The Daily Blast
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Mar- 2024 -4 March
The Daily Blast: Why Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Orban Should Terrify Us All
With Donald Trump set to host Viktor Orban at his Mar-a-Lago retreat this week, it’s time to get serious about…
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1 March
Is the Media Enabling Trump to “Usher in a New Era of Fascism”?
This week, former MSNBC journalist Mehdi Hasan launched a new digital media company called “Zeteo,” which is Greek for “to seek.” Hasan…
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Feb- 2024 -29 February
Mitch McConnell tried to ride the MAGA monster. Then it ate him alive.
The news that Mitch McConnell will step down as GOP senate leader later this year has led many to argue that he…
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27 February
Let’s just say it: What if Trump is weaker than he looks?
Donald Trump’s victory over Nikki Haley in the South Carolina GOP primary has sparked another round of punditry about his…
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26 February
Finally, Some Good News: New Polls Show MAGA cultist Kari Lake Behind
For the first time in months, a pair of new polls has found that election-denier Kari Lake is trailing in the Arizona Senate race…
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23 February
Fox News twists itself into wild contortions on GOP “informant” fiasco
Fox News and other right wing media are currently engaged in absurdities that are as bad as anything they’ve attempted in recent…
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22 February
David Axelrod: Here’s How Biden Can Fix the “Age” Issue—and Beat Trump
It’s the question that won’t die among D.C. elites: Should President Biden step aside so another Democrat can run instead?…
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21 February
Finally, Democrats have defeated one of the worst gerrymanders of all
This week, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed a new set of maps for legislative districts in the state—an important and overlooked victory…
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20 February
Trump’s Devastating $355 Million Penalty Blows Up His Biggest Lie
The stunning news that Donald Trump has been hit by a $355 million penalty in his civil fraud case in New York…
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16 February
How Trump Iced Ronna McDaniel, Signaling Big Trouble for the MAGA-GOP
This week, Donald Trump announced that he wants Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel replaced with a loyalist: Michael Whatley, the head…
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15 February
Shocker: A Big Win for Dems Flips the Script on Trump’s Favorite Issue
Earlier this week, Democrats executed a remarkable 8-point win in a special House election in suburban Long Island, a race that was…
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14 February
The Ugly Truth Behind Mike Johnson’s MAGA-fied Blockade on Ukraine Aid
On Tuesday, in a decisive 70 to 29 vote, the Senate passed a mammoth bill containing $60 billion for Ukraine’s self defense against…
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13 February
Why Democratic Elites are “Shaken to their Core” about Trump and Biden
This week, the freakout among Democrats about President Biden reached its shrillest pitch yet, after a special counsel report exonerated Biden…
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12 February
Elon Musk’s Unhinged Pro-MAGA Tweets Expose Tech Oligarchy’s Dark Side
Elon Musk has unleashed numerous tweets lately boosting far right personalities and endorsing MAGA tropes holding that migration constitutes a deliberately engineered invasion. He even endorsed a version…
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9 February
How Trump’s White Evangelical Army is Slowly Destroying Nikki Haley
With Nikki Haley set to make a last stand of sorts in the South Carolina primary later this month, there’s a hidden…
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8 February
Republicans Admitted the Deal They Killed Was a Good One, Senator Says
In an extraordinary spectacle, virtually all Senate Republicans joined together Wednesday to block a bipartisan bill that would have given Republicans much…
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7 February
How Trump’s trial-delaying scam could screw over GOP voters
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump is not immune from criminal charges stemming from his effort to steal…
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6 February
J.D. Vance’s Ugly Rant About Trump’s Coup Portends a Dark MAGA Future
This week, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio declared in an on-air rant that if he had been Trump’s vice president in the…
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5 February
Krugman: Trump-MAGA are in Desperate Denial About the Economy
It’s one of the strangest disconnects in our politics today: By many metrics, the economy is doing extremely well, yet President…
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2 February
Trump’s Legal Mess Triggers Shocking New Levels of Right Wing Grift
This week, we learned that Donald Trump’s fundraising committees channeled an extraordinary $50 million toward bankrolling his myriad legal defenses throughout 2023.…
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