Greg Sargent

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Alarming New Polls Show Trump Ahead. So Why do Dems Keep Winning?

A frightening new batch of polls this week showed President Biden trailing Donald Trump in all the key battleground states. And yet,…

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MAGA’s Ugly New “Civil War” Fantasy Should be Taken Seriously

Far-right personalities are fantasizing about “civil war” again, amid a standoff between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the feds over border enforcement.…

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