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@SykesCharlie

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Dog owner, grandfather, author, "How the Right Lost Its Mind", Contributor/Columnist, MSNBC. Never Ever Trump. Email: cjaysykes @gmail .com

Milwaukee, WI
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
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Sunday newsletter: Thoughts on Bill Barr, Alexander Hamilton, Kristi Noem, universities, antisemitism, Tiktok, and non-competes. And, of course, more dog pictures.
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If there are more powerful things on Twitter tonight, I haven’t seen them. Watch this.
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Perhaps you shouldn't assume that you'll be talking to God.
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The Hill
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Lindsey Graham: When I die God isn't going to ask "Why didn't you convict Trump?"
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
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So, America, perhaps the greatest danger we face is not a caravan 1000 miles away. Maybe it’s already here.
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Charlie Sykes
2 years
I’m shocked. And I haven’t been shocked by anything from this White House for a very long time. But this… HOLY F**K.
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Running Josh Hawley is a meme for the ages.
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Pence constantly ignoring female moderator and interrupting female opponent, is a brilliant strategy for winning back women voters. Genius.
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“Without Jennifer Jacobs, a dogged Bloomberg reporter who broke the story about Hicks’s illness, the world might still be in the dark about the sickness sweeping through the West Wing and the highest levels of our government. “
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As God is my witness I didn't think there was enough kool- aid on the planet for someone to tweet this....
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Scott Walker
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Hard to imagine any other @POTUS having the guts to walk out of the White House like this: @realDonaldTrump
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
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You were staying at the fucking Ritz Carlton.
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Senator Ted Cruz
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The Republican Party is not the party of the country clubs, it’s the party of hardworking, blue-collar men and women.
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Because it’s all about protecting children and traditional values.
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Why isn’t every prominent Republican saying this ——>
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Jeb Bush
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Why in the world would the President not kick Q’anon supporters’ butts? Nut jobs, rascists, haters have no place in either Party.
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This is amazing.
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Guns Down America
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WATCH: Dr. Fauci calls out @RandPaul *to his face* for creating a permission structure for armed extremists to target him and his family -- putting their lives at risk. Fauci brings the receipts -- clearly showing how Paul is fundraising off of his attacks against Fauci
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
This front page ——>
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2 years
I think I need to make this my new profile pix.
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
2 years
For the Win: Rolling Stone headline writer——>>>>
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
4 years
In re: Romney. His vote won't change the outcome, but it's striking how one man alone can dramatically change the mood, the tone, and the moral character of this final vote....
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1 year
Well, Lindsey was right.
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Before TrumpWorld tries to memory-hole this... a Thread --> January 22: Trump: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.” February 2: Trump: “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.”
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Folks, the president is unwell.
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@SykesCharlie
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3 years
A year ago today
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
5 years
Well, some personal news: just became a grandpa... again. First girl! Mom, dad, granddaughter all doing well...Charlotte is 6 lbs 10 oz... 19”...waiting on pictures. 🥳
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
Impeach. Send to Senate. On 1/20, DOJ should appoint special counsel ... impanel grand jury. Hold everyone accountable.
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
2 years
My best buddy and constant companion passed away last night. Pete was 17 1/2 years old. He had a great run. And many bonus years. I was lucky enough to be able to hold him in his last moments.
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Pete 2005-2022 Yesterday Pete had a sausage biscuit; spent a day in the sunshine with his brothers; got lots of love; and ate roast chicken for dinner. He died suddenly less than an hour later in his Daddy’s arms. He was 17. I think the best tribute is just one word: PETE! ❤️
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
4 months
In case you’ve forgotten.
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
3 years
Packers v Bucs is NOT OVER. If only legal points are counted, Packers won by… A lot! Guarantee you that the Packers will be in the Super Bowl.. #WeAreTheStorm . @HawleyMO @tedcruz @SenRonJohnson
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
Why is the headline here not: TRUMP RAISES POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY COUP?
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Maggie Haberman
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During the meeting, the president asked about Flynn’s suggestion of deploying the military, those briefed said. That was also shot down.
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
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Who knew? The My Pillow guy turns out to be a raving lunatic...
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Aaron Rupar
3 years
Here's Mike Lindell just now brazenly laying out Trump's last-ditch plan to steal the election
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
Go big. Call Pence.
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Charlie Sykes
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Re-upping this from May: "We should be clear about this. John McCain haunts the Trump White House, not because of his votes or policy disagreements, but because he represents the man that Donald Trump cannot ever be."
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I picked a bad night to stop sniffing glue.
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Introducing new granddaughter Emily Kay Sykes. 8 lbs 14.5 oz, 20 inches! Everyone doing great...
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Charlie Sykes
5 years
Forget the "coverup." It's all happening in plain sight.
@CNNPolitics
CNN Politics
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President Trump says he wants both Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden and his son
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
This is the ... and I cannot emphasize this enough ... **FOX NEWS POLL**
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We come from different ends of the political spectrum and often disagree, but I’m sick at heart over all this. ⁦ @mehdirhasan ⁩ is a once in a generation talent; The most gifted interviewer in US media, and nothing has changed my opinion about that
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If my wife had her way, this is what my house would look like when I get home today....
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Prominent GOPer just texted: “If the CEO of a company announced major initiatives or changes for the company and got three main points wrong, the board of directors would rightly question what the hell is going on.”
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Charlie Sykes
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Despite Graham’s compulsive turd-polishing of the last few years, Trump didn’t even consult him before making the decision to abandon the Kurds. Graham was not even in the room. He didn’t even get a text.
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My friend Kevin wonders: in the Trump-Bannon divorce, Who gets custody of Sean Hannity?
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
Do it.
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The Washington Post
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Biden White House leans toward releasing information about Trump and Jan. 6 attack, setting off legal and political showdown
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
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Much, much better.
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Astro Jester™
2 years
Fixed it!
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Charlie Sykes
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This should be career ending
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Daniel Dale
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A 2006 bill to require nursing homes to have backup generators was killed by the FL Senate after industry lobbying:
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Charlie Sykes
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Folks, at this point we probably should begin to consider the possibility that the president is insane.
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Maggie Haberman
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During the meeting, the president asked about Flynn’s suggestion of deploying the military, those briefed said. That was also shot down.
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You know who hates this… Really really hates this, don’t you?
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These numbers... devastating. And, in case I didn't mention it, ts a Fox News poll.
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Charlie Sykes
1 year
Blue check gone. If you see tweets from me featuring cats, you will know that I have been hacked.
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
War criminals pardoned. Whistle-blowers, fired.
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Because he’s his son. And he loves him. And he’s not going turn his back on him. Profoundly gutsy move.
@jbarro
Josh Barro
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Why are they putting Hunter Biden on television?
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Charlie Sykes
2 years
Sick shit.
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Charlie Sykes
1 year
Seriously, this woman should not be on television. She should not be doing this. There is no upside.
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Jury Foreperson: It’s not a short list
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Charlie Sykes
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To be clear, he was on stage, campaigning with the President.
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Since we're on the subject of Crime Families this week...
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Mission accomplished.
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Fox Anchor Neil Cavuto Tears Apart Trump’s ‘Unsettling’ Sarcasm Claim: He ‘Was Not Joking’
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Sad.
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Charlie Sykes
5 years
I’m old enough to remember when it was Republicans who said things like this…
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The Hill
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Pete Buttigieg: "You will not see me exchanging love letters on White House letterhead with a brutal dictator who starves and murders his own people."
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Direct hit by @ProjectLincoln
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago, then again 8 years ago, and then got BADLY beaten by me, a political first timer, 4 years ago, have copied (no imagination) the concept of an ad from Ronald Reagan, “Morning in America”, doing everything possible to....
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Charlie Sykes
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How about this for a modest proposal: channeling Reagan and the air traffic controllers… Revoke the licenses and permits for any trucker engaged in this illegal stoppage?
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Aged badly. As in horrifically badly.
@keithboykin
Keith Boykin
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“I believe that the president has learned from this case...The president has been impeached. That’s a pretty big lesson. I’m voting to acquit...I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future.” - Susan Collins What does @SenatorCollins have to say about Roger Stone?
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Best dog ever. We are mourning loss (very sudden) of our big boy...
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This was not Kaitlin Collins’ fault. The format was impossible and CNN’s bosses should have known that. Chris Licht is rapidly becoming the Elon Musk of CNN…
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Charlie Sykes
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Worth emphasizing: Steve Bannon bragged that he had turned Breitbart into a "platform for the alt right." He now works at the Trump WH
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Well, this is awkward
@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
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@PaulaReidCBS to Pence: "It really does sound like you're saying, 'Do as we say, not as we do.' You're telling people to listen to local officials, but in Tulsa you defied local health officials...How can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem?"
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In Miami. Walked into restaurant...picked up at least 5 different languages being spoken. Did not think “we are losing the country.” Thought: dam this country is great ....
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
He’s not wrong.
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This is definitely a parody. Totally unfair and over the top. Right? Right? Anybody?
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Charlie Sykes
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PSA: Trump’s Twitter feed is extra-deranged tonight. Theories?
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Charlie Sykes
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Maybe Barr really is angry. Perhaps his institutionalist instincts really did finally kick in... the vestiges of his conscience stirred... and dammit, he just had to take a stand for the rule of the law. Maybe. Or maybe he was just annoyed that Trump was giving away the game.
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
6 years
Will the party that accepted the Access Hollywood president draw the line at Roy Moore and a 14-year-old girl?
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
5 years
I rate this: True
@Evan_Rosenfeld
Evan Rosenfeld
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President Trump: “Foreign nations looking at us — they honestly think we’re nuts!”
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
And you other GOP senators? Anyone? Anyone?
@MittRomney
Mitt Romney
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Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president.
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
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His first week in office: Biden should bestow the Medal of Freedom on Alexander Vindman.
@AshleyRParker
Ashley Parker
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NEW: Trump is expected to give Rep. Devin Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — on Monday, and to give the same award to Rep. Jim Jordan next week.
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
Oh FFS , choose a lane, will you?
@NikkiHaley
Nikki Haley
3 years
Strong speech by President Trump about the winning policies of his administration and what the party needs to unite behind moving forward. The liberal media wants a GOP civil war. Not gonna happen.
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Charlie Sykes
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Trump loses again. Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against Trump 4-3... decision.
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
Prediction: The MAGAverse and media satellites will: (1) Vigorously oppose all of Biden's pandemic mitigation efforts in re: social distancing, masks, lockdowns. AND *SIMULTANEOUSLY* (2) Blame Biden for all COVID deaths that take place after noon on January 20. Bookmark this
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
Today was the day in the MAGAverse when the truly deranged turned on the merely demented.
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Charlie Sykes
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Seems like this ought to be a headline. A pretty big one. Everywhere.
@mckaycoppins
McKay Coppins
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Trump “has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin during World War III and even encourage him to do as he pleases to America’s allies.”
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Charlie Sykes
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Liz Cheney: "Defeating Trump means reelecting President Biden and rejecting third-party candidates, she said forthrightly. Though she disagrees with Biden on many policy issues, she said his victory in November is necessary to save the country from potential dictatorship."…
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
But thank God that at a moment like this, he can rely on his brain trust of Jared, Ivanka, Judge Jeanine, Charlie Kirk, Jeanine Pirro, and Sean Hannity ...
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David Frum
4 years
This would be a great moment to have a non-pathological commander-in-chief.
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
Just when we thought I couldn’t possibly get worse. We are about to see one of the ugliest political fights of our lifetime. It will leave scars.
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Charlie Sykes
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This seems like it should be a bigger story, no?
@Mediaite
Mediaite
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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s The Tape of Roger Stone Discussing Assassination of Democrats — Which He Denied Ever Doing
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Charlie Sykes
3 years
I get fan mail.
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When did Lindsey Graham become Devin Nunes?
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
The smell of panic in the morning
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
4 years
CNN Polls are as Fake as their Reporting. Same numbers, and worse, against Crooked Hillary. The Dems would destroy America!
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Charlie Sykes
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Turns out the Red Wave is just ketchup on the walls at Mar-a-Lago.
@Acosta
Jim Acosta
1 year
“Trump is livid” and “screaming at everyone,” after last night’s disappointing midterm results for GOP, according to a Trump adviser. The adviser went on to slam the former president’s handpicked contenders: “they were all bad candidates.” “Candidates matter,” the adviser said.
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Charlie Sykes
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Serious question. What is the earliest respectable time I can start drinking bourbon tomorrow. Asking for friend. Strictly theoretical
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
What an absolute embarrassment
@MarshaBlackburn
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
4 years
Adam Schiff is hailing Alexander Vindman as an American patriot. How patriotic is it to badmouth and ridicule our great nation in front of Russia, America’s greatest enemy?
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Charlie Sykes
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Pearls clutched, you retromingent hack.
@AriFleischer
Ari Fleischer
2 months
This is a campaign speech, not a State of the Union.
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Charlie Sykes
5 months
Obstruction of justice in plain sight. Well done, sir.
@Acyn
Acyn
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Johnson: We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ
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Charlie Sykes
2 years
Whoa.
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MSNBC
2 years
"Here's the truth. The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election," President Biden says. "Because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our constitution. He can't accept he lost."
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Charlie Sykes
5 years
In 1980 it was; "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?" In 2020, it will be "Can you take another 4 years of this?"
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Charlie Sykes
1 year
WTF, man? Who lies about their *mother's death*???
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Charlie Sykes
5 years
Always, always, always a tweet.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
9 years
Repubs must not allow Pres Obama to subvert the Constitution of the US for his own benefit & because he is unable to negotiate w/ Congress.
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@SykesCharlie
Charlie Sykes
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Dear Elise Stefanik: These is what actual "hostages" look like. Words matter.
@AGHamilton29
AG
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No one can truly imagine what these girls have survived. The silence over their continuing captivity from so many in positions of influence and power is deafening.
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Charlie Sykes
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Liz Cheney: "As a criminal defendant, Mr. Trump has long had access to federal grand jury material relating to his Jan. 6 indictment and to all the testimony obtained by our select committee. He knows what all these witnesses have said under oath and understands the risks he…
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Charlie Sykes
4 years
In contrast with Trump, Biden is pretty boring. And I am sooooo there for it.
@PeteButtigieg
Pete Buttigieg
4 years
Just imagine turning on the TV, seeing your president, and feeling your blood pressure go down instead of up.
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