Tom Nichols: Free Press, JD Vance, and the MAGA Right

To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.9 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Charlie Sykes welcomes Atlantic writer Tom Nichols for a conversation about the Pentagon’s unprecedented expulsion of the press and what it means for democracy and transparency. They also unpack the MAGA movement’s growing hostility toward free speech, Trump’s chaotic foreign policy moves, and JD Vance’s defense of young right-wing bigots.

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