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It takes someone like Charlie Sykes who can not only reference 14th Century poetry, but who can also make it contemporaneously relevant. Add in the dog photos, the "To The Contrary" podcast becomes instantly accessible and compelling. Thanks Charlie!

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The Plan: get Trump elected, using 25 Amendment Vance declares Trump incompetent due to dementia, Vance becomes president and Theil and Musk and the Billionaires get their moneys worth. They just have to keep Trump intact until voting day.

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I guess it's possible but I'm thinking it's the same as the fools who tried before: That they think that they can control him. The problem is that his brain might be Farina but all the complements and ass kissing in the world aren't going to get him to do anything but shit the bed some more when we (and yes, I mean the entire world here) have another crisis that needs a steady hand.

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Not America, Trump needs an intervention.

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Eli looks confused. Must have been watching Trump at the Chicago Economic Forum. I was confused too! 🤣😂🤦‍♂️

Youngkin is just proving his loyalty to Trump as a "true Republican" so he's not called out as a RINO. Unlike that James Langford guy that wrote that bipartisan Immigration Bill. Langford is a true RINO. 😂🤣😂🤣

Let us be fair to those Republicans caught in Hell's Vestibule. They believe that when Trump is over that the Republican Party can be reformed around them and turned back into the Grand Old Party. Sadly, the joke is on them. There is nothing to be redeemed from the Republican Party. Nothing! It is dead. What needs to be done is a new party needs to be created from the ashes of the GOP by the likes of Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney. However, like the souls in Hell's Vestibule, the Pences, Romneys and others of similar ilk will not be invited to the new Party because they cannot be trusted to do the correct thing.

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Thanks again, Auggie, for returning us to what matters. If only.

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Youngkin’s a shameless stooge and the republican party remains a soulless vessel. Thank you for speaking the truth. Facts do matter! Vote HARRIS/WALZ = democracy!!

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Thanks for highlighting the fact that even if he weren't able to implement all of his Project 2025, dismantle democracy, cancel the Constitution, effectively go after his political enemies, the chaos would still be there. We're the ones who would have to put up with stuff not working, no remaining experts in federal government, another mishandled pandemic, demands to see papers, invasions of privacy, violence when trying to go about our daily lives. Sure, let's risk that? It can't be so bad? WTAF?

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Excellent as always and with a Dore engraving too! Kudos.

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There is a special place in hell for opportunists and cowards. And, if the Nazi regime proved anything, no one is ultimately safe.

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Please keep telling the truth and scaring the hell out of the people, Charlie, and we’ll pray that they will eventually catch on!!

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I love your writings and share it on my Facebook page and the 2 democratic groups I admin as I find it very relevant when bringing the election up and confronting these party over country morons who have lost their conservative way (kind of like forests and trees) some get the gears finally grinding in their rusty brains and the others are just flat out MAGAts who get lost in those forests with trees.

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Even if you want a seditionist president, you should prefer a non-rapey one.

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Charlie,

You and the Bulwarkers fell for Youngkin's "Community Playhouse" acting as a serious, Republican Right-of-Center politician.

Going forward, please start with every Republican being MAGA, until their overall actions prove otherwise.

Even St. Larry (Hogan) is suspect by claiming being against Trump, but doesn't seem ready to support Democracy, i.e. Harris.

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I posted that exact same Orwell quote on Threads on Youngkin’s dissembling. Sigh.

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IMO yesterday’s town hall was Trump’s best event. No lies. No fascist propaganda. So he just bobs and sways for 40 minutes. I’m fine with that. What do you want, John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever?

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Well at least for the last 40 minutes was his best portrayal of "Actor Portraying A Demented Presidential Candidate".

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