Greg Sargent
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Mar- 2024 -8 MarchThe Daily Blast
RFK Jr.’s Creepy Claim About Jeffrey Epstein Has a Hidden Dark Side
This week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. triggered an online explosion with a very weird defense of himself for spending time with Jeffrey…
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7 MarchThe Daily Blast
Is Ted Cruz Finally in Trouble? Meet the Dem Who Aims to Take Him Down
Texas is a state that keeps breaking the hearts of Democrats everywhere. But hopes are rising again this week, after…
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6 MarchThe Daily Blast
Unsung heroes of the Trump era: Female governors who face down MAGA rage
Earlier this week, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico signed a handful of gun control bills in the face of a…
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5 MarchThe Daily Blast
The Supreme Court is peddling a big, ugly lie about Trump and MAGA
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 9 to zero that Donald Trump will not be disqualified from appearing on the ballot in…
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4 MarchThe Daily Blast
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 MarchThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryThe Daily Blast
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 FebruaryPodcasts
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 FebruaryPodcasts
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 FebruaryPodcasts
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 FebruaryPodcasts
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 FebruaryPodcasts
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 FebruaryPodcasts
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 FebruaryPodcasts
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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