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marmar

(79,717 posts) Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:40 PM 11 hrs ago

Charlie Sykes: It's Time to Admit It: We Have a Psychotic Government

Mar 28, 2026

Jonathan Rauch is a Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. In this episode, he makes the case that the Trump administration is, as a whole, psychotic, erratic, and unpredictable.

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Charlie Sykes: It's Time to Admit It: We Have a Psychotic Government (Original Post) marmar 11 hrs ago OP

I think the word he's looking for is actually "psychopathic." GoCubsGo 11 hrs ago #1

So do I GoCubsGo. Several people seem to be confused with the distinction. littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #2

It's not just the Trump administration, the Republican village is responsible. sop 10 hrs ago #3

Nothing new for Republicans luv2fly 8 hrs ago #4

GoCubsGo

(34,899 posts)

1. I think the word he's looking for is actually "psychopathic."

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:43 PM

11 hrs ago

Although, "psychotic" is also part of the picture...

littlemissmartypants

(33,480 posts)

2. So do I GoCubsGo. Several people seem to be confused with the distinction.

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:16 PM

10 hrs ago

I've noticed it elsewhere in discussions. One might argue that DJ himself is a psychotic psychopath, however.

sop

(18,567 posts)

3. It's not just the Trump administration, the Republican village is responsible.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:31 PM

10 hrs ago

luv2fly

(2,671 posts)

4. Nothing new for Republicans

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 10:16 PM

8 hrs ago

And I remember Charlie Sykes on the radio in Milwaukee singing the praises of Bush and the rest of them long before this disastrous administration.

Charlie Sykes can go f*ck himself... he's part of the problem.

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