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Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans

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Kate Aronoff

How Extreme Can Democratic Governors Get to Stop Trump?

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Felipe De La Hoz

Angry Trump Shocked to Discover Putin Has Humiliated Him: “Bullshit!”

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Whistleblower Emails Expose Fresh Trump Abuses in Abrego Garcia Case

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Greg Sargent

Thom Tillis Reveals Infuriating Reason RFK Jr. Was Confirmed

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Edith Olmsted

Green Card Holder in “Alligator Alcatraz” Details Inhumane Conditions

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Malcolm Ferguson

Transcript: Angry Trump Shocked to Discover Putin Is Laughing at Him

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Kristi Noem Flips Out After Report of Delayed Response to Texas Floods

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Robert Mccoy

Judge Gives Supreme Court Middle Finger on Birthright Citizenship Case

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Robert Mccoy

The “Undeserving Poor” Deserve Medicaid

In 2016, Charles Manson, then serving a life sentence for murdering or conspiring to murder seven people, developed a lesion on his large...

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Timothy Noah

Transcript: Trump Press Sec Rages at Media over Floods, Exposing MAGA

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily...

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump Press Sec’s Fury at Media over Texas Flood Exposes Worst of MAGA

At least 109 people have died amid devastating flooding in Texas. Distressingly, 27 deaths occurred at a summer camp for girls, and the toll...

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

The Ugly Politics of Jackson, Mississippi’s Ongoing Water Crisis

Three years ago, a man with white hair and a ruddy grin went around one neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, daring residents to drink the tap...

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Kate Mabus

American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good

When Rosalyn Sandri returned to teach English at her high school alma mater, she never imagined it would end in a forced resignation. Only three...

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Kenneal Patterson

The Epstein Files Anticlimax Is Exposing Trump for Who He Really Is

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Alex Shephard

Turns Out, Pete Hegseth Forgot a Crucial Step in Pausing Ukraine Aid

The president is not in control of his own government. Last week’s sudden pause on a weapons shipment to Ukraine was the handiwork of Defense...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

GOP Senators Stunned by Terrible Rule in Budget Bill They Voted For

In the latest installment in “Dude, What Law Did I Just Pass?” some Republicans were shocked to learn of a provision in Donald Trump’s behemoth...

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Humiliates Himself With Idiotic Question to Liberian President

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Sneaked Huge Gift for Peter Thiel–Backed Company Into Budget

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Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Commerce Sec Will Get Rich Off Budget Cuts to Weather Service

At least one person in the Trump administration stands to make a fortune at the National Weather Service’s deathbed. Commerce Secretary Howard...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Elon Musk Has Disgusting Response to His Nazi AI Chatbot

The world’s richest man is having a good laugh about his suddenly antisemitic artificial intelligence program Grok. xAI, the corporation building...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Tucker Carlson’s Wild Theory for Pam Bondi “Covering Up” Epstein Files

Tucker Carlson has his own rationale for the Trump administration’s mishandling of the Epstein files. Speaking with journalist Saagar Enjeti on...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

How Marco Rubio Botched a Deal to Free American Prisoners

Due to conflicting efforts by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Richard Grenell, the Trump administration bungled a deal that would...

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Robert Mccoy

Trump Celebrates as FBI Opens Revenge Probe Into Comey and Brennan

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Malcolm Ferguson

Stable Genius Trump Asks African Leaders to Tell Him Who They Are

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Robert Mccoy

ICE Official Reveals Disturbing Blacklist Behind Roundup of Students

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Robert Mccoy

Russia Reacts to Audio of Trump Threat to Bomb the Sh*t Out of Moscow

Last year, President Trump told donors that he had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he threatened to “bomb the shit out...

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Malcolm Ferguson

MAGA Representative Pushes Bizarre Claim About Trump Budget Bill

Wisconsin Representative Derrick “Little Bitch” Van Orden is trying to take credit for helping out hospitals he actively moved to defund,...

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Edith Olmsted

The Sickening Living Conditions at “Alligator Alcatraz”

Behemoth bugs, no access to running water, and withheld legal rights are just some of the inhumane conditions detailed in the first reports from...

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Edith Olmsted

Senegalese President Resorts to Bribing Trump in Trade Meeting

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye used a tried and true method to curry favor with President Donald Trump: shameless flattery. “I know you...

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Malcolm Ferguson

X CEO Steps Down After Two Years of Massive Failure

After two years of overseeing rampant conservatism, antisemitism, and general racism, X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down. “When Elon Musk and I...

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Malcolm Ferguson

MTG Rips Into Pam Bondi After Sudden Flip on Epstein List

Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ have “more explaining to do” regarding their dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein...

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Malcolm Ferguson

Agriculture Chief Admits One Big Problem With Trump’s Deportations

In an appearance on Fox Business on Wednesday, Trump’s agriculture chief, Brooke Rollins, revealed that the administration has no plan to fix the...

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Robert Mccoy

Republican Representative Hits Shocking Low With Ilhan Omar Attack

On Tuesday evening, Representative Randy Fine of Florida, as is his wont, harassed a fellow member of Congress with anti-Muslim rhetoric—this time...

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Robert Mccoy

Trump Crashes Out Over Question About Chaotic Ukraine Aid Pause

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Is Now Openly Spouting Antisemitic Rhetoric

Thanks to an anti-woke update, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot has become profoundly antisemitic. xAI, the corporation building Grok, updated the chatbot’s...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Blows Up At Reporter Asking About Jeffrey Epstein

President Trump responded to a question about his administration’s closure of the Jeffrey Epstein case—something that has enraged his deepest base...

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Malcolm Ferguson

Democrats Should​ Say Who’s Really to Blame for the ​Flooding in Texas

In just 45 minutes, early Friday morning, intense rain caused sections of the Guadalupe River in Central Texas to rise by nearly 26 feet. Four...

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Kate Aronoff

Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Awkward Truth about ICE as MAGA Seethes

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 8 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily...

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

KBJ Rips “Senseless” Supreme Court Decision on Trump’s Mass Firings

In a 15-page dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson torched the Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling allowing President Trump’s mass government layoffs...

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Robert Mccoy

Elon Musk Drags Steve Bannon Into His Epstein Report Freak-Out

The world’s richest man is not happy with how the Trump administration is handling the Epstein files. Elon Musk has gone scorched earth on his ex-...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Alex Jones Breaks Down in Tears Over Trump’s Final Epstein Report

Even Donald Trump’s most sycophantic followers are turning on him over his administration’s handling of the Epstein files. Against the expertise of...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Accidentally Reveals Core Problem with ICE Fiasco, Angering MAGA

At a rally, President Trump declared that he now may be suspending deportations for farmworkers and other migrant workers. Trump openly admitted...

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Most Third-Party Efforts Are Jokes. Musk’s Might Not Be. Here’s Why.

I saw a lot of chortling after Elon Musk’s announcement last week that he intends to start a third party, the America Party. Chortle away if you...

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Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump’s Vampire Presidency

President Donald Trump is America’s first rentier president. A rentier is a sort of capitalist parasite who extracts wealth from the economy...

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Timothy Noah

Trump’s Claim on Ukraine Aid Raises Question of Who’s In Control

Donald Trump gracelessly dodged a question Tuesday about weapons shipments to Ukraine, revealing that the commander-in-chief has no idea about...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win for LGBTQ People

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy, deciding that a Republican-controlled legislative committee...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Burned Through Stockpile of Patriot Missiles at Alarming Rate

The United States doesn’t have the missile stockpile it needs for the Pentagon’s military plans. The country has only 25 percent of the Patriot...

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Forced to Issue Embarrassing Correction on Tariff Letter

Donald Trump’s team must have been in quite a rush to send out the president’s copy-paste “tariff letters” Monday because they somehow missed a...

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Edith Olmsted

TACO Trump Is Already Waffling on His New Tariff Talks Deadline

Donald Trump said he may fold on his new deadline for tariff negotiations … again. While sitting across the dinner table from Israeli Prime...

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Edith Olmsted