Greg Sargent

In Texas, Right Wing Rage Takes a Dark Turn: “War On White America”

An influential group called the True Texas Project is hosting a conference in July that will actively promote Christian Nationalism…

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How Trump’s Ugliest Authoritarian Threats May Soon Blow Up In His Face

Donald Trump is now leveling his authoritarian threats right out in the open. He appears supremely confident that none of…

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Mike Johnson’s Sleazy New Scheme to Protect Trump Should Fire Up Dems

In the wake of Donald Trump’s criminal conviction, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans are ramping up with sordid new efforts to use their…

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Why Trump’s Spiraling Obsession with Verdict Has Unnerved Some GOPers

Some Republicans are reportedly worried that Donald Trump’s ongoing public attacks on his criminal conviction show that he’s overly focused on lathering…

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Why MAGA’s Eruption of Rage at Bannon’s Jail Sentence Is So Alarming

A judge just ordered longtime Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon to surrender to prison on July 1st after his conviction for defying…

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Dems Brutally Shred Shady Wall Street Journal Hit Piece on Biden’s Age

On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal published a dodgy hit piece about President Biden’s age. Then something unusual happened: Democratic lawmakers went…

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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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