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Big Setback for Trump as GOPers Privately Tell Him: Matt Gaetz Is Done

In a blow to Donald Trump, Politico reports that GOP Senators are privately telling him that Matt Gaetz has little chance of getting confirmed as...

yesterday 6

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Republicans Adopt New, Absurd Defense of Gaetz: The Past Isn’t Real!

Republican senators are once again falling in line to support a man they’ve publicly and privately disavowed. But instead of Donald Trump, this...

yesterday 20

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Is Done Pretending He Knows Nothing About Project 2025

Donald Trump has nominated a Christian nationalist with ties to Project 2025 to lead the Office of Management and Budget. CBS News reported...

yesterday 30

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Hafiz Rashid

Rapist Supporters MTG and Nancy Mace Accuse Trans Colleague of Assault

Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace are bringing out the rhetorical big guns to knock down Representative-elect Sarah McBride....

yesterday 20

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Lindsey Graham Has Disgusting Reason for Supporting Matt Gaetz

Senator Lindsey Graham doesn’t care what the ethics report on Matt Gaetz says; he doesn’t think alleged sexual misconduct should knock Donald...

yesterday 10

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Election Can’t Help His Trash Stock—and Investors Are Pissed

Even small-time investors are looking to peel out from their Truth Social shares as the stock continues to tumble in the aftermath of the election....

yesterday 10

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Is Gunning for Birthright Citizenship—and Testing the High Court

President-elect Donald Trump has wanted to end birthright citizenship for almost a decade. He first called for its elimination in 2015, telling...

yesterday 10

New Republic

Matt Ford

Texas Cozies Up to Trump by Offering Him a Ranch for Deportation Prep

The state of Texas is offering the Trump administration a 1,400-acre ranch to use as a camp for mass deportations. The Texas General Land...

yesterday 4

New Republic

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Bootlicker Lindsey Graham Doubles Down on Support for Matt Gaetz

Lindsey Graham is trying to rally support among his fellow Senate Republicans for Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz. The South...

yesterday 2

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Hafiz Rashid

How Entertainment Mangled Public Discourse

I was a skeptic when Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business came out in 1985. A book attacking...

yesterday 1

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Katha Pollitt

The Time-Honored Tradition of Blaming the Left for Democratic Defeats

The Democratic Party is looking for a scapegoat for its disastrous 2024 election performance. As ever, no shortage of pundits and party operatives...

yesterday 1

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Transcript: Bad News for Trump as GOPers Tell him Matt Gaetz is Cooked

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 20 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The...

yesterday 10

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No Author

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Reveal Secret Weapon to Wreck Government

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are making it abundantly clear they will stop at nothing to slash the federal budget, even if it means weaponizing...

yesterday 20

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Matt Gaetz Gets Huge Win on Ethics Report, But It’s Not Dead Yet

The House Ethics Committee did not agree Wednesday whether to release its report on former Representative Matt Gaetz. Committee Chairman...

yesterday 6

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Edith Olmsted

Mike Johnson Proves Irony Is Dead With Comments About Trans Colleague

House Speaker Mike Johnson believes in equality and justice for all—but that purported belief is seemingly not getting in the way of an effort to...

yesterday 0

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

RFK Jr. Pushes One of His Wildest Conspiracies Yet in New Video

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently refused to believe the evidence of his eyes and ears during the Covid-19 pandemic, ignoring the freezer trucks...

yesterday 0

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Nominates a Fellow Scammer for NATO Ambassador

Donald Trump nominated former Attorney General Matt Whitaker to be the United States ambassador to NATO Wednesday. “Matt is a strong warrior and...

yesterday 1

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Is Toast … and His Team Knows It

Donald Trump’s transition team has begun quietly assembling a list of alternatives to Pete Hegseth, Vanity Fair reported Wednesday. The Fox &...

yesterday 2

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Military Not So Keen on Being Part of Trump’s Deportation Plans

Donald Trump’s plan for using the military to carry out mass deportations is already drawing opposition from the Pentagon and even from at least...

yesterday 0

New Republic

Hafiz Rashid

“Will It Be a Legacy of Horror or Something Else?”

In two months, Joe Biden will leave office and, soon after, nearly everything he and his administration have accomplished will be undone. One...

yesterday 0

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Alex Shephard

Trump’s Latest Cabinet Pick Is Also Mired in a Sexual Abuse Scandal

Proximity to sexual abuse and scandal increasingly looks like a prerequisite for joining Trump’s upcoming Cabinet. President-elect Donald Trump...

yesterday 0

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

More Clues Emerge About the Ethics Committee Report on Matt Gaetz

The cloud of sexual misconduct allegations hanging over Matt Gaetz’s head grows larger every day. ABC News is reporting that the House Ethics...

yesterday 0

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

JD Vance Offers the Most Ridiculous Reason to Support Matt Gaetz

JD Vance arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday with the bleak task of drumming up support for Trump’s would-be attorney general, Matt Gaetz. “Donald...

yesterday 0

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Idiot Trump Accidentally Gives Democrats a Massive Boost

Donald Trump’s lame obsession with Elon Musk is actually helping Senate Democrats get stuff done. As the current Senate majority races to approve...

yesterday 10

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Latest Administration Pick Is a Quack TV Doctor

Donald Trump has decided to nominate TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator. Trump...

previous day 20

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Hafiz Rashid

Trump Is Struggling With His Treasury Pick for the Dumbest Reason

Donald Trump doesn’t seem to give his Cabinet appointments much thought , often skipping the drudgery of FBI background checks and more informal...

previous day 30

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Timothy Noah

Trump Is Bringing Neoconservatism Back

Asked about Israel’s horrific bombing of Gaza in an April interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Donald Trump laid out the message...

previous day 20

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Alex Shephard

Trump’s Ugly Threat to Bypass Senate with Gaetz Pick Takes Darker Turn

Donald Trump has angrily put Republicans on notice: He may bypass them with recess appointments to get his personnel picks through in a hurry. In a...

previous day 10

New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Transcript: How Trump Can Steamroll Senate with Gaetz Pick, Explained

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 19 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The...

previous day 10

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Should Eliminate Itself

Elon Musk appears poised to play a major role in the next Trump administration. The billionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter formally...

previous day 10

New Republic

Matt Ford

Protesters Urge Biden to “Fund Housing Not Genocide”

The Senate is scheduled to vote on joint resolutions of disapproval to block weapons sales to Israel on Wednesday, and protesters have filled the...

previous day 7

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Hafiz Rashid

Is Anyone On Trump’s Team Actually Vetting His Nominees?

Donald Trump’s team apparently missed that Pete Hegseth, the president-elect’s choice for secretary of defense, paid off a woman accusing him...

previous day 5

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Hafiz Rashid

Donald Trump is Getting Sensitive, Classified Information Again

Donald Trump is now receiving intelligence briefings as president-elect of the United States.  The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Trump...

previous day 1

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Hafiz Rashid

Randy Newman’s Genius for Political Irony

Here’s an uncomfortable truth: Most musicians on the left write songs that lack a decent sense of humor about serious matters, whether past or...

previous day 6

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Michael Kazin

Marjorie Taylor Greene Finally Had a Good Idea

In response to calls for the House Ethics Committee to release the results of its investigation into former Representative Matt Gaetz,...

previous day 2

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Hafiz Rashid

Days After Trump’s Win, Putin Increases Chance of Nuclear War

Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered Russia’s threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, indicating an escalation in tensions President-elect...

previous day 5

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Trump to Pick GOP Billionaire to Run Commerce Department Into Ground

Donald Trump is expected to nominate billionaire Howard Lutnick to be secretary of commerce, according to CNN. Lutnick, the CEO of financial...

previous day 1

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Edith Olmsted

Rudy Giuliani Launches Last-Ditch Effort to Have Trump Save Him

Rudy Giuliani is trying to get the date of his defamation trial pushed back so he can attend the inauguration of his former client Donald Trump. A...

previous day 1

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Media-Thirsty Nancy Mace Starts Vile Fight With Trans Colleague

South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace is still trying desperately to get on television, and this time she’s resorted to transphobic attacks...

previous day 2

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Trump Wants Project 2025 Architect to Have Starring Role in Cabinet

Donald Trump repeatedly told America he had “nothing to do” with Project 2025. But now, he’s welcoming its architect into his Cabinet with open...

previous day 4

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

A Hacker Just Got His Hands on Damning Evidence Against Matt Gaetz

An anonymous hacker has obtained some very damning documents regarding Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, according to The New York Times....

previous day 4

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Manhattan D.A. Concedes Trump Can’t Be Sentenced—but It’s Not Over Yet

The Manhattan district attorney’s office has agreed to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing for his hush-money case. But while his lawyers want...

previous day 3

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Watch: Fox News Begs Trump to Give Up on Matt Gaetz Already

It’s clear that Fox News is not into Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz for attorney general—at all. A segment of the show on Tuesday morning...

previous day 4

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

How to Do Escapism in the Trump Era

The Retro Museum, tucked away on the second floor of a shopping mall in the Black Sea city of Varna, is a testament to the material culture of...

previous day 1

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Kristen Ghodsee

Another Despicable Republican Announces Bid to Take Matt Gaetz’s Seat

There’s a new bigot to know in Florida, and she wants to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress. Florida Republican state House Representative Michelle...

previous day 20

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Did JD Vance Just Subtweet Trump (Before Cowardly Deleting His Post)?

JD Vance deleted his social media meltdown calling a Donald Trump ally a “mouth breathing imbecile” Tuesday, after she scolded him for not showing...

previous day 30

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Edith Olmsted

Did President Biden Just Save the CHIPS Act From Trump?

President Biden may have secured a government program that funds semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, critical for electronics...

monday 10

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Hafiz Rashid

You Won’t Believe Who’s Trying to Stop The Onion Buying Infowars

InfoWars may have been bought and sold out from under Alex Jones, but that doesn’t mean the conspiracy theorist is giving up the fight. A company...

monday 8

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Throws Out Votes as Senate Recount Begins

The recount for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race won’t count undated or incorrectly dated mail-in ballots, a major blow to voting rights. In an...

monday 2

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s War With the Press Takes a Terrifying Turn

Donald Trump has announced that the next Federal Communications Commission chair would be Brendan Carr, the senior-most Republican on the FCC and a...

monday 30

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s “Efficiency” Plans Are Getting More Extreme Than Project 2025

Donald Trump has sweeping plans for his second term, and they include slashing and gutting large parts of the executive branch. Speaking with Fox...

monday 30

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Just Humiliated RFK Jr. in Funniest Way Imaginable

Yesterday’s “poison” is tomorrow’s presidential Cabinet meal. Over the weekend, key members of Donald Trump’s incoming administration...

monday 10

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Reveals His Fascist Plan for Carrying Out Mass Deportations

Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he’s plotting to use the U.S. military to carry out his massive deportation scheme. The president-elect shared...

monday 6

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Edith Olmsted

The True Threat to American Retirement

Old age has become a strangely tangled subject in the United States. Even after Joe Biden delivered one of the worst debate performances in recent...

monday 10

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Heather Souvaine Horn

The Media’s Favorite Euphemism for Trump’s Acolytes

The mainstream press has been criticized for normalizing, or “sanewashing,” Donald Trump and his political allies. Having spent my career...

monday 10

New Republic

Timothy Noah

Trump Is Testing the Senate. And Guess Who’s Going to Win That One?

I’m taking bets that Matt Gaetz will indeed be confirmed as our next attorney. I know all the clever people say otherwise. NBC News, in a story...

monday 8

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Michael Tomasky

Elon Musk Is Already Driving Everyone Insane

Elon Musk is starting to clash with Donald Trump’s team on some of the president-elect’s key issues, especially tariffs.  The Washington Post...

monday 5

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Hafiz Rashid

Trump’s Real Goal With These Disastrous Cabinet Picks Exposed

An authoritarianism scholar sounded alarm bells that Donald Trump’s incoming Cabinet nominees will do far more than usher a new conservatism into...

monday 1

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Goes Full Dictator in Latest Unhinged Tantrum

Donald Trump is going after Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, weeks after she published a preelection poll that found Kamala Harris had “leapfrogged”...

monday 4

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Donald Trump’s Mandate Is a Myth

Donald Trump and his allies have characterized the 2024 election as an overwhelming victory—and a mandate for shock politics, mass deportations,...

monday 7

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Hafiz Rashid

Christian Nationalist Tries to Push Trump Prayer on Oklahoma Schools

Oklahoma’s state superintendent of schools, Ryan Walters, wants every teacher in the state to show a video message from him to their classes...

monday 3

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Hafiz Rashid

The Case For Ignoring Trump’s Daily Rage-Bait

As destructive as the next Trump administration will be, it’ll be productive in one critical sense: creating lots of things to get mad about. For...

monday 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Transcript: Another Fiasco for Trump as His Pick for Pentagon Implodes

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 18 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The...

monday 3

New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Donald Trump is Already Looking to Gut Medicaid

Now that Donald Trump will be the next president, Republicans are eyeing overhauls to safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps.  The...

monday 80

New Republic

Hafiz Rashid

Another Trump Cabinet Pick Is in Trouble

It’s not just Matt Gaetz. The Trump transition team is worried about another set of heinous allegations tanking one of its most important Cabinet...

monday 4

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Ron DeSantis Can’t Stop Copying Trump

Ron DeSantis just can’t seem to drop the wannabe Trump routine.  The Florida governor will stage an Apprentice-style “extensive vetting”...

monday 3

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Another Fiasco for Trump as His Pick to Run Pentagon Suddenly Implodes

First came Matt Gaetz. Now The Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, paid...

monday 10

New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

These Damning New Matt Gaetz Details Could Sink His Nomination

Matt Gaetz, the MAGA Republican congressman nominated to be the next attorney general, allegedly paid two women for sex, according to the lawyer...

monday 10

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Watch: Mike Johnson Offers Bonkers Defense of Trump Cabinet’s Morals

House Speaker Mike Johnson didn’t even bother trying to defend the quality of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. During an interview on CNN Sunday,...

monday 2

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

The Trump-Musk Bromance Has Entered a New Phase

From cageside at UFC309 to side by side at the upcoming SpaceX launch, the Trump-Musk bromance knows no bounds. It’s been reported that Trump will...

monday 6

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump’s Department of Transportation Is Going to Be a Nightmare

The Trump transition team continues to float wildly unqualified people to serve in very important positions. Politico reported on Monday that the...

monday 6

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Where Do We Go From Here?

It is tempting, and perhaps correct, to be fatalistic about Donald Trump’s catastrophic reelection. The simplest, clearest explanation is that he...

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