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 Ballroom Saga Takes Brutal Turn for GOP a...
As Trump’s obsession with building monuments to himself backfires for his party, a political scientist explains how his “vanity presidency” is badly alienating voters in the middle.
19 min
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Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Is Abo...
As Trump seizes on last week’s SCOTUS ruling to urge Republicans to rig the battle for the House, a voting rights advocate explains how Democrats can fight fire with fire—and why that might succeed.
18 min
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Trump Blurts Out Damning Admission of War Blund...
As the president reveals too much about his handling of Iran, a writer tracking Trump’s bungling explains how his worsening megalomania won’t allow for any good way out of this fiasco.
17 min
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Fiasco for Trump as Leaked GOP Memo Warns of Ep...
As a new Republican memo issues a harsh warning about the elections, a writer who covers the Trump economy explains how the economic distress of ordinary people could prove decisive this fall.
22 min
30
Trump’s Rage at Jim Comey Backfires as Case Aga...
As Trump’s efforts to jail his enemies start looking truly buffoonish, a former Federal prosecutor explains why the case against former FBI director James Comey is almost certain to flop.
22 min
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Krugman: Trump Screwed Himself Badly on Iran—an...
As the president continues to struggle with his Iran fiasco, economist Paul Krugman explains how Trump has boxed himself into a corner—and why it could soon get much, much worse for him.
26 min
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Trump Press Sec Goes Full MAGA Cult in Crazed, ...
As Karoline Leavitt smears reporters with ugly MAGA tropes, a media observer explains why journalists won’t tell the truth about Trump’s authoritarianism—and why they should get this right to save themselves.
22 min
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Trump Is on a Huge Losing Streak—and It Just Go...
As the president’s losses pile up, the author of a piece on the GOP cult of Trump explains why his propagandists must forever maintain the illusion of his infallibility at all costs.
21 min
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Trump Hit by Brutal Fox Poll as Aides Scramble:...
As Trump’s polling slides again and his advisers search for a solution, a data analyst explains why Trump’s standing is even worse than it seems—and details what to expect as the election draws near.
18 min
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Trump Rages over Epic Self-Own in Virginia—and ...
As Trump’s gerrymandering ploy backfires, triggering his fury, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this should steel them to aggressively pursue post-Trump accountability.
19 min
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Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Damning War L...
As Karoline Leavitt spins wildly amid new revelations about Trump’s war blunders, a national security expert explains why this whole fiasco is structurally so hard to exit from—and what to expect next.
20 min
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Trump’s Secret War Fears Leak Out as GOP Grows ...
As Trump stews over the war, a journalist who focuses on the imperial presidency observes that Trump seems to fear events are slipping away from him—and explains why that gives Democrats an opening.
23 min
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Trump Accidentally Admits What He Really Thinks...
As Trump rages at ex-allies in revealing outbursts, the author of a piece on Trump and the global right explains how he’s shrinking MAGA—and politically damaging himself and the GOP.
19 min
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Why Trump Will Be Removed from Office Sooner Th...
25 min
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Trump War on Pope Takes Darker Turn as Mental D...
As Trump’s own ex-supporters start sounding warnings about his mental state, a former top Trump official explains why the president’s madness is now badly messing with ordinary Americans’ everyday lives.
21 min
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Trump Spirals into Fury at Bad War News as Poll...
As Trump starts raging at his allies over Iran, the author of a piece on the politics of the war explains why this fiasco is fracturing the MAGA movement so badly—both domestically and internationally.
22 min
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Trump Erupts in Rage as Pope’s Harsh New Rebuke...
As the president’s retaliation against Pope Leo goes off the rails, a scholar-of-religion explains why the Pope’s criticism of him could prove much more damaging than you might think.
22 min
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Donald Trump’s America Is Deeply Unwell, and It...
As Trump reveals his unfitness in stark new ways, a political theorist argues that our election of this man to the presidency twice should prompt deep introspection about what we’ve become.
21 min
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Trump Rages as Marjorie Taylor Greene Wrecks Hi...
As MTG savages Trump as mentally unfit, a sharp observer of Trumpworld explains why the Iran fiasco has unleashed urgency within MAGA to move past him—and why it’s a breaking point for the rest of us.
20 min
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Trump Press Sec Seethes at Media as MAGA Trashe...
As Karoline Leavitt’s defense of Trump’s handling of Iran goes awry amid mounting criticism, a national security expert explains why Trumpworld has no good arguments left—and what we should fear now.
18 min
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Finally, Trump’s Ex-Allies Call for 25th Amendm...
As even some of Trump’s former top MAGA supporters admit he’s unfit, Jennifer Rubin of The Contrarian explains how we can keep the removal talk on the front burner.
19 min
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Angry Trump Erupts at Media as GOPers Quietly S...
As Trump’s rage and threats grow more unhinged, a political scientist explains why she fears that Trump has boxed himself into a place of maximum destructiveness on Iran—and why the GOP must rein him in.
16 min
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Trump Fury Rattles Aides as Midterm Woes Take W...
As the president’s frustration reportedly grows, a writer who covers crises unleashed by Trump’s war explains how and why he’s suddenly running headlong into the limits of his magical thinking.
18 min
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Trump Blurts Out Damning War Admission as GOP P...
As Trump reveals too much about his own war failures, a foreign policy writer explains just how bad this fiasco could truly get—and why Republicans will be increasingly on the hook for it.
24 min
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Trump Spirals into Rage as Brutal Poll Hits and...
As Trump’s anger worsens amid a spate of bad news, an expert on the presidency digs into the bigger story here: Trump is learning there are serious limits on his power, and he’s beside himself over it.
22 min