welcome!

tulliuscicero43.bsky.social•40 days ago

There’s a free subscription level that gives you access to some of the content.

weird-wiltshire.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great. Much needed in this world of lies.

gypitneep.bsky.social•40 days ago

What a strong line-up. Congratulations and good luck.

cassiegs.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you. Truly, thank you.

mizewell.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just joined!

realityred.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you for this option.
And good for Jen!
Subscribed.

jeanmoulin4ever.bsky.social•40 days ago

reichental.bsky.social•39 days ago

Please do a podcast with this too.

voiceofthesane.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just joined. Thank you Norm and Jen.

liberals4liberty.bsky.social•40 days ago

Financing Billionaires

Tumps plans to cut Medicaid which will:
Increase child hunger
boot tens of millions off their health insurance
cut hundreds of thousands of clean energy workers

All to fund tax handouts for the wealthy so that they can buy more yachts & buy more mansions

cfraase.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you! I just joined.

cmarpa.bsky.social•39 days ago

You are being kind. Most in the mailstream media aren't standing up.

iowabiologist.bsky.social•40 days ago

Check out Timothy Snyder’s recent substack pertaining to the words we use to RESIST OLIGARCHY.

theotherjlebowski.bsky.social•40 days ago

Now that corporate media is on its deathbed, establishment bootlickers think they're just gonna come in the independent media space and peddle their corporate propaganda. Except no one is gonna buy it. Independent media only works for those who are actually "independent."

newspro.bsky.social•40 days ago

Much needed...about time...Best of luck.

lynnesturtevant.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you.

shoesnsocks.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is great news!

kp1066.bsky.social•39 days ago

Yes.

llf0701.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hopeful, and looking forward to hearing the truth

kevinbork.bsky.social•39 days ago

Bravo!

dbpettit.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed

annie2me.bsky.social•40 days ago

BOOM

seemva1.bsky.social•40 days ago

@trom771.bsky.social

trom771.bsky.social•40 days ago

I've been a Washington Post subscriber for several decades. Sadly, that's coming to an end.

fatimap72.bsky.social•40 days ago

I cancelled min in July 2024 as the opinion pieces really sucked.

michaeldkerrigan.bsky.social•40 days ago

I cancelled my online #WashingtonPost subscription shortly after Bezos bought it and subscribed instead to @theguardian.com. I had already quit the #NYT, which is also part of the #Corporatocracy.

seemva1.bsky.social•40 days ago

Ok . For one year I am keeping mine at Washington Post , I share articles with followers . One smart Twitter and bluesky account is @jaredryansears.bsky.social . Take care

seemva1.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am keeping mine . But will not subscribe to New York Times .

seemva1.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you for doing this .

sergiopeirano.bsky.social•40 days ago

I wish you all the best in this important initiative.

kelli217.bsky.social•40 days ago

You guys have cleared this with PBS and/or Bonnie Erbé, right?

boudro666.bsky.social•40 days ago

Go get em Norm !!

elizphotoclique.bsky.social•40 days ago

👍👏👏👏👏

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•40 days ago

Good. All legacy MSM are conservative pretending to be liberal, we need actual reporters and many more outlets competing for readers, calling corruption wherever they find it.

feistygrammy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Following! And thank you for standing up for Democracy! I hope Dems in the House & Senate join in this fight and not just roll over and try to reason with fascists. Because it’s impossible as history shows us

fifique.bsky.social•40 days ago

I appreciate your efforts, but you’re 10 years too late.

lisathecrab.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you, sir! Already signed up

4joedirt.bsky.social•39 days ago

While watching the confirmation hearing, it's obvious how unqualified and ignorant Pete Hegseth is. In no world should he be confirmed. However, we have already lost our war against fascism & our representatives have no guts so he will be confirmed. He will be Hitler's right hand man, I mean Trump's

waltmendel.bsky.social•39 days ago

I wish I could contradict at least one word of your statement.

debscheetzam.bsky.social•40 days ago

👏👏👏

sindeeloo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you!

bellarossa.bsky.social•40 days ago

Corporate media has been systematically failing the American people for quite some time. Hope this independent venture is different, will follow and see.

jodibp.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yay! Takes courage! I appreciate your leadership.🗞️

drloveless.bsky.social•40 days ago

Why "contrarian"? Really not a big fan of contrarians. I want fact-based journalism, not someone who will just print the opposite of the prevailing point of view (which I agree would at this point be printing facts).

ezwind.bsky.social•40 days ago

Agreed, it’s totally backward. The contrarian info is the disinfo.

drloveless.bsky.social•40 days ago

Worse, they are not standing up to its assault on truth.

shirleymeerson.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you Thank you Thank you
💙💙💙💙💙💙

jakefattie.bsky.social•40 days ago

#GaiaFirst! It's Billionaires vs #EcoSocialism down here on the streets.

spytalker.bsky.social•40 days ago

Sad…but good.

theodoraeliza.bsky.social•40 days ago

Excellent!

debbie156.bsky.social•32 days ago

Done✔️

witchofagnesionx.bsky.social•40 days ago

Signed up with a yearly subscription

jafedorko.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed! Have to start free for now but will monitor and spread the word …

bookgrump.bsky.social•39 days ago

Why didn’t you stand up to the sane-washing of Trump in mainstream media BEfORE the election?

wkgokev.bsky.social•37 days ago

$$$$$$$$$$, that's why

gtofana.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just getting into Substack. I feel like I need a tutorial. Not quite facile with it yet.

whiskeyemme.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed & shared 🫶

sharon19124.bsky.social•40 days ago

I don’t listen to nor watch msm anymore. Screw them for not calling out misinformation.

glidera.bsky.social•40 days ago

Holy: Two Jews on the News + cooking. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

steverino76.bsky.social•40 days ago

Why don't you do something useful?

https://www.scribd.com/document/802733739/Complaint-120724 Complaint in USDC-DC
https://www.scribd.com/document/802734253/Chutkan-120724 Argument

bjgt.bsky.social•40 days ago

So happy that you are doing this! Bravo!

podcaststeve.bsky.social•40 days ago

I subscribed today.

hanslinder.bsky.social•39 days ago

As a former journalist and tv executive I am so disappointed in medias sucking up to power. It should be quiet the opposite. So WELCOME Contrarian and show us how journalism should be!

wkgokev.bsky.social•37 days ago

Yes, the internet words by some nobodies are all we need to stop fascism, just words on a screen!!!!! You're just going to bitch and whine like the rest of us while our democracy burns. Nobody is coming to save us, we are on our own.

leahleahbobeah.bsky.social•40 days ago

With great power comes great responsibility. Be part of the solution!

#14thNOW
#BeatTheCheat
#VerifyTheVote
#DemCast
#USProtests
#NeverForgetJanuary6
#StrongerTogether
#TruthWarriors
#TruthSeekers
✊💙💡✨
It’s not over yet!!

genwacc.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you. It is getting more and more difficult to find truth in media.

pamelajane.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed. The content is just what we need! I wonder if you're "preaching to the choir" though. The choir already loves you all, but how to get the messaging out to those who need to hear it?

moray76.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you.

truth2024.bsky.social•40 days ago

I look forward to your YouTube channel

It’s one of the few places I get my news

mdenger15.bsky.social•40 days ago

That's a high-quality lineup of contributors. I hope this forum will deliver journalistic integrity and, in very real terms, communicate the consequences of Trump/MAGA/Tech Bros. actions on the typical American.

bestbeth.bsky.social•40 days ago

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

parrot1500.bsky.social•40 days ago

Already subscribed!

femsocphd.bsky.social•40 days ago

Your voices couldn't be more welcome! A feirce force of fighters for truth and democracy

realrobellis.bsky.social•40 days ago

Stormin Norm THANK YOU

bradmossesq.bsky.social•40 days ago

jpin.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed!

swedeandbaked.bsky.social•39 days ago

Well I guess it’s time for me to learn what the hell a substack is.

timnoble94.bsky.social•40 days ago

Joined for free for now. Interested in seeing where this goes.

lailawar.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am right there with you. Thank you for doing this.

cynthianevil.bsky.social•40 days ago

Wonderful!
I hope it’s a spectacular success, Norm!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

david-tuniman.bsky.social•40 days ago

Norm have urgent article submission how to submit? 🙏🏼

stevestarr.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great News and Good Luck!

ravenna321.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes! Love this. Good luck and God speed!

justjanet00.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you SO much!

lexi6toes.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am in. Love this!

treesquestionx451.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you!
Subscribed to “Contrarian News.”
For too long, I grimly subscribed to the publication killing democracy, tried supporting the pale light of a few steadfast truth-tellers. Bozo caught it to snuff it out. Hope is with the contrarians.

bumblingbard42.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'm glad to see more independent news sources emerging.
This is exciting.

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yvettejr718.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’m very glad to see this!

sharkiness.bsky.social•40 days ago

arosebyany.bsky.social•40 days ago

Please add to your discussions the Republican lawmakers demanding conditional support for we.the.people!

Ron Johnson on federal disaster relief for California: "I certainly wouldn't vote for anything unless we see a dramatic change in how they're gonna be handling these things in the future."

jacyfranklyn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Mazel Tov! We are with you!

davidslettum.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hope so ! We need help!!

mickss.bsky.social•40 days ago

Congratulations on your launch and thank you! 🙏🏻🇺🇸

grandmagren.bsky.social•40 days ago

It’s not that they didn’t stand up; they literally CAUSED this! They spoke daily about Biden’s age and gave dump a pass on every shit thing he did because they’re owned by right wing billionaires! 🍊💩 is the best thing that ever happened to MSM. Talk about horse and cart! shit!

susanhoward.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just signed up - this is much needed. Thank you!

mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social•40 days ago

We look forward to this venture. @normeisen.bsky.social

Sharing our set of guidelines of pro-democracy journalism sent to leading news orgs.

https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage

mountainmanchq.bsky.social•40 days ago

Subscribed!

oneflymama.bsky.social•40 days ago

TRUTH

yogasanity.bsky.social•40 days ago

Substack is not “totally independent.”

jp-invention.bsky.social•40 days ago

@normeisen.bsky.social where is Walter Schwab these days!?!?

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