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’s Threat to Jail Foes Darkens, Prompting ...
As New York mayoral candidate Zohram Mamdani responds sharply to Trump’s threats against him, an immigration expert explains what it would look like if Trump acts on those threats—and why we’re all at risk.
18 min
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Angry JD Vance Accidentally Reveals How Trump I...
As the Senate passes a bill decimating Medicaid and Vance exposes how Trump scams his voters about it, a progressive organizer reports on the angry reaction she’s seeing on the ground—including in Trump country.
20 min
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Trump’s Fury at Thom Tillis Backfires, Wrecking...
As Trump banishes Senator Tillis from the GOP for daring to tell the truth abut his policies, a writer who tracks GOP lies about the party’s economic agenda explains how this blows up one of his biggest swindles.
20 min
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“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Suddenly Learn He...
As evidence mounts that voters in Trump country are getting hammered by his biggest initiatives, an economist paints a dark picture of just how bad the sum total of these policies will be for working people.
19 min
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MAGA Rage Suddenly Takes Unnerving Turn as Trum...
As MAGA figures vent over Trump’s budget bill hitting major obstacles amid awful new polls for Trump, a journalist and careful observer of MAGA explains why this is a particularly fraught moment.
21 min
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MAGA Dope Pete Hegseth Accidentally Reveals the...
As Pete Hegseth and other Trumpists furiously attack reports that Trump’s Iran bombing failed, a veteran national security lawyer explains why all this MAGA propaganda is taking us to a very dangerous place.
23 min
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Trump’s Anger at AOC Boils Over—and Reveals a N...
As a triggered President Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trade blows, a writer who decodes MAGA pathologies unearths the roots of his psychotic fury at her—and why they offer Dems an opportunity.
21 min
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Trump Erupts in Fury at Journos over Iran—and R...
As Trump vents at the media for asking hard questions about Iran, a Democrat who has forcefully called for his impeachment explains how weak Trump’s political and legal case for attacking Iran truly is.
24 min
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Trump’s Threats to Unleash Troops in Cities Dar...
As Trump vows to send the military into more cities amid a harsh new poll slide on the issue, a sharp observer of public opinion explains why he’s losing the voters on this—and how Dems should proceed now.
19 min
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Trump Rages at Brutal New Polling as Press Sec ...
As Trump erupts over awful new polling and Karoline Leavitt goes full North Korea to inflate his ego, the author of a good piece on Trump explains how he’s badly wounding himself by waging war on Blue America.
22 min
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MAGA Dimwit Pete Hegseth Accidentally Reveals a...
As Trump’s Defense Secretary faces harsh questioning from Democrats, a writer who closely tracks Trumpism explains what he unwittingly exposed about the ugly core of Trump-MAGA politics.
26 min
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Did Fox News Just Scam Trump into Embracing War...
As Trump drifts closer to joining in Israel’s war with Iran after seeing some cool-looking bombing on Fox, a veteran foreign policy thinker explains why Trump is so easily manipulated—and what to expect now.
16 min
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“Sick”: Trump’s Violent Outbursts Worsen as Par...
As Trump ramps up the threats to crack down on blue cities after his North Korean-style military parade and a horrific assassination, a scholar of authoritarianism explains why we’re now in the danger zone.
21 min
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Trump Erupts in Crazed Hard-Right Rant as MAGA ...
As President Trump endorses a vile, extreme concept called “remigration,” a writer who closely tracks Trumpism explains how lawless violence and outright sadism have become central to MAGA politics.
20 min
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Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Stephen Mille...
As Trump reveals too much about his mass deportations, badly undermining Stephen Miller’s goals, a progressive pollster discusses new data showing the MAGA coalition coming under serious strain.
22 min
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Trump Press Sec Seethes at Journos as Harsh New...
As Karoline Leavitt snaps at reporters amid bad polling news on Trump’s top issue, Jennifer Rubin of The Contrarian explains why the media must do better at explaining the unpopularity of the MAGA agenda.
23 min
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Trump’s Angry, Violent Outbursts Go Nuclear as ...
As Trump’s eruptions grow more violent and a new poll finds disapproval of his use of troops in California, a data analyst explains why Trump shouldn’t assume authoritarian violence is good politics.
19 min
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“Disturbing”: Trump’s Threat to Use Troops in C...
As Trump’s talk about unleashing the military on American streets grows more menacing in its specifics, a former federal prosecutor explains why his moves are increasingly lawless—and how he can be stopped.
17 min
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Fox News Suddenly Admits to Major Trump Failure...
As Fox hosts sharply question Trump officials about the latest signs of trouble for his tariffs, an economist explains why this and new revelations about the DOGE disaster reveal a much deeper set of failings.
20 min
70
Why Trump-Musk Feud Is Suddenly Driving White H...
As the war between Donald Trump and Elon Musk explodes, former GOP strategist Rick Wilson argues that Trump has more to lose—and explains why the White House is likely very nervous about what’s coming next.
26 min
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Trump Turns Sharply on Musk as Harsh New Data W...
As the Trump-Musk rift grows and a new Congressional Budget Office analysis pulverizes the GOP budget bill, a progressive polling analyst explains why this saga could break through to the public in a big way.
18 min
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Trump Rages over GOP Bill Fiasco as Elon Musk A...
As Trump fumes at budget bill foes while Elon Musk exposes its central sham, the author of a new piece on Musk explains how this furthers the 50-year GOP project of taking from the poor to enrich the wealthy.
19 min
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Trump Press Sec’s Vile Rants on Fox Show How He...
As Karoline Leavitt’s gaslighting about Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” goes wild, a writer on rural America explains what all this reveals about how thoroughly the Trump project scams his own supporters.
19 min
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Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Re...
An immigrant’s pending deportation has stunned Trump-supporting Missouri locals who have come to know and love her. Speaking to us on our podcast straight from jail, she makes a tearful, wrenching appeal.
24 min
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MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump’s Epic Legal Loss on ...
As Trump’s MAGA-friendly advisers rage over a harsh ruling against his tariffs, a lawyer for the challengers explains how it exposed deep weaknesses in their legal justification—and what will happen now.
20 min