Charlie Sykes
@sykescharlie
Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website:
Trump’s Banana Republicanism…. Preview of today’s ‘To the Contrary” Podcast w/ David French Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
Trump’s superpower is his “brazenness”. Preview of today’s ‘To the Contrary” podcast w/ David French.
A preview of today’s “To the Contrary” podcast. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
Trump tried to intimdate the public into docility. It failed. A preview of today's 'To the Contrary" podcast w/ Jonathan Rauch.
Trump tried to rewire American society. Trump failed. A preview of today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast w/ Jonathan Rauch.
Confirming Todd Blanche would be like the US Senate confirming Nixon's AG, John Miitchell... after Watergate. (Preview of today's 'To the Contrary" Podcast)
Is Jay Clayton better than Bill Pulte? I think that’s the wrong question. Preview of today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
No one trusts the US anymore. Today's 'To the Contrary" Podcast w/ General Mark Hertling.
Today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast w/ @Tara Palmeri … Trump’s mass pardons could include Ghislaine Maxwell….
The guy who got the no-bid contract to enshittify the reflecting pool. Not a parody. Preview of today's "To the Contrary" Podcast w/ Tara Palmeri
It’s not his fuqqing flag (ANGUAGE WARNING). We can’t let Trump hijack the nation’s birthday. Preview of today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast” w/ Jamil Smith. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
The Trumpist GOP is fundamentally anti-libertarian. It no longer stands for free minds, free people, free markets. Preview of today’s “To the Contrary” podcast w/ Peter Suderman. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
Trump is handing JD Vance a poisoned chalice. Preview of today’s “To the Contrary” podcast w/ Ed Luce. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
Truimp’s deal is a surrender document. Preview of today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast w/ Ed Luce. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
How Iran has emerged stronger… Today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast w/ Yoni Applebaum. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
The US no longer holds a credible hammer over Iran... From today’s ‘To the Contrary” podcast w/ Yoni Applebaum.… Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
In this morning’s newsletter: The UFC outrage was worse than you thought. Inside Nipplegate. The Ellison Suck-up Redux. And Trump’s Birthday Surrender. charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-war...
We're not seeing an Elon Musk hospital in every city are we? Our new Gazillionaires vs. the Robber Barons. From "To the Contrary" podcast w/ Tom Nichols.
It’s not your imagination; it’s taking a toll. We saw an angry, red-faced Trump crash out in an interview on “Meet the Press,” and now reports suggest that the brooding. sulking president is increasingly isolated and prone to (even more) erratic decisions. charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-orange...
Not everyone gets it. Daniell Crittenden’s story of the hotel clerk…. She and her daughter, Bea, had gone to NY to clean out Miranda’s apartment…
But it feels like something is shifting, and maybe that’s because Trump has become a more virulent, corrupt and dangerous version of himself. charliesykes.substack.com/p/are-we-see...
“Human pinatas.” What it’s like to be a White House reporter these days. Preview of today’s “To the Contrary” podcast w @Tara Palmeri. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
Trump’s lashes out (again) at CNN’s Kaitlin Collins. From today’s “To the Contrary” podcast w/ @Tara Palmeri Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
Ukraine is now the most powerful military in Europe. From today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast w/ @Jonathan Rauch Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
Today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast: Adam Kinzinger on the “unreal” corruption of the Trump Administration. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
