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The Contrarian PodPolitical violence in America. And an imminent government shutdownIt's been a tragic week, one which saw a senseless assassination of a political commentator, yet another school shooting, the anniversary of 9/11, and an appalling response from our president — who used the opportunity to make unfounded accusations about the "radical left."It’s hard to divorce acts of violence from rhetoric in the current landscape. The way Trump has handled political violence has been selective – avoiding statements altogether when his perceived enemies are attacked; while using aggressive, threatening language when it’s a supporter. Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger was in Congress during the January 6 attack, another...
2025-09-1335 min
The Purple PrincipleGrand Old Party or Brand New MAGA? Contrarian Conservative Charlie Sykes“I had been a conservative critic of mainstream media bias for many years,” says author and MSNBC columnist, Charlie Sykes, a “contrarian conservative” and our featured guest. “It suddenly occurred to me that we had succeeded in not just critiquing the liberal bias, but in destroying the credibility of fact-based media altogether.”Sykes is the author of the notable 2017 book, How the Right Lost Its Mind. Within our interview, as in the book, he is unsparing of himself and other traditional conservatives for paving the way for MAGA populism. Yet he emphasizes there is still some degr...
2024-03-2032 min