THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
Every weekday, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent brings you a fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the moment, offered up in an entertaining, information-packed conversation with a leading lawmaker, journalist, or newsmaker. We go deep into the stories behind the headlines leading TNR and other news outlets—while making it fun and fast.
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MAGA’s Shameless Bid to Exploit Trump Shooting ...
With Trump picking J.D. Vance as his running mate, a political writer argues that this choice, and some other signs, suggest the politics around the assassination attempt will get a lot uglier.
24 min
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Trump Assassination Horror: “America Is Not Rea...
After the despicable attempt to kill Trump, a reporter who writes regularly about political violence explains how deeply unprepared we are for the terrible escalation that may now be coming.
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Trump’s Sleazy New “Project 2025” Disavowal Sca...
As new reports tie Trump to Project 2025, a writer who has examined the plan explains what this saga really reveals about the reactionary agenda MAGA wants to inflict on our country.
20 min
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Trump’s Lead Just Got Scarier—but This Dem Stil...
With President Biden adamantly insisting he isn't stepping aside, top ally and former White House chief of staff Ron Klain makes an expansive case for how Biden can still beat Donald Trump this fall.
23 min
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Surprise: Biden Is Suddenly Close to Defeating ...
With Democrats coalescing behind President Biden at a moment of crisis, a leading analyst explains how he is fending off efforts to remove him—and lays out what will happen next.
26 min
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Shocker: Trump’s Sudden New Abortion Shift Turn...
With Trump abruptly moving to soften the GOP platform on abortion, a leading defender of reproductive rights explains why the move is a big con—and reveals Trump's weakness on the issue.
23 min
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Trump's Wildly Unhinged Rant At NYT Should Wake...
With Trump slamming The Times even as it crusades against Biden's age, a press critic explains how Trump scams the media into adopting a huge double standard on each man's fitness to serve.
22 min
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Trump’s Rage At Liz Cheney Suddenly Veers In an...
With Trump's threats to jail Liz Cheney and other political foes going nuclear, a former prosecutor explains what a second-term crackdown on his enemies would really look like. It's gonna be ugly.
23 min
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How Supreme Court Shocker Could Give Trump Trul...
In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's demand for immunity, a leading legal expert explains why there's deep cause for alarm about what he'll be free to attempt if he wins again.
21 min
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Trump’s Ugly New Rants About Jan. 6 Pardons Sud...
With Trump escalating his threats to pardon MAGA supporters who attacked the Capitol, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann explains how this shows the rule of law is in deep peril.
30 min
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MAGA’s Eruptions of Rage at CNN Reveal Why Proj...
With MAGA enraged at the very idea of fact-checking Trump, a leading critic of our discourse explains how Project 2025 would help MAGA transform the government into a weapon against truth.
24 min
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Trump Allies Secretly Fear He Botched Debate Ex...
With Trump and his backers relentlessly smearing Biden as senile, a veteran reporter who's well sourced in MAGA world explains why Trump allies worry he set expectations for Biden too low.
22 min
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Judge Cannon’s Pro-Trump Trickery Is About to G...
With Judge Aileen Cannon giving Donald Trump a boost yet again, a leading legal scholar helps us uncover the deeper and darker story here about presidents who attack the rule of law itself.
21 min
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Why Some GOPers Are Suddenly Admitting Trump Is...
With a new report revealing that Republicans are privately nervous about Donald Trump's chances, a prominent Never Trump conservative explains what's driving these sudden GOP doubts.
26 min
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Trump’s Dangerous New Rants About UFC Violence ...
With Donald Trump ramping up the violent talk at his latest events, a leading critic of the media explains how the press should cover the Trump-MAGA mode of politics as a major rolling scandal.
27 min
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Trump’s Rage at Fox News for Crossing Him Hints...
As Donald Trump erupts at Fox News for disloyalty, the author of a new book about the history of right wing grift explains the Trump-Fox relationship's place in that long and sordid tale.
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MAGA Justices’ Shameless Pro-Trump Trickery Is ...
As the Supreme Court's ethical crises mount, a veteran political strategist explains how the court's MAGA justices are already giving Trump a big electoral assist—and why it's about to get uglier.
26 min
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Weird New Hannity Rants and Doctored Biden Vide...
With right wing media deception hitting dangerous new levels, we talked to writer and podcaster Thom Hartmann, who argues that we're hitting a tipping point of MAGA mendacity.
25 min
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Shocker Poll: Trump Verdict Actually Does Matte...
With a new Politico survey finding that independents take Trump's conviction very seriously, the reporter who oversaw the poll takes us through what these surprising new numbers really mean.
24 min
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Krugman: Trump's Mental State Is Visibly Gettin...
With Anthony Fauci revealing new details about Trump's unfitness to serve, columnist Paul Krugman explains why our amnesia about the damage wrought by his unstable temperament is so alarming.
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Trump’s Bizarre Rants At Private GOP Meeting Ar...
As awful new reports emerge about the GOP capitulation to Donald Trump, a veteran observer of Republican politics explains why all this is cause for genuinely profound alarm.
27 min
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In Texas, Right Wing Rage Takes a Dark Turn: “W...
With a far-right conference in Texas set to promote Christian Nationalism and great replacement theory, a leading scholar of the right sheds light on the darker MAGA pathologies this reveals.
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How Trump’s Ugliest Authoritarian Threats May S...
With Team Biden preparing to highlight Trump's authoritarianism at this month's debate, legal writer Dahlia Lithwick talks about the prospects for awakening voters to the threat we face.
30 min
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Mike Johnson’s Sleazy New Scheme to Protect Tru...
With Republicans hatching vile schemes to shield Donald Trump from further prosecution, Representative Eric Swalwell explains how Democrats can go on offense against Trump's criminality.
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Why Trump’s Spiraling Obsession with Verdict Ha...
With Trump's public rage over his conviction potentially alienating swing voters, a leading reporter on the MAGA movement explains the darker reasons why he and MAGA won't soften their message.
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