To the Contrary
Charlie Sykes, Justin Wolfers, Adam Kinzinger, Tara Palmeri, Matt LewisYou are not the crazy ones.
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The Musk, Epstein, Vance Election
It was an internationally bad night for the Trump-Putin Axis. In Brazil, incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat the Trump-backed nepo-baby Flávio Bolsonaro on Sunday, with 51.8% of the vote to 48.2%.
In Serbia, the Pro-Trump, p...
Melania’s Stolen Valor (And Other Tales of Grift, Greed, and Cruelty)
“I think my ability to distinguish between ‘I am feeling weirdly anxious and low today’ and ‘I am just a person having a totally normal reaction to being alive during the 2020s’ might have completely vanished.” Author Tom Cox, who speaks fo...
Could Vivek’s Disgusting Ad Be An Election Turning Point?
With just 10 days until the midterms, 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, and the latest revelations a...
“We Stand With Those Who Stand by Child Rapists”
Jake Tapper, perhaps, summed it up best: “Trump’s closing argument is akin to, ‘we stand by those who stand by child rapists’.”
Indeed, how much more on-brand could it be for the aging Epstein associate to side with the abuser and smear hi...
Elon Threatens Congress; JD Defends the Smear; Trump Holds Sick Vets Hostage...
Welcome back to the firehose. You can be forgiven for feeling a bit of vertigo as we navigate these final days, but — as usual — it’s important to remember that you are not the crazy ones, despite the headlines of the day. These are some of...
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Dog owner, grandfather, author, "How the Right Lost Its Mind",. Never Ever Trump. No regrets. Email: [email protected]; @sykescharlie.bsky.social
Professor @UMichEcon & @FordSchool | Senior Fellow @BrookingsInst | Intro Econ textbook author | Chief economist and Deputy platypus @PlatypusEconomics
Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First.
The Red Letter is penned and published by Tara Palmeri. No shadowy funders. No agenda. Just fiercely independent reporting from inside the rooms where power operates. Tara Palmeri is not for sale.
Intellectually honest journalist and columnist for NOTUS Perspectives. Author of ‘Too Dumb to Fail’ and ‘Filthy Rich Politicians.’ Political commentary, media criticism, news and culture, with a dose of humor. (Opinions here are my own.)
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