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I know that Karen McDougal does not have the same titillating ambience of Ms Daniels, but her story to me is far more compelling. t***p didn't just "hook-up" with her the way he did Daniels. He was actually dating her, including her in family photos and gatherings without Melania who was home with baby Baron. Bringing her to the apartment he shared with Melania and telling her "she wont say anything". Fact of the matter seems to be if Ms McDougal had not grown a conscience and broke it off, it is very likely she would have been first lady, t***p's fourth wife. t***p treats men like crap (except dictators) and he treats women the same way except more so.

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Um... our GSD (Hank Chinaski the Dog-faced Boy) has had a foot injury and is now wearing a rainbow, no skid, cat sock. Because socks help us heal all wounds (cozy). Also the only "no slip" pair of socks I own. Poor dogdog.

Separately, contrarian notes = 👍👍

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Thank you.

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I’ve never felt more anxious about an election - and about our political circus now both on the extreme right and left. Biden’s primetime announcement of cutting off arms to Israel if Israel enters Rafah (what do they do? Let Hamas “win” for the US election?, what about the ground war?)

Meanwhile the far right is exactly who we thought they are. How disgusting to hear how they tormented Nancy French. I am not at all surprised.

Have you seen Civil War? As my people say OY

Life looks great at Chez Sykes! Always so glad when a newsletter drops from you!

Love and light to the Sykes family 🙏

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Thanks for the dog pics! Today I pulled into my post office to retrieve my packages and check my box. One spot over was a black minivan with a TFG 2024 and WW1WWA stickers on the bumper (oh how I wished I had my black sharpie)noticed the tag was local. I got in line behind this woman who was purchasing a PO Box. Looked like a suburban mom. Paid for her box and went to find it. Got my packages and got in my car, decided to see who was driving that van. Lo and behold that woman that bought the box was the pilot of that van. I wanted to follow her but everyone decided to back out all at once. Makes me wonder what she’s using that box for 🤔. I’m pretty sure she’s not a expat from Florida (many dems and seniors left due to DeSantis hatred and homeowners insurance) cause you gotta have a mailing and street address to get your tag but it does make me proud to know I’ll cancel out her vote in November. 😁

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The RFK, Jr. headline: The jokes just write themselves.

I was so happy to see the boys holding hands. Eli definitely feels he’s in charge though. I assume Auggie clears that up occasionally.

I very much hope that Nancy’s health is improving. She’s quite a woman.

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Oof. Another gut punch from the more lately regular than occasional To the Contrary.

I’m glad that the Frenches are speaking out as painful as it must be. Political life is always a landscape of disappointment, when people you thought you knew are willing to throw over what’s decent and meaningful for so little gain. I guess that’s the proverbial handful of silver.

I suspect that many (like Lindsey Graham) expect there will be a way back, a bridge to be built in the future when Trump’s spell is finally broken. These are the ones who expect Christain charity and forgiveness while offering none. Liz Cheney got it right when she said, “ There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”

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Charlie, Thank you for the pix of Augie and Eli. And rest assured in the knowledge that we appreciate your viewpoints whenever you choose to share them!

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I know many here at the Bulwark are former Republicans, and that ugly comment about Nancy French "screwing her pastor" made me gasp in horror, but the ugliness and racism that tfg and his minions have unleashed was winked and nodded at within the Republican party for a looooong time. Yes, it was fringey and looked down upon, but it's been there for a while. Ever laugh when limbaugh called liberal women "feminazis"? Well guess what, that statement is exactly the same ugly, base, misogynistic impulse that leads to the horrific treatment of the Frenches and that now courses fully through the maga movement.

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If legacy media covered Project 2025 with the same zeal with which they're lovingly documenting every nanosecond of the Trump trial, democracy might have a fighting chance.

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I'm shocked that the worm that doctors found in RFK's brain was not in fact alive and controlling him.

Also, referring to the vile reprobates who tormented the French family as psychopathic, nihilistic fascist scum hardly does them justice. I struggle to find an apt description for those ultra-lowlifes.

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Found your new Substack from the comment section over at the Bulwark! Glad you're back in my feed, Charlie.

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Oh, please finish the quotation!! He said the worm ate some of his brain and credits it with causing his cognitive dysfunction and memory loss! Maybe he’ll write his memoirs:

RFK Jr. and the Very Hungry Caterpillar. 🐛

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Maybe the worm should write a book .

"How I starved to death between RFK's ears "

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Glad to "see" you again, Charlie! I just lost another friend down the rabbit hole. She firmly believes that Obama and Clinton are the "real" Presidents running the country . . . that Biden is totally gone in the head . . .and the fear is real. She is terrified of the immigrants who are from the Congo and China pouring across the border and forming armies to get us! I think I will send her Nancy French's book!

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My sympathy. My best friend went that way, too, it’s like The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

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Hey Charlie.Great appearance with Nicole Wallace on deadline WhiteHouse today!

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Regarding Paul Ryan and his statement not voting for Trump; it is my political fantasy to see Sarah Longwell (her Republican Voters against Trump) and Rick Wilson get together and aggressively campaign to get people like Jim Mattis,John Kelly,McMaster and many other Republicans who disdain to openly and publicly come out against him.It simply won't be enough for these willy nilly one time statements to have any effect.

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Every time I hear a trump supporter confronted with something he's done they usually seem to respond with, "I haven't heard that." 🤷‍♀️

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