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Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport

After a federal agent killed an undocumented Mexican man in his van during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday, the government rushed to follow a...

09.07.2026 3

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It

After the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major defeat by upholding birthright citizenship last month, an angry Trump took to Truth Social to urge...

07.07.2026 20

New Republic

Greg Sargent

Two Maine Polls Just Dropped. Is It Time to Fret About Graham Platner?

Two major polls of the Maine Senate race dropped this week, and they told the same story: The race is incredibly close, and Democrat Graham Platner...

02.07.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Weakness Suddenly Puts Texas in Play—a Surprise Poll Shows How

Look, I get it. Democrats have been burned by hopes for a Texas miracle so many times that it feels risky to place stock in this year’s Senate race....

30.06.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

This MAGA Ohio Town Could Soon Face the Mother of All ICE Raids

Stephen Miller is very, very excited about the Supreme Court’s big ruling Thursday allowing Donald Trump to summarily end protections from...

26.06.2026 7

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Greg Sargent

Trump 250 Gala Takes Humiliating New Turn as More States Pull Out

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro occupies something of an intriguing position among Democrats. He represents a state that Donald Trump won twice—a...

25.06.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Obama’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Points to a World After MAGA

All honor is due to whoever decided that the opening of Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago should come right before Donald Trump’s...

19.06.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Why Is Trump Tanking in MAGA Country? These Dems Found a Good Answer.

We learned this week that the Democratic-aligned group American Bridge plans to spend $50 million to help the party’s congressional candidates in...

11.06.2026 20

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Greg Sargent

Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn

When Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a new assault weapons ban in Virginia last month, it got almost zero national news coverage. Yet it amounted...

08.06.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Corrupt IRS Shakedown Backfires Badly as GOPers Turn on Him

Let’s acknowledge this up front: It’s good to see that Senate Republicans have—for the time being, anyway—forced Donald Trump to back off...

02.06.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Stephen Miller’s Wife Doxed This Young Dem. Then the MAGA Rage Hit.

Katie Miller, who is married to Stephen Miller, lashed out at a young Democratic operative on Thursday, after the Democratic Party’s official...

29.05.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Trump, the Wages of MAGA Sin, and the Dream of Flipping Texas Blue

Only moments after Ken Paxton clinched the GOP nomination in the Texas Senate race on Tuesday, he quickly signaled his intention to run a lofty,...

27.05.2026 10

New Republic

Greg Sargent

Even Fox News Admits It: Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall

After Donald Trump launched his war on Iran, a spirited debate broke out among a small set of public intellectuals over an unexpectedly relevant...

22.05.2026 20

New Republic

Greg Sargent

Trump’s Angry Jan. 6 Tirade Accidentally Hands Dems Midterm Weapon

Now that Donald Trump has created his very own political slush fund with $1.8 billion in taxpayer money to hand out to allies, the very least that...

19.05.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s $10 Billion Shakedown of IRS Takes Unnervingly Corrupt Turn

Would it be legal for President Donald Trump to effectively pick up the phone and order a major U.S. government agency to hand over huge piles of...

15.05.2026 20

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Greg Sargent

Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats

Top Virginia Democrats have decided against exercising a controversial procedural end run around last week’s state Supreme Court ruling that struck...

11.05.2026 20

New Republic

Greg Sargent

Trump Ballroom Suddenly Faces GOP Opposition in Surprise Blow to MAGA

After a gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last month, Senator John...

09.05.2026 40

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Case Against Comey Is Imploding—and Handing Dems a New Weapon

Here’s a simple thought experiment for you. The Justice Department, as you know, is prosecuting former FBI director James Comey, a longtime foe of...

05.05.2026 20

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Greg Sargent

Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed

Now that the Supreme Court has gutted yet another piece of the Voting Rights Act, this one concerning redistricting, here’s one thing we know for...

01.05.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Jamie Raskin’s Harsh Trump Takedown on CNN Has Damning Hidden Message

Of all the media exchanges that unfolded in the wake of a deranged gunman’s attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the most telling by...

27.04.2026 20

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Greg Sargent

The Incredible Shrinking MAGA

If you follow politics on social media, you’ve probably encountered a claim about Donald Trump that goes like this: “LOL Trump’s support is...

24.04.2026 20

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Greg Sargent

How Trump Accidentally Handed Dems Their Big Win in Virginia

On Monday night, just before Virginia voters approved a referendum Tuesday that will allow Democrats to draw up to four new House seats before the...

22.04.2026 20

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Greg Sargent

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?

Last year, four huge companies pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fund the creation of Donald Trump’s presidential library, a planned...

20.04.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Humiliation in Orbán Defeat Stunner Is Only Just Beginning

The extraordinary defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary has unleashed much mockery of JD Vance, and it’s richly deserved. The vice president’s...

14.04.2026 40

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Greg Sargent

Trump Tirade at MAGA War Critics Accidentally Makes Surprise Admission

Donald Trump unleashed a raging Truth Social tirade on Friday attacking former MAGA allies who have turned on him over his threat to obliterate...

10.04.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

MAGA Dolt Hegseth Accidentally Reveals Big Hole in Trump Victory Claim

Now that Donald Trump has backed off his threat to obliterate a nation of 93 million people, his propagandists are already retconning it into proof of...

08.04.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Trump Threatens to Kill Thousands More Iranians in Unnerving Tirades

Donald Trump is threatening to bomb Iran’s power plants in order to send that country “back to the stone ages,” as he has put it. Trump’s...

07.04.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

The Trump Dictatorship Is Cracking Up

Almost without exception, those who enjoy the great honor of serving President Donald Trump have ultimately collided with two all-consuming dictums....

03.04.2026 10

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Crazed New Eruptions of Fury at SCOTUS Already Set to Backfire

On Wednesday, Donald Trump decided to attend the Supreme Court’s arguments over the birthright citizenship case, which will decide whether Trump can...

01.04.2026 20

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Greg Sargent

Pete Hegseth Just Revealed the Real Roots of His Sadism and Rage

When Pete Hegseth talks to God, he asks the Almighty to help him kill people—as violently and ruthlessly as possible.

30.03.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Trump Throws Stephen Miller Under the Bus in Surprise Show of Panic

Has Donald Trump finally figured out that Stephen Miller’s fascist cruelties have become a niggling political liability for him? Well, maybe. A...

24.03.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Trump Erupts in Fury Over His War Failures—and Exposes a Big Weakness

Judging by Donald Trump’s outbursts of late, he can’t seem to decide whether reopening the Strait of Hormuz is easy or hard. He also can’t seem...

21.03.2026 40

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Greg Sargent

Trump Accidentally Reveals What He Really Thinks of MAGA Voters

It’s become a stock social media joke to point out that MAGA stands for whatever Donald Trump says it does at any given moment, but now Trump...

18.03.2026 40

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Greg Sargent

Raging at Media, Pete Hegseth Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

Pete Hegseth wants to live in a world in which the American military can drop bombs on scores of schoolchildren and not face serious media scrutiny...

13.03.2026 30

New Republic

Greg Sargent

How Trump’s War on Iran Is Hastening the Coming MAGA Crack-Up

Congratulations are in order for Donald Trump: His attack on Iran is the most unpopular American war in modern history. The New York Times compared...

11.03.2026 50

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Greg Sargent

Donald Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall

Consider three of the biggest developments in our politics right now: We just learned that the economy lost 92,000 jobs, a capstone to a terrible year...

07.03.2026 70

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Greg Sargent

Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening

Pete Hegseth knows that playing a decisive tough guy on television is the way to keep Donald Trump happy, so he did just that while addressing...

03.03.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Fury at Canada Backfires in Surprise Blow to GOP’s 2026 Hopes

Donald Trump regularly flies into fits of rage over Canada that seem pretty unbalanced given the positive view that most Americans have of our...

28.02.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All

The “Forever Wars” abroad and the Global War on Terror after the September 11 attacks left behind a long trail of failure, disillusionment, and...

25.02.2026 20

New Republic

Greg Sargent

Trump’s Epic Loss on Tariffs Is Even Worse for Him than You Think

The Supreme Court’s stunning decision invalidating Donald Trump’s tariffs isn’t just a major legal setback, though it certainly is that. The...

20.02.2026 30

New Republic

Greg Sargent

Angry Trump Humiliated as Effort to Prosecute Dems Backfires Again

Let’s start with some good news: Donald Trump’s efforts to jail his Democratic enemies have thus far mostly been marked by ham-fisted, buffoonish...

18.02.2026 750

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Greg Sargent

How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration

If all politics is spectacle in the era of Donald Trump, few episodes illustrate this more vividly than that created by Republican governors who bused...

13.02.2026 80

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Greg Sargent

Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon

12.02.2026 90

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Greg Sargent

Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness

08.02.2026 90

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country

04.02.2026 100

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Agents Arrested Don Lemon. Then the Story Got Even Darker.

30.01.2026 30

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Greg Sargent

Donald Trump Is Frightened

28.01.2026 70

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old. Then JD Vance Made It Worse.

24.01.2026 80

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Greg Sargent

Trump Blurts Out Real Reason for Insurrection Act Threat—and It’s Dark

22.01.2026 100

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Greg Sargent

Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn

17.01.2026 90

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