To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Three days before the midterms, Harry Litman of the Talking Feds podcast joins Charlie to discuss how far the Trump administration could go to interfere with the election, the court battles over certification, record early voting, the pundit fixation on Alaska, and the races to watch from Texas to Kansas to Georgia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retired federal judge Jeremy Fogel of the Article III Coalition joins Charlie to discuss threats against judges, DOJ’s challenge in Alaska, the “creeping” defiance of court orders, Supreme Court term limits and court packing, and what happens to the republic when one of the three branches is under attack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Trump and the Republicans make their closing arguments, New York Times columnist David French joins Charlie to discuss the backlash to the Ramaswamy ad, whether Texas is really in play, the DOJ’s Alaska lawsuit, Pete Hegseth’s reported Senate ambitions, and how corruption could shape the vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ten days before the midterms, journalist Tara Palmeri (The Red Letter, The Tara Palmeri Show) joins me to unpack the backlash over the Ramaswamy ad targeting Amy Acton. Plus, GOP insiders are bracing for a wipeout, their search for fall guys and the art of the grift continues with Jared Kushner’s Middle East slush fund. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Less than two weeks before the midterms, economist Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan, Platypus Economics) joins Charlie to explain why consumer sentiment is at a record low, how tariffs and immigration crackdowns eroded trust in Trump’s economy, and why October giveaways may not work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.