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Trump Has Handed Democrats a Fast Way to Build Some Working-Class Cred
But at this point a campaign is mostly about gestures and stagecraft. The Harris campaign could use some events that create mojo. A surprise endorsement from a prominent Republican...
Trump Defense Pick’s Lawyer Makes Chilling Threat to Accuser
Sacks is a part of a contingent of tech bros, including Musk and Thiel, who have leveraged their immense wealth, power, and influence to unite conservatives and former leftists...
Trump Shows He’s Fully in Crypto Industry’s Pocket With New Nominee
Sacks is a part of a contingent of tech bros, including Musk and Thiel, who have leveraged their immense wealth, power, and influence to unite conservatives and former leftists...
Transcript: Trump’s Cabinet of Sex-Abusers Is Blowing Up in His Face
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 6 episode of theDaily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New...
How to Truly Make a Difference With Your Money This Holiday Season
“Giving Tuesday”—the nonprofit answer to Black Friday and Cyber Monday—is supposed to be a reprieve from the crass commercialization of this holiday period, or at least a way to...
Biden and Trump Agree on One Thing: Zero Accountability
While the Biden administration claims to protect the so-called “rules based international order,” it has a contentious relationship with the bodies which decide who breaks them. In January, the...
Trump’s Plan to Turn the IRS Into a Grifter’s Paradise
Don’t expect the good news to keep flowing. When Long was in Congress, he co-sponsored, in three consecutive sessions, a bill to abolish the IRS and replace the income...
MAGA Dimwit Tommy Tuberville Blurts Out Awkward Truth About Trump, GOP
Points for candor to Senator Tommy Tuberville. On Thursday, he admitted he thinks Trump should vet his own nominees, suggesting the Senate GOP should forget about playing its advice...
Trump’s Floundering Defense Pick Still Has One Powerful Ally
With Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of defense is in trouble on Capitol Hill, he still has the support of a powerful conservative backer: Project 2025 architect and Heritage...
The Shocking Way This Tulsi Gabbard PAC Spent Its Money
Tulsi Gabbard’s PAC spent thousands in political funds to help get her personal manifesto on The New York Times bestseller list, Forbes reported Thursday.Gabbard founded the leadership PAC Defend...
Plan of Attack
The Democrats have won back the House. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), nearly tripped over himself on the way to the microphone to claim...
Rudy Giuliani’s Defamation Case Is About to Get Even Worse
“Trump has been complaining privately to people that he feels like Hegseth should have been more upfront with him, that he gave him opportunities,” Haberman told the network. “We...