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Every weekday, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent brings you a fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the moment, offered up in an entertaining, information-packed conversation with a leading lawmaker, journalist, or newsmaker. We go deep into the stories behind the headlines leading TNR and other news outlets—while making it fun and fast.
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- Trump Shivs JD Vance as Meltdown over GOP Losses Takes Unhinged Turn · 27 minDonald Trump, fuming over the midterms, just unleashed a new series of crazed Truth Social Posts. He again threatened to prosecute Democrats. He raged that Republicans only lost…
- Trump’s Christian Allies Rattled After His On-Air Rage Takes Dark Turn · 24 minDuring his now-infamous interview with CBS News, Donald Trump admitted that he hates his foes with so much fury that he wouldn’t even forgive them in order to get into Heaven. “I…
- MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump Blurts Out Damning Admission about GOP Loss · 21 minIn an interview with CBS News, Donald Trump acknowledged that a big reason for the GOP electoral bloodbath was his mass deportations. In one sense, this is absurd, given his…
- Angry Trump Unravels as GOPers Openly Admit He Wrecked Their 2028 Map · 29 minRepublicans are “panicking” about what the midterm debacle has done to their presidential map for 2028, Politico reports. Some Republicans fear Texas is now very gettable for the…
- Trump Shivs Hegseth in Strange Aside as GOP Knives Come Out Big Time · 24 minDonald Trump’s war on Iran was a big cause of the GOP electoral drubbing, and Pete Hegseth is in trouble. Trump told ABC News that he “has every intention” of keeping the Defense…
- Trump Shivs JD Vance as MAGA Crackup over Losses Gets Truly Vicious · 21 minDonald Trump fired quite a warning shot at JD Vance as the epic scale of GOP losses sank in. Asked about Vance and the political way forward, Trump employed his best mob-speak…
- Epic Rebuke to Trump as Blue Tsunami Wrecks MAGA in Midwest and South · 26 minIn a stunning series of outcomes, Democrats won control of the House and Senate on Tuesday. They’re projected to take control of at least 244 House seats, per NBC, and as of now…
- He’s Been Forecasting for 42 Years. He Predicts a Crushing GOP Defeat. · 27 minCharlie Cook has been doing election forecasting since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 reelection campaign. The founder of the Cook Political Report, an institution in D.C., he recently…
- Trump Erupts as GOP Leaks About His Rallies Take Cringe Turn: “Brutal” · 24 minDonald Trump erupted in a deranged rant at a reporter who dared to ask why he’d cancelled several of his rallies (which he then reinstated). Trump sputtered at being pressed on…
- Trump Rages as Leaks Reveal How Aides Soothe Him with Midterm Hopium · 22 minDonald Trump is in a dark mood about the midterms, reports The New York Times in an epic piece. Numerous administration insiders confide that he’s raging at naysayers and…
- Trump-Vivek Ad Ploy Backfires as GOPers Leak Humiliating Private Poll · 17 minAfter Vivek Ramaswamy ran that vile ad attacking Amy Acton in the Ohio gubernatorial race, Donald Trump aggressively defended it. That sent out a command to MAGA to get behind…
- Trump Tirade at Rally Takes Delusional Turn after Fox Drops Poll Bomb · 24 minIn a remarkable move, Fox News just shifted numerous House races toward Democrats. Fox finds them pulling even or favored in really Trumpy places like Kentucky’s 6th district and…
- Trump Unravels as Early-Voting Data Is So Brutal It Even Rattles MAGA · 22 minDonald Trump is stewing about elections big time. He raged at Senator Lisa Murkowski for opposing his dumb effort to rig the Alaska Senate race, fumed over imagined voter-fraud…
- Trump Rages Viciously at Young Female Journo—and Even Fox Is Cringing · 27 minDonald Trump seethed wildly at NBC reporter Monica Alba after she asked him tough questions about his support for that vile ad attacking Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton…
- Dimwit Trump Praise of Vile Ramaswamy Ad Backfires as GOP Panic Erupts · 20 minIn dense and convoluted remarks, Donald Trump defended that disgusting ad in the Ohio gubernatorial race. The ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy featured the mother of Democrat…
- Trump Blurts Out Bizarre Election-Theft Admission as Polls Bottom Out · 21 minDonald Trump just unleashed a panicky string of posts—see here, here, here, and here—in which he frantically urged Republicans to vote by mail early. Amusingly, this comes after…
- Abdul El-Sayed’s Viral Takedown of GOP Heckler Shows How to Fight MAGA · 19 minWith less than two weeks until Election Day, the Michigan Senate race is more or less on a knife’s edge. Amid all this, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has had some hugely viral moments…
- Trump Hits Brutal New Polling Low—and GOP Leaks Grow Truly Humiliating · 22 minDonald Trump’s approval just sank to an abysmal 33-66 in the new Washington Post poll, a record low in Post polling. The survey also finds Democrats leading in the battle for the…
- Trump Erupts in Angry Panic over Texas Senate Race—and Fox Is Unnerved · 19 minIn recent days, Donald Trump has exploded over James Talarico’s Senate candidacy in Texas. In a long, tortured tirade, Trump repeatedly called him “James TalaFREAKO” and raged at…
- Fox News Just Nuked Trump with His Most Disastrous Poll Yet · 23 minThe new national poll from Fox is absolutely awful for Donald Trump and the Republican Party. It finds Trump at a record low approval, shows him absolutely cratering with…
- Trump’s Boast about Rallies Backfires as Humiliating New GOP Leaks Hit · 25 minEarlier this week, Donald Trump made some audacious claims. He insisted at length that his rallies are having a “tremendously positive impact” on Republicans’ chances in the…
- Trump Rages as New Press Sec’s Debut Humiliatingly Mocked Even by MAGA · 23 minIn a remarkable piece, The Atlantic reports that Donald Trump is privately furious over his inability to force Iran to stop the war. As one adviser notes, he is “used to snapping…
- MAGA Voters Turn on Trump in Focus Group Bombshell: “Nothing but Lies” · 23 minSarah Longwell of The Bulwark recently held a focus group with people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 that took an extraordinary turn. After being shown Trump’s vile…
- Trump Rage at Fox Backfires as Aides Leak Humiliating Motive Behind It · 23 minDonald Trump rages regularly at Fox News. But Axios now reports that there’s more behind this than meets the eye: White House and GOP operatives have privately pressured Fox for…
- Trump Polls Take Brutal Turn as GOPers Grow Rattled: “Worse than 2006” · 21 minIn today’s episode, nonpartisan political forecaster Kyle Kondik makes some critical points about Donald Trump’s approval rating. First, it may be so low that he’s even…
- Trump Spirals into Crazed Fury as GOP Pollsters Deliver Very Bad News · 22 minDonald Trump unleashed a long, crazed tirade this week about Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic Senate candidate in South Carolina. He attacked her with the vicious slur “tranny”…
- Trump Rages at Shrinking Rally Crowds as GOP Panics: “Five-Alarm Fire” · 22 minDonald Trump has been holding rallies in red states, and in a pair of articles, The New York Times reported that his crowd sizes have been diminishing. This triggered an epic…
- Fox Drops Brutal Poll on Trump as Leaks Reveal MAGA Panic: “Wake Up!” · 25 minA new Fox poll showing James Talarico ahead in the Texas Senate race unnerved Fox figures. One MAGA guest on Fox exclaimed: “Texans have to wake up!” The poll also has truly…
- Trump’s Weird Tirade on Midterms Accidentally Reveals Key GOP Weakness · 24 minThis week, GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton privately admitted that Donald Trump’s midterm convention in Texas was a serious problem for the state’s Republican candidates. Asked…
- Trump TV Ads Backfire as New Poll Shows He’s Shockingly Toxic for GOP · 22 minDonald Trump has been running propaganda ads starring, well, himself as a way to help the GOP in the midterms. The ads are government-funded, and one official even suggested that…
- Trump’s Fury at Canada Takes Darker Turn as GOPers Quietly Sound Alarm · 21 minDonald Trump’s ban on a range of Canadian imports just went into effect, and The New York Times calls this a sign that the trade war has grown “vicious.” In a rambling tirade…
- Trump Erupts in Wild Panic as GOP Midterm Leaks Grow Urgent: “Wipeout” · 25 minRepublicans leaking about the midterms are growing more alarmed. One GOP operative in Iowa says this: “It feels like it could be a wipeout.” In story after story, Republicans are…
- Trump’s Rage over Failing Press Ban Goes Off Rails in Epic Self-Own · 24 minA few days ago, Donald Trump exploded in an extended tirade at news organizations. Why? Because they had suspended TV pool coverage of him to show solidarity with three news…
- MAGA Radio Host Humiliates Trump by Leaking Truly Brutal GOP Poll Data · 22 minIowa radio host Steve Deace just unleashed an extraordinary social media screed. He confided that GOP pollsters have informed House Republicans that GOP +15 districts are now…
- Trump’s Rage at CNN Boils Over as Case for Press Ban Starts Collapsing · 23 minOut of the three news organizations that Donald Trump has banned from the White House, he reserves special fury for CNN. He erupted at reporter Kaitlan Collins, posting that…
- Trump Hits Record Poll Low as GOP Leaks Worsen: “Bottom Falling Out” · 25 minThe polling just keeps getting worse for the GOP. A new Reuters survey finds Donald Trump’s approval at 32 percent—the worst in Reuters polling of both his terms. He’s at only 73…
- Trump Press Ban Backfires as Aides Leak Humiliating Motive Behind It · 25 minDonald Trump’s efforts to ban news organizations from the White House are backfiring. Trump said straight out that he barred them because their coverage displeased him, and when…
- Trump’s Pollster Drops Bomb on GOP as Midterm Panic Grows: “Bloodbath” · 22 minA striking new poll finds Democrat Mary Peltola leading GOP Senator Dan Sullivan by 46-41 in the Alaska Senate race. This is big news: Because quality polling of Alaska is so…
- Fox in Full Meltdown as Network’s Own Poll Hits Trump with Brutal News · 24 minFox News is having profound trouble coping with the spate of terrible stories hitting Donald Trump. Lately the network has been mostly avoiding discussion of the Iran debacle…
- Trump’s Iran Fiasco Takes Humiliating Turn as Leaks Grow More Damning · 24 minDonald Trump has once again stepped up his threats to entirely wipe out Iran, but it somehow isn’t forcing Iran to make the deal he wants. The emptiness of the threats is…
- Trump Rages Openly at Midterm Woes as His Worst Poll Yet Lands Hard · 25 minDonald Trump exploded in wild fury at the Supreme Court after it blocked his scheme to corrupt vote-by-mail. But in his bizarrely unhinged tirade was a key tell: He called the…
- Trump’s Angry Tirades on AI Accidentally Wreck GOP’s Midterm Strategy · 21 minAfter AI scientists and executives called for a slowdown in unrestrained AI development, Donald Trump unleashed a series of crazed tirades to the contrary. He raged that the only…
- Trump’s Rage Erupts as Brutal “Convention” Ratings Humiliate Him Badly · 23 minDonald Trump raged at a reporter who asked about his “midterm convention” offer to send $5,000 to voters if the GOP holds Congress. He snapped at her repeatedly, called her “the…
- Trump Tailspins as Latest Plot to Rig Midterms Is Mocked Even on Fox · 22 minDonald Trump just tailspinned again in the polls. In a new Quinnipiac survey, his overall approval is at 33 percent and he plummeted to a record low on the economy. Meanwhile, a…
- Trump’s Fury at Canada Grows So Unhinged that Even GOPers are Rattled · 25 minAfter Canada’s reciprocal tariffs kicked in this week, Donald Trump spiraled on social media. He posted a deranged map suggesting he wants to annex all of Canada. He posted a…
- Angry, Unglued Trump Accidentally Reveals His Contempt for MAGA Voters · 24 minDonald Trump unleashed a barrage of angry, unhinged threats over the last few days. He posted a map of all of North America—including Canada and Mexico—under conquest by the…
- Trump Tailspins as GOP Leaks of Midterm Panic Take Humiliating Turn · 21 minDonald Trump’s tailspinning continues. A CNN analysis finds that Trump has a lower approval rating than any of his predecessors going into midterms in this millennium. That’s…
- Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Blurts Out Damning War Admission as GOP Panics: “What the Hell?” (04/03/26) · 27 minOriginal air date: April 3, 2026 During Donald Trump’s speech on Iran this week, he revealed too much. In a line that sounded partly ad-libbed, he declared that the Strait of…
- Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Accidentally Admits What He Really Thinks of MAGA Voters (04/20/26) · 22 minDonald Trump just erupted at MAGA allies for opposing his war. In one tirade, he attacked Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and others as “FAKE MAGA.” In another, he slammed them as…
- Best of the Daily Blast: Trump-GOP Panic over ICE Grows as MAGA Goes Off Rails: “Race Traitor!” (01/30/26) · 23 minOriginal air date: January 30, 2026 President Trump and the GOP are in a growing panic over ICE. Trump’s advisers are sinking into recriminations. Republican officials are…
