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Yes, Zohran Mamdani Still Thinks Trump Is a Fascist
Senator Elisa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, received a bomb threat at her home on Friday. In a statement on X, a spokesperson for Slotkin said that she wasn’t...
My Weekend With the Anti-Vaxxers
The last presentation of the morning was a tour of the anti-vaccine movement’s historical canon by physician Suzanne Humphries. This was, admittedly, difficult to follow; my notes are just...
Dem Lawmakers Get Bomb Threats After Trump Calls For Their Execution
“Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions,” Comer told Politico. “She’s only going to plead the Fifth. I mean, I could spend a bunch...
In Outrageous Omission, New Cop30 Deal Fails to Restrict Fossil Fuels
Cop30, the U.N.’s annual climate summit that the U.S. failed to send a delegate to this year, nonetheless achieved something President Donald Trump would celebrate.Delegates in Brazil reported that...
Trump, Loomer Mock MTG After Stunning Resignation Announcement
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Saturday morning to share his thoughts on his former ally’s shocking resignation. “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting...
Epstein, Trump, and the Era of Elite Impunity
This week, we all moved a couple steps closer to finally getting a peek at what’s been the year’s biggest political MacGuffin: the Epstein files. The long-delayed swearing in...
Video: What the Jobs Report Tells Us About the Economy
new video loaded: What the Jobs Report Tells Us About the EconomyWhat does the September jobs report, delayed by six weeks because of the government shutdown, say about the...
Trump Is Confused by Zohran Mamdani’s Viral Election Night Warning
President Trump had some words for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ahead of their Friday afternoon meeting at the White House.“Well, I was hitting him a little hard...
Transcript: Trump’s Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Backfires Badly
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 21 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and...
Top Dem Reveals How JPMorgan Chase Helped Epstein Hide His Crimes
A report released by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden on Thursday called for Congress to further investigate JP Morgan Chase over its ties to Jeffrey Epstein, one of...
Democrats Who Sent Message to Troops Respond to Trump’s Hanging Threat
The National Guard’s takeover of Washington was not legal, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Thursday.Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the Pentagon had “exceeded the bounds of their authority”...
“Insanity”: House in Total Chaos After Shutdown
The Trump administration first bungled the release of the files in July, when the Justice Department issued a memo that contradicted Attorney General Pam Bondi on the alleged existence...