Hey, Charlie Sikes here. Welcome to the To the Contrary podcast. Today, it is just me. It is solo.

And lots of questions from subscribers. Like, for example, we have questions about the dumbing down of America.

Pete Hegzeth, murders at sea, Signalgate, Marco Rubio's North Korean style suck up to Donald Trump.

Hey, if you have not seen this, stick around for this.

Questions about splits in the Republican Party, Mike Johnson's political lifespan.

Questions about who's the dumbest member of Trump's cabinet? Lots of questions about the midterm

elections, whether or not Donald Trump is a lame duck. The Jeffrey Epstein files.

Questions about ICE and accountability.

And by the way, in case you missed it, this is going to get a lot worse.

So stick around for that.

And I'll try to get to as many as possible.

But first, a quick note.

Look, I know that a lot of you listen to and watch this podcast, but for some reason,

I yet subscribers to my to the contrary newsletter, and you really ought to be, because

it's free, and it is daily, comes out every day.

There's no paywall, but if you choose to be a subscriber, it comes down to about,

about 27 cents a day, and there are seven newsletters, three

podcasts, one or two live streams, every single week. And again, as I repeatedly do, I do not

promise you a safe space, just straight, sober, sane, occasionally snarky, commentary. It's been kind of snarky, you know, lately.

So when you're done here, make sure you go check that out so that you can continue to keep up with things during this completely insane period.

And we'll try to get to as many of your questions as possible.

And trust me, it's going to be interesting.

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