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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Trump Rages at GOP to Hurry Up and Rig Midterms...
As a striking Fox News poll suggests the GOP midterm position is deteriorating, a voting rights expert walks us through what Trump is really gearing up to attempt this fall—and how to defeat it.
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GOPers Quietly Admit the Unthinkable: It’s All ...
As Republicans start leaking that the bottom is falling out for Trump and the GOP, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg ponders whether Democrats can close the deal—and what could still go wrong.
20 min
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The Daily Blast: Trump Rages at Fresh Iran Setb...
Amid new GOP anxiety that Trump’s Iran debacle will hurt them in the elections, a former State Department official explains the deeper reasons Trump is stuck—and why this will get worse for the GOP.
19 min
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Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls, Shocki...
As Trump hits a new bottom that outdoes his predecessors—even Richard Nixon—a veteran Democratic strategist explains how her party can do more to exploit his historic weakness.
21 min
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Trump’s Plot to Rig Midterms Gets So Unhinged t...
As Trump’s threats to corrupt the midterms grow more vile, a political scientist explains why his visible derangement shouldn’t distract us from the severe threat this moment poses.
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Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Spirals into Cra...
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Best of the Daily Blast: Why Trump Will Be Remo...
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Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Epstein Mess Wor...
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Best of the Daily Blast: Krugman: Trump’s Unne...
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Texas ICE Killing Takes Damning Turn as Even MA...
As Trump’s deportation agenda results in another killing and his losses mount in court, the author of a piece on ICE’s horrors explains why we’re facing a fraught and dangerous crossroads moment.
18 min
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A Danish Journo’s Viral Takedown of Trump Caps ...
As an explosive exchange at NATO perfectly captures the disaster Trump has wrought, a foreign policy expert explains the bigger story: The world is moving on without us.
19 min
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Trump’s Rage over Midterm Woes Badly Unnerves G...
As Trump’s angry demands for voter suppression really start aggravating Republicans, a veteran congressional observer explains the deeper pickle they’re in—and what will happen next.
19 min
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Trump Wrecks His Own 250 Crowd Size Claims in F...
As Trump’s disastrous celebration of our 250th ends with a howler, a writer who focuses on MAGA’s weak grip on the culture reflects on what all this says about the country’s desire to move on from MAGA.
20 min
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MAGA Wants to Force Women to Pee in Cups at Air...
As MAGA personalities start demanding a ban on women coming to the U.S. and having babies, a writer who covers Trumpism explains what this reveals about today’s right—and why we should take it seriously.
21 min
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Trump Blurts Out Vile Scheme to Rig Midterms as...
As new polling shows Trump in abysmal shape across six key Senate battlegrounds, MS NOW’s Steve Benen explains how he’s already using government resources to try to boost GOP candidates.
21 min
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MAGA Rage Takes Unnerving Turn as Birthright Lo...
As fury mounts at the Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship, an immigration lawyer explains how we’re heading into a long war over the 14th Amendment—and what might come next.
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Trump Rages Wildly at SCOTUS Losses as Plot to ...
As the Supreme Court deals a blow to Trump’s election-rigging schemes, a veteran court watcher explains why this ruling is a big deal—and how he’s trying to corrupt the court right in plain sight.
18 min
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Trump Reflecting Pool Arrests Take Unnerving Tu...
As the saga of Trump and the Reflecting Pool gets truly weird, a former federal prosecutor walks us through the latest—and explains how it’s symptomatic of something much darker.
22 min
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Trump 250 Gala Grows More Humiliating as Fox Gr...
As Fox News’s hyping of Trump’s initial rally falls flat, a media critic explains how Trump and Fox alike are using this moment to push a larger, more sinister agenda—and why that, too, is failing.
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Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms So Vile I...
As Trump’s demands for voter suppression get so absurd that even Republicans balk, the author of a piece on his narcissism explains how he’s royally screwing them in the midterms—and himself, to boot.
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Angry Trump Snaps at Media over Iran as Fox Hit...
As Trump’s poll numbers worsen and his anger deepens over his Iran fiasco, an international relations expert explains why he’s caught in a geopolitical trap that will only get worse.
21 min
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Trump Rages over Reflecting Pool Fiasco as Arre...
As arrests for vandalism of Trump’s Reflecting Pool project raise fresh questions, TNR editor Michael Tomasky explains how this saga captures the unhinged, dictatorial side of his presidency.
22 min
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Krugman: Trump’s Unnerving Mental Breakdown Sig...
Economist Paul Krugman discusses all the ways Trump is causing our country to deteriorate—and what it means that our country puts up with his worsening megalomania and desecrations of our republic.
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Angry and Rattled, Trump’s Fox Allies Blurt It ...
As new details of Trump’s Iran deal draw harsh criticism from his friends, a foreign policy expert explains how he’s left us weakened—and why this will get worse for him.
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Trumpworld Quietly Shivs JD Vance as Damning Le...
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