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June 8, 2026
Grace Segers
Gerrymandering Is Only Going to Get Worse
Legal experts warn that the current partisan redistricting efforts could signal the beginning of the end for fair representation.
June 8, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Mixed Feelings About Platner? Fine. But He Needs to Win. Case Closed.
I don’t know what to believe about Graham Platner’s past. But I know this. He hasn’t spent the last 40 years transferring trillions of dollars from working people to the very rich.
June 8, 2026
Greg Sargent
Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn
Governor Spanberger signed an assault weapons ban. Some county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas say they won’t enforce it. Is a new MAGA nullification movement brewing?
June 8, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump 250 Rally Takes Humiliating Turn as MAGA Ally Harshly Mocks Him
As Trump’s plans for a gala marking our country’s 250th birthday grow more pathetic, an author of a piece about Trumpism’s reach explains how this fiasco reveals MAGA’s deep toxicity within the culture.
June 7, 2026
Jason Linkins
Trump Is a Hot Mess—and He’s Cooking His Party
Republicans are rotting from the top, following the president down the path of crashing out and complaining instead of governing.
June 6, 2026
Monica Potts
WelcomeFest’s Moderate Politics Are Stuck in the Past
Attendees of the centrist organization’s latest gathering were full of ambition and self-regard but seemed adrift from the real-world problems their poll-driven ideology is supposed to address.
June 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Walks Away Rather Than Answer Key Question on Iran
Iran suspended peace talks with the U.S. earlier this week.
June 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
“That’s the Way Life Goes”: Trump Brushes Off Skyrocketing Costs
Donald Trump is preparing to see the Knicks play at Madison Square Garden, where tickets are prohibitively expensive.
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Fumes as Republican Senator Delivers Todd Blanche an Ultimatum
Senator Thom Tillis is standing in the way of Attorney General Todd Blanche.
June 5, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Reporter Reveals George Santos Threatened Him Over Betting Fraud Story
Santos denied telling the reporter, “This story is going to get you a gun in your face.”
June 5, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Orders His New Intel Chief to Fire More People
President Trump bragged that Bill Pulte has the power to fire a good chunk of the intel officers since he’s just “acting” director of national intelligence.
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Massive Attack on Legal Immigration
A federal judge has ruled against the extreme anti-immigration policies Trump instituted last fall.
June 5, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Republican Rep. Is Still Missing but Somehow Introducing Legislation
Representative Tom Kean Jr. has been missing for months.
June 5, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Why
The New York Times
Is Wholly Responsible for Bari Weiss’s Rise
She was at
The Wall Street Journal
and should have spent her career there. But the
Times
decided she was … interesting. Why do liberals do this?
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Todd Blanche Reveals He’s Making It Harder for Dems to Prosecute Trump
The acting attorney general bragged about putting “roadblocks” in place for those seeking justice against Trump.
June 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
DOJ Declares Trump Has Right to Bulldoze Statue of Liberty
Department of Justice lawyers made the bizarre argument while defending Donald Trump’s ballroom.
June 5, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump’s Ballroom Donors Are Already Cashing In
They’re getting a huge return on investment.
June 5, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Four Democrats Help Republicans Take Food Aid From Women and Children
The House was able to strip millions from the WIC program meant to help pregnant women and kids.
June 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Team Wanted to Declare Immigrants Dead to Force Them Out
A whistleblower revealed the horrific plan at the Social Security Administration.
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
John Fetterman Hands Trump a Huge Victory on Federal Judge
The Democratic senator has broken with the rest of his party yet again.
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