Greg Sargent

Striking New Polls on Trump Verdict Wreck One of MAGA’s Dumbest Scams

MAGA loyalists have been relentlessly pushing a silly talking point: The American people are in full scale revolt against the…

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“You’re Lying”: Why George Conway Erupted at a Pro-Trump GOPer on CNN

The other day on CNN, prominent Never Trump lawyer George Conway did something you rarely see in Washington. He dressed down a…

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The Alito Flag Scandal Just Got Worse. What’s the Next Move for Dems?

Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito refused to recuse himself from hearing Jan. 6-related cases amid controversy over an upside-down…

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Inside Trump-MAGA’s Secretive Plot to Come After Your Birth Control

Donald Trump recently said he’s “looking at” imposing restrictions on contraception if he is elected president, and even promised a concrete policy.…

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Yet Again, Shady Judge Cannon Does Trump’s Bidding—But It May Backfire

On Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily denied special counsel Jack Smith’s latest request for a gag order on Donald Trump. Smith wanted…

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How Fox News Fabricated a Toxic Lie for Trump—and Why It’s So Alarming

Donald Trump and his media propagandists have been preposterously suggesting the FBI under President Biden was set to use “lethal force” against…

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Trump’s Ugly Eruption: Putin Will Only Free Jailed Reporter “For Me”

On Thursday, Donald Trump tweeted that Vladimir Putin will release Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia, after the election—“for me,” meaning…

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Trump’s Unhinged Ranting At Biden’s FBI Reveals His “Wannabe Fascism”

Trump and MAGA Republicans are floating the crackpot idea that President Biden’s FBI was ready to target Trump with lethal force when…

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Why Trump Is “Very Close” to a Conviction, Per This Former Prosecutor

On Monday, the prosecution rested its case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan. This comes after Trump’s defense team concluded…

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MAGA Rage at Trump’s Trial Has Grown “Dangerous,” Like a “Cult”

The GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump’s authoritarianism is growing more blatant. Republicans have joined him in attacking his criminal trials…

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Yikes: RFK Jr.’s Rich Running Mate Just Added $8 Million to His Effort

This week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, dropped a bomb: She announced a donation of another $8 million to…

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Unhinged MAGA Media Figures Are Already Prepping for Trump’s Next Coup

Earlier this month, Donald Trump refused to commit to accepting the outcome of the 2024 election, shamelessly declaring he’d only do so…

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Michael Cohen’s Testimony Exposes the Ugly Lunacy of the Trump “Cult”

On Tuesday, when Michael Cohen testified against Donald Trump, the former president’s lawyers reminded jurors that Cohen was once slavishly…

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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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