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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)664 169Jul 23, 2026 -
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Graham’s life was not a tragedy. It was a choice. And for what? The approval of Donald Trump? The praise of a man whose measure he had taken a decade ago? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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The cynics among us are waiting to see what happens Monday, because this feels like a plot from a dystopian novel: A war that only takes place when the markets are closed. “Peace” is declared before the markets open; Missiles launched only after the closing bell.
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Lindsey Graham may have been a good man; perhaps he could have been a great one; but he chose to be Trump’s man.
This morning I’m wondering what John McCain has to say to his old friend, assuming, of course, they are in the same place.
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This is actually a pretty remarkable split screen.
While Democrats declare that a credible allegation for sexual assault is disqualifying, the GOP continues to shrug at the actual adjudication of sexual assault charges against Donald Trump.
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And then the bottom fell out because, unlike the Trump/Paxton GOP, the Democrats are not a cult.
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On Wednesday, Trump flew out of Turkey on the old Air Force One instead of his new billion-dollar Qatari-gifted plane, because it turns out that the wingéd bribe is a ginormously lame sitting duck.
The Metaphor Gods never sleep, do they? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...218 44Jul 9, 2026 -
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On earth 2.0 the nation’s Semiquincentennial would be an occasion of patriotic renewal. Instead, the Trumpified “celebration” is lurching from botch to humiliation to farce.
It is almost as if these guys are as incompetent as they are venal.
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There is a danger that we will become numbed by the sheer volume of Trumpian grift, but this story from Sunday’s NYT is worth pausing over: “Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit”
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No one trusts the US anymore. Today's 'To the Contrary" Podcast w/ General Mark Hertling.
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Trump is back to threatening war crimes. Preview of today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast w/ Tom Nichols.
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It’s only gotten worse as he purges experts and grownups from his government, and surrounds himself with toadies, chodes, and zealots who tell him what he wants to hear and never, ever suggest that the emperor’s shortcomings are dangling in the breeze.
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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.
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It will not, of course, surprise you to learn that much of Trump’s boodle comes at the expense of his credulous marks. He has stuffed his pockets even as the rubes have seen the value of their investments crater.
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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
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The MAGA attempt to rewire American society... and why that agenda has failed.
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In the era of “Me Too,” the Epstein Files, and a president who was found liable for sexual abuse, the warnings and testimonies of one woman after another were brushed aside — until they simply could not be ignored any longer. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Adding up the tab for Trump's vanity presidency... Preview of today's "To the Contrary" podcast.
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Trump’s new “Palace in the Sky” was accessorized and gold-gilted to Trump’s specifications, complete with faux-books and all the luxuries befitting a Middle Eastern potentate.
But they left out all the stuff that you actually need on a real Air Force One.
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Joining @deadlinewh.bsky.social later in 5 ET hour to discuss…
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How did Democrats find themselves embracing such a flawed candidate? Why were so many red flags missed or ignored? And how did a party that often declared we should “believe the women,” decide to ignore so many of them?
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