Welcome, contrarians. It is Thursday morning, and it is May Day. Do you know what May Day is? I know what May Day is. Norm, what's May Day?
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May Day is International Workers' Day, and it is also the four Ps, perhaps the most important one, public protest. There are going to be more massive turnouts across the country. Jen, I was talking about May Day. with one of our nation's most distinguished experts on public protest, Professor Erica Chenoweth of Harvard. And Professor Chenoweth tracks
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The frequency and size of protests is very serious social science project. There's been more protests in 2025 than there was in 2017. American democracy is going strong.
Good move Ben. You need to run for Congress or more! Will be donating later. You Wikler’s - never far from my life. Elinor was my spiritual mentor and Lou always gave me good advice. Carry On!
Sat, Sun, Tues, Fri - seem so ordinary now that I look forward so much to having coffee with you on the other three days! The upbeat, jesting nature of your reporting of both good & bad cannot be equaled elsewhere! Thanks again …….
Protest in Tuscaloosa Alabama today. Trump will be giving a commencement speech at the University of Alabama in Coleman Coliseum this evening. Former Senator Doug Jones, Beto O’Rourke and the state Democratic Party and the Student Democratic Party are expected to be in attendance. I am in Huntsville AL and our protest is canceled due to weather conditions this afternoon and evening. Tuscaloosa is nearly a 3 hour drive from me so I unfortunately will not be there either.
The frequency and size of protests is very serious social science project. There's been more protests in 2025 than there was in 2017. American democracy is going strong.
Thank you for your outstanding work defending our Democracy!
“Billionaire bullshit” covers it all, Jen!
So appreciate you!
Musk is a Nazi, full stop
Good move Ben. You need to run for Congress or more! Will be donating later. You Wikler’s - never far from my life. Elinor was my spiritual mentor and Lou always gave me good advice. Carry On!
You folks are top-notch. 🏆
This government thinks they are running a TV show. And not even a reality show at that.
Thank you all so much! Sending love!
I look forward to your show so much ! Y’all are so informed and intelligent and upbeat in these ridiculous times. Thank you!
It’s was … encouraging… enlightening… entertaining.
Thank you for all you do! Keep us informed especially about the upcoming protests.
THANKYOU - Contrarians and Ben!! Your conversation is so informative and life-enhancing… With love from across the pond💚🧡
The 1 - 2 punch of the Trump regime: Punch 1: Wreck the economy. Punch 2. Have minions in Congress pass the “SAVE ACT” to protect an unpopular party.
Sat, Sun, Tues, Fri - seem so ordinary now that I look forward so much to having coffee with you on the other three days! The upbeat, jesting nature of your reporting of both good & bad cannot be equaled elsewhere! Thanks again …….
Let them eat cake!
Along with the 4 P’s, how about 4 C’s: Courage, Call-Out, Coalesce and Confine? And Contrarianism, of course.
Protest in Tuscaloosa Alabama today. Trump will be giving a commencement speech at the University of Alabama in Coleman Coliseum this evening. Former Senator Doug Jones, Beto O’Rourke and the state Democratic Party and the Student Democratic Party are expected to be in attendance. I am in Huntsville AL and our protest is canceled due to weather conditions this afternoon and evening. Tuscaloosa is nearly a 3 hour drive from me so I unfortunately will not be there either.
https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2025/04/29/trumps-university-of-alabama-speech-to-be-countered-with-protests/83331713007/#
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