Greg Sargent

Alarmed By Trump’s Scary New Polling Lead? Listen To Biden’s Data Guy

This week, The New York Times released new polls that sent shock waves through the Democratic establishment, finding Donald Trump leading in all six…

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Biden Is Quietly Winning the War On Crime—After Trump Epically Lost It

Donald Trump constantly claims that crime is out of control. In reality, it’s substantially down under Biden, after soaring during the pandemic that Trump catastrophically botched…

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Stormy Daniels’s Brutal Mockery of Trump Makes Conviction More Likely

On Thursday, Stormy Daniels faced tough cross examination from Donald Trump’s attorneys in his hush money trial in Manhattan. By most accounts,…

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“Warning Sign” For Trump As Anti-MAGA Vote Surges In Indiana Primary

In the Indiana GOP primary on Tuesday night, Donald Trump lost 22 percent of GOP primary voters to Nikki Haley. That’s surprising,…

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Rage At Mike Johnson Is Suddenly Fizzling Out

This week, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is deciding whether to call a snap vote to oust Mike Johnson as House…

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Bombshells in Trump’s Trial Show How This Case Will Get Worse for Him

Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in Manhattan has already served up some extraordinary moments. On Friday, former Trump aide Hope Hicks’s…

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Trump’s Vile New Threat to Unleash “Military” Has a Hidden, Darker Aim

In his much-discussed Time interview, Donald Trump threatened to use the military to carry out mass deportations in a second term. The proposals he…

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Why Trump and His Aides Suddenly Seem So Alarmed About RFK Jr.

Unexpectedly, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been making a huge number of appearances all over right wing media of late. Trump advisers…

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Trump’s Polling Suddenly Looks Scary. This Dem Has a Plan to Stop Him

A new consensus is settling in among political analysts: Donald Trump’s poll numbers look unexpectedly formidable in states like Arizona and…

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Trump Exposes the Truth About His “Leave It to the States” Scam

In a new interview, Donald Trump gave away the game: If he wins the White House, he’d be fine with anti-choice…

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Elon Musk’s Weird Obsession With “Low Birth Rates” Takes an Ugly Turn

Recently Elon Musk triggered outrage by promoting a vicious speech by a Dutch activist that pushed virulent white nationalist ideologies. Musk added…

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How Trump’s Insane Rant About “Gutless” Bill Barr Umasks GOP and MAGA

Over the weekend, a CNN interview with former attorney general Bill Barr went viral after Barr performed a spectacular on-air capitulation to…

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Inside the Nasty Shadow War Between The New York Times and Team Biden

A new Politico report has exposed deep tensions between The New York Times and the White House. President Biden’s team believes The Times isn’t adequately capturing…

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MAGA Rage at Mike Johnson Suddenly Takes a Dark and Dangerous Turn

Now that the House has passed military aid to Ukraine, MAGA personalities like Donald Trump Jr. and Tucker Carlson have joined Marjorie…

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Why Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fury Is About to Get Worse for the GOP

Now that Mike Johnson allowed Ukraine aid to pass the House on a broad bipartisan basis, an enraged Marjorie Taylor Greene is ramping…

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Kari Lake’s Vile New Threat of “Glock” Violence Exposes MAGA’s Lunacy

Kari Lake, a diehard MAGA Republican who’s running for Senate in Arizona, told a rally this week that it’s time for supporters…

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Finally, Mike Johnson Makes His Move to Shiv Marjorie Taylor Greene

Here on the podcast we’ve repeatedly argued that Mike Johnson might ultimately allow a vote on military aid to Ukraine, even if it…

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Why the Kennedys Suddenly Fear RFK Jr. Is a Secret Spoiler for Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential run is inspiring new fears among Democrats that he will help Donald Trump win the White House…

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How Surprise Evidence Against Trump May Wreck Hush Money Trial Defense

With jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money trial beginning this week in New York, some have dismisses the case as weak.…

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How Fox News Is Quietly Covering Up Stories That Make Trump Look Weak

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been hit by a lot of bad news lately. His former vice president declined to…

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