Charlie Sykes
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
Pinned
Kinzinger & Sykes: "The Last Republican"
The man, the movie, the podcast.
charliesykes.substack.com
I really thought I knew Adam Kinzinger.
But a new documentary gives me a deeper appreciation of the Republican congressman who gave it all up to tell the truth about January 6.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/kinzinger-...
But a new documentary gives me a deeper appreciation of the Republican congressman who gave it all up to tell the truth about January 6.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/kinzinger-...
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
What Did They Think Would Happen? - by Charlie Sykes charliesykes.substack.com/p/what-did-t...
What Did They Think Would Happen?
Alienating Latinos turned out to be a lousy political strategy
charliesykes.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What Did They Think Would Happen? - by Charlie Sykes charliesykes.substack.com/p/what-did-t...
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
A Trumpified GOP imagined that it could build a multi-racial coalition at the same it was demonizing minorities — and targeting the Latino community with brute squads.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
What Did They Think Would Happen?
Alienating Latinos turned out to be a lousy political strategy
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A Trumpified GOP imagined that it could build a multi-racial coalition at the same it was demonizing minorities — and targeting the Latino community with brute squads.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
A Trumpified GOP imagined that it could build a multi-racial coalition at the same it was demonizing minorities — and targeting the Latino community with brute squads.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
What Did They Think Would Happen?
Alienating Latinos turned out to be a lousy political strategy
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A Trumpified GOP imagined that it could build a multi-racial coalition at the same it was demonizing minorities — and targeting the Latino community with brute squads.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes nails it again.
“The optics were ghastly and the substance worse, as the Orange God King began the week with a Halloween party celebrating his decadence and ended it with a tone-deaf attack on food benefits.”
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“The optics were ghastly and the substance worse, as the Orange God King began the week with a Halloween party celebrating his decadence and ended it with a tone-deaf attack on food benefits.”
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Week Trump Lost the Plot
Low energy and deplorable
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Charlie Sykes nails it again.
“The optics were ghastly and the substance worse, as the Orange God King began the week with a Halloween party celebrating his decadence and ended it with a tone-deaf attack on food benefits.”
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“The optics were ghastly and the substance worse, as the Orange God King began the week with a Halloween party celebrating his decadence and ended it with a tone-deaf attack on food benefits.”
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
I really thought I knew Adam Kinzinger.
But a new documentary gives me a deeper appreciation of the Republican congressman who gave it all up to tell the truth about January 6.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/kinzinger-...
But a new documentary gives me a deeper appreciation of the Republican congressman who gave it all up to tell the truth about January 6.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/kinzinger-...
Kinzinger & Sykes: "The Last Republican"
The man, the movie, the podcast.
charliesykes.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I really thought I knew Adam Kinzinger.
But a new documentary gives me a deeper appreciation of the Republican congressman who gave it all up to tell the truth about January 6.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/kinzinger-...
But a new documentary gives me a deeper appreciation of the Republican congressman who gave it all up to tell the truth about January 6.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/kinzinger-...
Kinzinger & Sykes: "The Last Republican"
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Kinzinger & Sykes: "The Last Republican"
The man, the movie, the podcast.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Kinzinger & Sykes: "The Last Republican"
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
Over the almost 40 days the government has been shut down, Trump:
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
An official accounting of Trump’s golf and customer service time
It remains the case that President Trump doesn't particularly seem to like the White House. During his first time in office, there was reporting to this effect; in 2017, he allegedly told members of h...
www.pbump.net
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Over the almost 40 days the government has been shut down, Trump:
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
- spent all or part of nine days overseas
- spent all or part of ten days at Trump Org properties, and
- likely played golf on six days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
“It drove away longtime volunteers who loved the club’s single-minded defense of the environment, by asking them to fully embrace its pivot to the left. Some even felt they were investigated by the club for failing to go along”. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“It drove away longtime volunteers who loved the club’s single-minded defense of the environment, by asking them to fully embrace its pivot to the left. Some even felt they were investigated by the club for failing to go along”. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
The Week Trump Lost the Plot
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Week Trump Lost the Plot
Low energy and deplorable
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Week Trump Lost the Plot
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sad
Jeanine Pirro bragging in August that she just arrested Sandwich Guy and was going to teach him a lesson in court.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Sad
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
🧵 The 3 biggest takeaways from Democrats' big wins last night
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
3 key takeaways from Democrats’ big Election 2025 wins
Democrats are campaigning without apology, and Hispanics appear to be turning on Republicans
plus.flux.community
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🧵 The 3 biggest takeaways from Democrats' big wins last night
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
Democratic candidates swept the board on Tuesday, winning every major race across the country. They did so for 3 reasons:
1) They campaigned without apology and without ceasing.
Continue here or click through below:
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It was the blowout Republicans feared, and Democrats desperately needed. A coast-to-coast repudiation of Donald Trump and all his works.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump Thumped
This is the Trump 2.0 Effect
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It was the blowout Republicans feared, and Democrats desperately needed. A coast-to-coast repudiation of Donald Trump and all his works.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
@sykescharlie.bsky.social delves into MAGA and Heritage Foundation defending Tucker Carlson platforming neo-Nazi anti-Semite Nick Fuentes. Some conservatives are trying to distance themselves from the bigotry their party coddled and can no longer contain.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/who-knew-m...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/who-knew-m...
Who knew? MAGA's Antisemitism Crisis
If only they had been warned.
charliesykes.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
@sykescharlie.bsky.social delves into MAGA and Heritage Foundation defending Tucker Carlson platforming neo-Nazi anti-Semite Nick Fuentes. Some conservatives are trying to distance themselves from the bigotry their party coddled and can no longer contain.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/who-knew-m...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/who-knew-m...
Reposted by Charlie Sykes
. @sykescharlie.bsky.social says Dick Cheney's final act was his greatest legacy
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
. @sykescharlie.bsky.social says Dick Cheney's final act was his greatest legacy
Trumpkins Flee to Bubbles, Bunkers, and Safe Spaces
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trumpkins Flee to Bubbles, Bunkers, and Safe Spaces
Plus: The real legacy of Dick Cheney
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trumpkins Flee to Bubbles, Bunkers, and Safe Spaces
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...