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Charlie Sykes and guests discuss the latest news from inside Washington and around the world. No shouting, grandstanding, or sloganeering. Conservative, conscientious, and civil.
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DeSantis gets over his skis on Ukraine, 'Don't Say Gay' escalates, and it's not racist to criticize the CCP. Plus, the crowd that warns of death and destruction if Trump is indicted said nothing about Trump ripping the country apart. Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes for your weekend pod.
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Ron DeSantis threw a couple of very small rocks at Trump this week, and he's angling to get to the right of Trump on Covid, and perhaps on abortion as well. Plus, the right-wing influencers voters are listening to. Semafor's Shelby Talcott joins Charlie Sykes today.
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Using a page from his well-worn playbook, Trump framed the narrative about the Manhattan grand jury case on his terms. Plus, the white boy frat party atmosphere at the Tucker Carlson show. Michael Steele joins Charlie Sykes today.
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2The Republican Party had been showing signs it was beginning to move on from Trump, but now it's wrapping itself around him once again — because attention of any kind is Trump's fuel. Plus, a reminder that Kevin McCarthy doesn't believe in anything. Dana Milbank joins Charlie Sykes today.
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Trump's rhetoric is more apocalyptic and more confrontational, and the party still can't renounce its addiction to the man. This is Trump without guardrails. Plus, the long shadow the Iraq War has cast on our foreign policy and presidential elections. The New Yorker's Susan Glasser joins Charlie Sykes today.
show notes
Recent pieces by Susan:
The G.O.P. and the Ghosts of Iraq
2024 Trump Is Even Scarier than 2020 Trump
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Trump is crystal clear that he wants retribution against the people who wouldn't let him remain in office — and he'll pull us out of NATO too. Plus, DeSantis has no personality and no charisma. Tim Miller is back with Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod.
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America has long responded to the needs of Baby Boomers, and the generation reshaped the country as it grew older. But now, its grip on the direction of America is starting to lessen, and that's creating inter-generational tensions. Philip Bump joins Charlie Sykes today.
Show Notes:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696653/the-aftermath-by-philip-bump/
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Pence warned us about the threat to our democracy, and we shrugged. Plus, Bethany Mandel can't define woke, Fox can't keep its talking points straight, DeSantis is Trump's Mini Me, and the despicable elitism of the American right. Tom Nichols joins Charlie Sykes.
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Ron DeSantis chose to pander to Tucker Carlson on Ukraine and shows himself as unserious on one of the biggest issues of our time. Plus, socialism for Wall Street and Silicon Valley elites. James Hohmann joins Charlie Sykes for today's podcast.
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Mike Pence is trying win over the DC press corps but still refuses to do his part to hold Trump accountable for January 6. Plus, the new too-big-to-fail banks, more Fox dirt, and DeSantis is not a natural people person. Will Saletan is back with Charlie Sykes for Charlie and Will Monday.
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People not having kids because of climate change anxiety are not thinking about a future with Josh Hawley having 100 babies. Plus, sad CPAC, the least charismatic politician among us, and Fox stars in private sound like The Bulwark Podcast. Tim Miller's back with Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod.
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The largest threat of extremist violence right now is coming from the rightwing. But 100 years ago, it came from the left. History can teach us about how America can survive this new phase of domestic terror. The Atlantic's Adrienne LaFrance joins Charlie Sykes today.
show notes:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/us-extremism-portland-george-floyd-protests-january-6/673088/
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Tucker has been dining out on how much the media supposedly despises Donald Trump — when by his own admission, he hates Trump with a passion. And his take on Jan 6 is inherently contradictory: It was Nancy's fault, but also not much happened that day. Matt Gertz joins Charlie Sykes today.
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Tucker's attempting to white-wash Jan 6, Trump and DeSantis have a thing against prosecutors, Kari says we'll have world peace again with Trump capitulating to Putin, and Michael Knowles intentionally used eliminationist rhetoric about transgenderism. Will Saletan is back with Charlie Sykes.
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John Bolton thought he could create a coherent foreign policy for Trump, but now sees he was naive. Plus, Charlie Sykes asks Bolton about his early defense of Trump's relations with Putin — and why he didn't testify during the first impeachment. Bolton spoke with Sykes at the Principles First Summit.
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The base wants the sugar, the fat, and the salt — not someone afraid to say how they're different from Trump. Plus, DeSantis doesn't want to face the CPAC straw poll, Trump attacks Fox, and Paul Ryan doesn't see the world has moved on. Rick Wilson joins Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod.
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Master interlocutor Mehdi Hasan says come to a debate prepared — bring receipts and know the other side's best argument better than they do. And Democrats: The heart beats the head almost every time. So, don't bring a policy paper to a knife fight. Hasan joins Charlie Sykes today.
Show Notes
Mehdi's book:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250853479/wineveryargument
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People over 40 tend to see themselves as about 20% younger than their actual age. Is it because aging is seen as bad — or because they're optimistic that they have many years ahead? Plus, living with long Covid, and John Fetterman's depression. Jennifer Senior joins Charlie Sykes today.
Show notes
Jennifer's recent Atlantic articles:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/subjective-age-how-old-you-feel-difference/673086/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/john-fetterman-checks-into-hospital-clinical-depression-stroke/673112/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/long-covid-symptoms-chronic-illness-disability/673057/
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The former Speaker of the House tells Charlie Sykes a Reagan 2.0 candidate would have a shot in '24. He also discusses his relationship with McCarthy, how the base has evolved, and how he thinks Fox has "proper" conservative voices despite Tucker Carlson. Ryan and Sykes spoke at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
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Scott Adams has the right to carry on about white victimhood, and newspapers have the free speech right to drop him. Plus, after the Ohio train wreck, is Biden — with his global leadership — showing shades of Bush 41? Will Saletan is back with Charlie Sykes for Charlie and Will Monday.
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Very brief chat plus no Will equals kind of disappointing for a Monday
More FUD from the Bulwark
good episode! 👍
Paul Ryan is a moron.
guys seriously!? I think this is psyops pure and simple. not for our military sake not for any intel they could get, but for the effect on the American Public's psyche!
I've completely tuned out at this point. Wake me up when somebody, anybody gets indicted - otherwise, I'm done hearing about it. You can tell a lot more about a society by looking at what it TOLERATES rather than what it punishes, and in America one can commit crimes with impunity if one is white, male, and wealthy. Being innocent and brown can get you murdered by cops, though.
Charlie Sykes, I would to hear this question posed to one of your expert guests. Is it possible that the DOJ is still tracing the threads of this conspiracy? As battered as I feel because of delayed justice and accountability, and it appears that DOJ has gone all wibbly wobbly on us, are they working on the rest of the iceberg? Or is this thinking a bit too 'deep state'?
Awesome show, Charlie!
It's the type of sociopaths we encourage and incentivize for this job. The lack of scrutiny and accountability is a perk, a feature that comes with the job How many police departments were actually created to protect all citizens vs to be a paramilitary presence to plague the poor and/or black people especially? Now thirsty for war surplus equipment? Racism created the policing paradigm.
Kevin Kruse, I met you thru Olga Litvak, back in 2005!
What an incredible guest. Amazing insights!
Note to Charlie: Marjorie Greene is *not* crazy. She’s stupid. Do you understand the difference????
Charlie Sykes podcast episodes ranging quality from good to excellent. This one is in the latter category.
I recall that Charlie used to really admire and respect Stefanik. When did you wake up Charlie?? When did the Bulwark become woke??
I don’t get why Tom Nichols wastes any time on Twitter. What value is it for him??
Been waitin' for the return of Dr. Tom!
The avatar of the Republican party could have run as a Democrat?? No. He knew where the ground was fertile.
This is a minstrel show saying Fockyou to black Americans!! These motherfuckers are diabolical!!
This podcast is marketed as "conservative" on the radio, yet most of the comments seem to be from Democrats (leftist) who love it, and the titles seem to point to a "Never Trumper" establishment Republican point of view. Is this REALLY a conservative podcast (dedicated to the functional preservation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, small government, accountable government, fiscal conservatism, freedom of faith/religion), or is it just an intellectual outlet for big government, Never-Trumper, RINOs?
Fox Furry Furore? Oh, please let it be! 😆