Charlie Sykes

To The Contrary

The Mouse That Roared

By: Charlie Sykes

(I regret that my reference in the headline has become somewhat obscure, because Peter Seller's 1959 movie “The Mouse that Roared ” has always been

To The Contrary

To the Contrary

By: Charlie Sykes

Don't Normalize This I go solo today to discuss Trump's latest bizarre claims and his bizarre bormance with one of the world's worst monsters.

To The Contrary

“A Platinum Blond Geyser of Positivity”

By: Charlie Sykes

There are, I readily admit, more pressing stories to cover: The national debt has now topped $40 trillion — a gobsmacking milestone that occurred under a Republican president and Congress.

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Are The Dems Now Post-Resistance?

By: Charlie Sykes

Let's start by catching up: The enshittifaction continues apace. Trump's latest vanity project, his “Freedom 250” Grand Prix race through

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The Rampages of Our Mad King

By: Charlie Sykes

The Atlantic's Tom Nichols joins me to talk about the cascading delusions of the Trump team, his “human binky,” Natalie Harp, and our ever shirking, ever-shrinking Congress.

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Who Knew It Would Be Canada?

By: Charlie Sykes

“ Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so that they can own us. And I promised: ‘That will never, ever happen.'

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The Dumbest Trade War Ever

By: Charlie Sykes

But at my back I always hear/ Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near… — Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress

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Lewis & Sykes: The Dems' Piker Problem

By: Matt Lewis, Charlie Sykes

Abdul El-Sayed's reluctance to fully break with the controversial streamer, the 80-20 cultural traps Dems still won't escape / Trump's trade war, military-family deportations, data centers, and more!

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The Worst Take of the Year Just Got More Toxic

By: Charlie Sykes

On my desk, I have a book by the late Saul Bellow titled, “There is Simply Too Much To Think About.” And whenever I look at it, I think, “Tell me about it.”

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The AI Reckoning Is Upon Us

By: Charlie Sykes

As the world mourns the loss of that rarest of human beings— someone who was admired across our vast political and cultural divide — we can ponder the contrast with what she leaves behind.