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We Need to Talk About the Apocalypse

“I thank you, Lord, for regime change in Iran. Yes, Lord, we cry out to you!” Cindy Jacobs’s Texan drawl arcs into an otherworldly howl as she...

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Laura Jedeed

The Trump Dividend Checks Have Already Gone Out. Just Not to You.

Last week, President Donald Trump announced that if Republicans prevail in this year’s midterm elections, he would provide everybody with a $5,000...

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Jason Linkins

U.S. Nearly Started a War Because Military Used AI to Write a Report

A wildly inaccurate U.S. military intelligence report produced with artificial intelligence almost started World War III, CNN reported Friday.

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Edith Olmsted

New Filings Wreck Trump’s Biggest Claim About Kennedy Center Takeover

The demise of the Kennedy Center began with Donald Trump.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Kash Patel’s FBI Briefly Stopped Cooperating With Canada in Petty Move

FBI Director Kash Patel temporarily paused cooperation with the FBI’s counterpart in Canada earlier this month over how the country’s national...

friday 3

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Hafiz Rashid

It’s Not Just Matching Shoes. Trump Team Has Matching Rolexes Too.

Custom Rolex watches have become the ultimate symbol of status for President Donald Trump’s White House staff, Vanity Fair reported Friday.

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Bans Three Major News Outlets From the White House

Donald Trump announced Friday he was banning several of America’s most prominent national news institutions from the White House, claiming that the...

friday 3

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Pentagon Says Iran War Cost $45 Billion—if You Don’t Count Everything

President Trump’s seven-month war on Iran has cost the American taxpayer $45.1 billion, according to estimates the United States Central Command...

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Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Admin Covering Up Number of U.S. Troops Killed in Iran War

The Trump administration may be hiding exactly how many American troops have died in the Iran war.

friday 3

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Hafiz Rashid

The Mistakes That Democrats Keep Making

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here.

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Right Now With Perry Bacon

Judge Cancels Anti-DEI Policy, Says Trump Team Won’t Even Define It

The Department of Education can’t cut funding to teacher training programs that the Trump administration thinks promote diversity, equity, and...

friday 1

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Hafiz Rashid

Transcript: The Mistakes That The Democrats Keep Making

This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 17 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show...

friday 1

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Right Now With Perry Bacon

Measles Scare Hits Children’s Hospital as RFK Jr. Does Nothing

There’s been a “probable” measles exposure at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania—more devastating news for what has been the worst year...

friday 1

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Malcolm Ferguson

“Deport Her” : MAGA Turns on Latina GOP Rep. Who Called Out Trump

Midterm-bound Republicans have opted to separate themselves from the president’s sinking ship, but MAGAworld isn’t letting them off so easily.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Expands His Plan to Have Data Centers Take Over Public Lands

President Trump is looking to potentially build 12 new data centers on federal public lands—something the vast majority of Americans are against,...

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Malcolm Ferguson

USPS Deals Trump’s Efforts to End Mail-in Voting Another Huge Loss

The U.S. Postal Service has stopped work on a system to process statewide lists of registered voters after the Supreme Court blocked President Donald...

friday 1

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Edith Olmsted

Trump, 80, Is Shocked by What’s in His Own Executive Order

President Donald Trump admitted that he had no clue what was in his own executive order.

friday 1

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Says He Could Do Just About Anything With His “Crazy” Power

President Trump took some time from his Thursday evening Rose Garden speech to revel in just how much “crazy” power he has.

friday 1

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Malcolm Ferguson

FCC Clears the Way for Middle East Dictatorships to Own Our Media

The Federal Communications Commission has greenlit Paramount’s petition to allow foreign investors to own at least 49.5 percent of its...

friday 3

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

DHS Email Sparks Alarm About What Feds Will Do on Election Day

Staff in the Department of Homeland Security circulated an internal email last year listing states and counties that offer election materials in...

friday 2

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Hafiz Rashid

Democracy May Survive Trump, but It Looks Like Capitalism Might Not

It was a surreal week, bursting with surreal news generated by the surreal idiot who sits in the White House, but maybe the most surreal headline of...

friday 1

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Michael Tomasky

Donors to Transportation Secretary’s Son-in-Law See Huge Boosts

Republican donors with no ties to Wisconsin are pouring their money into a random House candidate there—who happens to be Transportation Secretary...

friday 1

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Uses His Power Over DOJ to Make Getting the Worst Guns Easier

For all his belaboring of the supposed national rise in crime, Donald Trump is the reason why “gangster weapons” will proliferate on the streets.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Surprising Issue Dividing Senate Dems Right Now

You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign...

friday 1

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Emma Janssen

“No Enthusiasm”: Republicans Have a Big Problem With Voters

Republicans canvassing voters before November’s midterms are finding that nobody is thrilled to vote for GOP candidates.

friday 2

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Hafiz Rashid

Transcript: Fox in Meltdown as Fox’s Own Poll Turns Brutal for Trump

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 18 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Congress Is Trying to Rip Away College Athletes’ Hard-Earned Money

If you watched the first week of college football last weekend, you saw a well-funded campaign to pass the Protect College Sports Act, or PCSA....

friday 1

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Matt Ford

Gavin Newsom’s Data Center Plans May Cost Him the Native Vote

For Native people in the Golden State, it’s going to be an autumn of mixed messages from the governor’s mansion. This month, Gavin Newsom will...

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Petala Ironcloud

The Fascists Want Trans People to Leave. I Left. But Should We All?

A few days ago, Mike Davis, a former clerk for Justice Neil Gorsuch and chief counsel for nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee, posted a...

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Brynn Tannehill

Fox in Full Meltdown as Network’s Own Poll Hits Trump with Brutal News

Fox News is having profound trouble coping with the spate of terrible stories hitting Donald Trump. Lately the network has mostly avoided discussion...

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump Quietly Dumps Longtime Election Observer Group

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, which has sent observers to monitor every U.S. federal election for the past two...

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Edith Olmsted

Judge Ties Trump’s Hands on Changes to Kennedy Center

A federal judge ordered the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to give at least 30 days’ notice before beginning any construction on the...

17.09.2026 1

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Abruptly Yanks Nominee to Lead ICE After Republican Pushes Back

President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly pulled his nominee to run Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lance Schroyer, after selecting him in...

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Hafiz Rashid

Trump and Rubio’s Friends Secretly Prepping to Cash in on Cuba

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump are trying to bring down Cuba’s government, and their friends and allies are looking to profit...

17.09.2026 2

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Hafiz Rashid

The Issue Pitting Senate Dems Against Some Democratic Candidates

You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign...

17.09.2026 2

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Emma Janssen

Latina House Republican Says Trump Betrayed His Hispanic Supporters

A Republican congresswoman running for reelection in Florida’s 27th congressional district has come out with an ad criticizing President Trump.

17.09.2026 2

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Hafiz Rashid

FBI Panics Women Are Pretending to Be Tradwives to Catfish and Dox ICE

The FBI believes women pretending to be “tradwives” are targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in order to dox them, The Guardian...

17.09.2026 3

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Edith Olmsted

Epic Trump Collapse Now Forcing His PAC to Spend Deep in MAGA Country

By now, it’s no longer in doubt that Donald Trump’s towering unpopularity—driven by a Trumpian trifecta of failure comprised of inflation,...

17.09.2026 1

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Greg Sargent

ICE Officer Arrested on Charges of Assault and Lying to Investigators

An ICE agent long wanted in Minnesota for allegedly shooting a Venezuelan immigrant was finally captured by local authorities.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

U.N. Finds Trump Likely Committed War Crimes in Iran War

An independent group tapped by the United Nations’ top human rights body reported Thursday that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that...

17.09.2026 4

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Mike Johnson Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Claim About Strait of Hormuz

House Speaker Mike Johnson just shattered President Donald Trump’s lies about reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

17.09.2026 3

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Edith Olmsted

DOGE Staffers—Including “Big Balls”—Are Back to Add AI to Government

Former DOGE employees are working on an AI takeover of federal government services for the Trump administration.

17.09.2026 2

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Hafiz Rashid

Mitch McConnell Has to Be Told How to Vote in Latest Appearance

Senator Mitch McConnell’s handlers would like the American public to believe that he’s still physically and mentally fit to be in office, but that...

17.09.2026 6

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Term Working Class Is Useless

The Center for Working-Class Politics, a relatively new research institute helmed by political scientist Jared Abbott, and the Equality Action...

17.09.2026 2

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Monica Potts

Trump Tells North Carolina Hurricane Relief Depends on Midterm Outcome

President Donald Trump told a North Carolina audience that if Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley doesn’t win in November, he would withhold...

17.09.2026 4

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Hafiz Rashid

Photographer Exposes Trump’s Kennedy Center Plan—And It’s a Bombshell

President Donald Trump already has plans to demolish the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

17.09.2026 2

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Edith Olmsted

Transcript: Trump Iran Humiliation Worsens as Leaks Take Damning Turn

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 17 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump’s War In Iran Could Spark a Home Heating Crisis

As winter arrives and the weather begins to cool, Americans across the country will be contending with increased heating costs, compounding the...

17.09.2026 7

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Grace Segers

How Purple-State Democrats Should Talk about Trans Issues

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here.

17.09.2026 4

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Right Now With Perry Bacon

You’ll Never Guess Who’s Saving the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal

Nearly two years after an unnoticed amendment to a water resources bill mandated the sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building—a government...

17.09.2026 9

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Timothy Noah