If a single statement from a federal judge can encapsulate why the U.S. government should lose any presumption of regularity, it's this one
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If a single statement from a federal judge can encapsulate why the U.S. government should lose any presumption of regularity, it's this one
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Trump’s latest lunge for unchecked power. A flurry of controversial firings. The long wait for a Ukraine peace deal. Guest host Jonathan Alter steps in for Harry on this week’s @talkingfeds.bsky.social roundtable —breaking down why Trump’s mob-boss tactics work, and what we can do to resist them.
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A federal appeals court reminds us that presidents are, indeed, not emperors who can impose massive taxes by whim and decree open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
As we go into the holiday weekend, let’s focus for a brief moment on news that suggests a faint glimmer of light amidst the hurricane of merde that is our daily life. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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A federal appeals court reminds us that presidents are, indeed, not emperors who can impose massive taxes by whim and decree open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
As we go into the holiday weekend, let’s focus for a brief moment on news that suggests a faint glimmer of light amidst the hurricane of merde that is our daily life. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
There is nothing covert or subtle about Stephen Miller’s id. He is not the source of Trump’s fetish for cruelty or brutality. But he feeds and inflames Trump’s worst instincts. More important: Miller is the chief ideologue and architect of their implementation. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Today, we could focus on what Trump is doing to the CDC, the Fed, the FBI, the DOJ., Alligator Alcatraz, masked ICE agents, or his occupation of major American cities. But let’s talk about Stephen Miller, the Rasputin behind Trump’s offensives. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
This is not (merely) the ranting of a fevered extremist. This is the man who has the ear of the President of the United States. And we are seeing the consequences rolled out on a daily basis. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
There is nothing covert or subtle about Stephen Miller’s id. He is not the source of Trump’s fetish for cruelty or brutality. But he feeds and inflames Trump’s worst instincts. More important: Miller is the chief ideologue and architect of their implementation. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Today, we could focus on what Trump is doing to the CDC, the Fed, the FBI, the DOJ., Alligator Alcatraz, masked ICE agents, or his occupation of major American cities. But let’s talk about Stephen Miller, the Rasputin behind Trump’s offensives. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
This won’t be a problem, will it? www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
The authoritarian checklist open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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The authoritarian checklist open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
As the CDC descends into chaos, this seems like a good moment to re-up this piece about the senator who helped give us RFK Jr. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Slaughter of the Innocents. Again. It is staggering that we are not staggered by this. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Today's "To the Contrary" Podcast with FIRE's Sarah Mclaughlin.... Academia's Crisis of Cowardice open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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The Slaughter of the Innocents. Again. It is staggering that we are not staggered by this. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I’m the President of the United States.” — Donald J. Trump, August 26, 2025 “L'État, c'est moi” — Louis XIV, April 13, 1655 open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
This is precisely what Donald J. Trump wanted and this is what we have: a cabinet thoroughly engorged with men and women of the" necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure." open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"We are not the ones suffering from Trump derangement syndrome. The people who are looking at this and going, "That's fine", they are the ones who suffer from TDS."--Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social
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This is precisely what Donald J. Trump wanted and this is what we have: a cabinet thoroughly engorged with men and women of the" necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure." open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I’m the President of the United States.” — Donald J. Trump, August 26, 2025 “L'État, c'est moi” — Louis XIV, April 13, 1655 open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Here is Pritsker's speech from yesterday. Charlie Sykes posted it. substack.com/@sykescharli...
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"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law" — Governor JB Pritzker to Donald Trump open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
What can we do? Where is the pushback? Well, ICYMI, here is what it looks like. So I thought I would do something I rarely (if ever) do… share the whole damn thing. No snark. No spin. Just the whole speech. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
She's Fighting Charlie Kirk - And Her Own Party's Left Wing open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
How the Right Won Young Voters Online. A preview of today's "To the Contrary" Podcast with Zee Cohen-Sanchez.
The jargonism of the elites is designed to send signals of social virtue even if it is incomprehensible to the uninitiated. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Absolutely everybody needs to listen to Charlie Sykes' warnings in this episode. @sykescharlie.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4LhY...
ICYMI, Comrade Trump continues to seize the means of production. On Friday, he announced that the government would be taking a 10% share of the giant chipmaker, Intel. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Charlie Sykes on Trump’s monitoring visa holders social media accounts. Ours are next.
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Trump has already come for migrants, law firms, universities, government employees, political opponents, critics in government, and the media. What makes you think he won’t come for you next? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
What Makes You Think They Won't Come For You, Too? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
@sykescharlie.bsky.social's "Is Donald Trump Going to Heaven?" skewers Trump's self-proclaimed "war hero" status despite dodging service and disparaging those who die in war. It finds Trump's desire to enter heaven wanting given his policies and conduct. charliesykes.substack.com/p/is-donald-...
Today’s buffet of absurdities is packed high with delectables, because, of course, it is a day that ends with -y. So the philosophers among us may be pondering the nature of heroism and redemption, while the rest of us... open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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This is the same Donald Trump who once claimed that because women’s vaginas were “potential landmines” and that he was a "brave soldier" for avoiding STDs during his single years in the late '90s. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
This is the same Donald Trump who once claimed that because women’s vaginas were “potential landmines” and that he was a "brave soldier" for avoiding STDs during his single years in the late '90s. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Today’s buffet of absurdities is packed high with delectables, because, of course, it is a day that ends with -y. So the philosophers among us may be pondering the nature of heroism and redemption, while the rest of us... open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Slavery was, in fact, bad — an opinion almost universally held until about five minutes ago, but now questioned by the President of the United States. The war on history is a war on memory. And, once again, it seems to be succeeding. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
It is remarkable to see goldfish pundits who watched Donald Trump crumple “as flaccid as a boned fish” to Putin on Friday— expressing optimism on Monday that this may actually work out pretty well. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Slavery was, in fact, bad — an opinion almost universally held until about five minutes ago, but now questioned by the President of the United States. The war on history is a war on memory. And, once again, it seems to be succeeding. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
It is remarkable to see goldfish pundits who watched Donald Trump crumple “as flaccid as a boned fish” to Putin on Friday— expressing optimism on Monday that this may actually work out pretty well. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? It’s a goldfish. You know why? Got a ten-second memory.” — Ted Lasso Humans share many traits with the goldfish, but I’m not sure happiness is among them. But the memory thing? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“Dissenters did something brilliantly simple: in an unfree country, they began to behave like free people, thereby changing the moral climate and the country’s prevailing tradition.” — Andrei Amalrik, Russian historian and dissident. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Remember: In 1994, Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for similar guarantees. The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, purported to give Ukraine security assurances from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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“Dissenters did something brilliantly simple: in an unfree country, they began to behave like free people, thereby changing the moral climate and the country’s prevailing tradition.” — Andrei Amalrik, Russian historian and dissident. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
So this is a genuinely vertiginous moment. The President of the United States was once the leader of the free world. But now the free world is rallying to protect itself against an America that seems ready to switch sides in the great historical struggle. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“Well that was just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.” — Former British PM Boris Johnson. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Vladimir came, he charmed, he flattered, and he utterly played Donald Trump. And, of course, he got exactly what he wanted from Saturday’s Alaska’s summit-bouffe. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Charlie Sykes Vladimir came, he charmed, he flattered, and he utterly played Donald Trump. And, of course, he got exactly what he wanted from Saturday’s Alaska’s summit-bouffe. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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@sykescharlie.bsky.social's "Putin's Art of the No Deal" reviews the summit. Putin, a wanted criminal, secured a red-carpet welcome and achieved a "triumph" for Russia, wherein he made no deal, promised no truce, and called the 2020 US elections rigged. charliesykes.substack.com/p/putins-art...
In much of the rest of the world, Putin would have been seized and shackled on landing. There is an international warrant out for the arrest of the war criminal. But Trump rolled out the red carpet open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
In much of the rest of the world, Putin would have been seized and shackled on landing. There is an international warrant out for the arrest of the war criminal. But Trump rolled out the red carpet open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Vladimir came, he charmed, he flattered, and he utterly played Donald Trump. And, of course, he got exactly what he wanted from Saturday’s Alaska’s summit-bouffe. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Kara-Murza sees Putin for what he is: a monster who despoiled his nation, savaged its constitution, murdered his critics, launched an unprovoked genocidal attack against a democratic neighbor, and who today is a wanted war criminal. charliesykes.substack.com/p/an-infamou...
Kara-Murza sees Putin for what he is: a monster who despoiled his nation, savaged its constitution, murdered his critics, launched an unprovoked genocidal attack against a democratic neighbor, and who today is a wanted war criminal. charliesykes.substack.com/p/an-infamou...
Special Wednesday night newsletter: Donald Trump: Emperor of Everything open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump cannot make the tides stand still, but he can fire the folks who monitor and measure them. Not even hurricanes can stand against his sceptered Sharpie. Statistical truth is an act of lèse-majesté. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Trump cannot make the tides stand still, but he can fire the folks who monitor and measure them. Not even hurricanes can stand against his sceptered Sharpie. Statistical truth is an act of lèse-majesté. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Donald Trump: Emperor of Everything open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Special Wednesday night newsletter: Donald Trump: Emperor of Everything open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Only 31% of Americans think their president is 'Honest and Trustworthy'
Antoni is notable not merely for the mediocrity of his economic credentials, but for his evident slavish willingness to push the MAGA agenda. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” — Hannah Arendt open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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How Andor rhymes with what’s happening now. Preview of tomorrow’s.”To the Contrary” podcast with Andor creator Tony Gilroy…
Oh fuck yea Charlie Sykes interviews Tony Gilroy of Andor to talk about why it's about the fascism happening here, now and I'm so stoked to be listening to it. youtu.be/kryBbSu5wE4?...
Charlie Sykes: Trump’s D.C. takeover may be a distraction. But that doesn’t make it any less serious. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
On today’s “To the Contrary” podcast, I sit down with Andor creator Tony Gilroy, who admits that he has been “shocked” by the way that Trump 2.0 is “rhyming”... open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Your problem with that?
Tell me what I said that you disagree with. My point was I wanted to see the Democrats get people out on the streets on a whole host of issues not just this one.