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Inside the Nasty Shadow War Between The New York Times and Team Biden

An excellent new Politico report by Eli Stokols has exposed deep tensions between The New York Times and the White House. President Biden’s team...

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MAGA Rage at Mike Johnson Suddenly Takes a Dark and Dangerous Turn

Now that the House has passed military aid to Ukraine, MAGA personalities like Donald Trump Jr. and Tucker Carlson have joined Marjorie Taylor Greene...

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Don’t Be Fooled: Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Tacitly Boosting Trump

New polls this week served up a surprise: They showed Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential run pulling more support from Donald Trump than from...

24.04.2024 10

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Why Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fury Is About to Get Worse for the GOP

Now that Mike Johnson allowed Ukraine aid to pass the House on a broad bipartisan basis, an enraged Marjorie Taylor Greene is ramping up her threats...

23.04.2024 6

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Trump’s Rage at Hush Money Trial Is Already Backfiring On Him

This week, arguments begin in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, and he’s raging over the unfairness of it all. Amazingly, some are...

22.04.2024 20

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Trump’s Bizarre Rants Over Wind Power Are More Ominous Than You Think

At a fundraiser with oil and gas industry executives last week, Donald Trump reportedly ranted angrily about, of all things, wind power. “I hate...

19.04.2024 9

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Kari Lake’s Vile New Threat of “Glock” Violence Exposes MAGA’s Lunacy

Kari Lake, a die-hard MAGA Republican who’s running for Senate in Arizona, told a rally this week that it’s time for supporters of her and Donald...

18.04.2024 30

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Finally, Mike Johnson Makes His Move to Shiv Marjorie Taylor Greene

Here on the podcast we’ve repeatedly argued that Mike Johnson might ultimately allow a vote on military aid to Ukraine, even if it risks his ouster...

17.04.2024 4

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Why the Kennedys Are Suddenly Working to Destroy RFK Jr.’s Spoiler Bid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign is expressing confidence that he’ll appear on the ballot in all the key swing states, inspiring...

16.04.2024 6

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Surprise Evidence Against Trump May Wreck His Hush Money Trial Defense

With jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money trial beginning this week in Manhattan, some have dismisses District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case...

15.04.2024 10

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How Fox News Is Quietly Covering Up Stories That Make Trump Look Weak

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been hit by a lot of bad news lately. His former vice president declined to endorse him. His legal travails...

12.04.2024 30

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“Five Alarm Fire”: Why Arizona Ruling Is a Disaster for Trump and GOP

On Wednesday, Donald Trump declared that he won’t sign a national abortion ban if elected president, a clear sign he recognizes the issue poses a...

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Trump Finally Reveals It: Billionaires Get Tax Cuts, We Get Autocracy

At a recent fundraiser, Donald Trump promised big tax cuts to some of the richest donors in the country. He also suggested he wants more immigrants...

10.04.2024 30

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Mike Johnson Finally Seems Ready To Stiff-Arm Marjorie Taylor Greene

This week, Mike Johnson finally appears set to decide whether to hold a House vote on funding military aid to Ukraine. If so, Representative Marjorie...

09.04.2024 10

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MAGA Rage Targeting Local Librarians Is Getting Uglier

It’s a new trend: GOP legislatures are advancing bills that place onerous new kinds of restrictions on public or school libraries in states like...

08.04.2024 20

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Why Trump’s Sordid New Dealings With Saudis Have Jamie Raskin Alarmed

This week, The New York Times reported that Donald Trump recently spoke privately with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Trump’s team won’t say...

05.04.2024 7

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How Judge Cannon Is Quietly Strangling Jack Smith’s Case Against Trump

This week, special counsel Jack Smith made a surprise move in his prosecution of Donald Trump for stealing classified documents. He called on Judge...

04.04.2024 10

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Shocking New Info Shows Trump Might Free Jan. 6-ers Who Attacked Cops

One of Donald Trump’s central campaign promises has been to pardon untold numbers of rioters who attacked the Capitol—people he’s described as...

03.04.2024 30

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Why Trump’s Lunacy Is Suddenly Raising GOP Fears of Down-Ballot Losses

GOP members of Congress facing tough races are suddenly worried that having Donald Trump at the top of the ticket might present them with a problem, ...

02.04.2024 10

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Trump’s Weird “USA Bible” Scam Takes a Dark, Unsettling Turn

Donald Trump’s announcement that he is now peddling something called the “God Bless the USA Bible” drew outrage from some religious figures, but...

01.04.2024 30

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Striking New Data Reveals It: Trump’s Support Is Shakier Than It Seems

You’ve probably heard someone say we’re in the midst of a “racial realignment.” The idea: Donald Trump is surprisingly strong among nonwhite...

29.03.2024 10

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Horror in Baltimore: Awful New Info Emerges About Six Missing Workers

Two days after a major bridge collapsed in Baltimore when a cargo ship rammed into it, we still know little about six bridge workers who are presumed...

28.03.2024 50

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Rage at Mike Johnson Has Gone Nuclear. Why?

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene suddenly seems to be attacking House Speaker Mike Johnson almost daily over all kinds of things, especially his...

27.03.2024 7

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Why NBC Is Suddenly in Full Meltdown Over Ronna McDaniel Hiring Fiasco

NBC News is taking heavy fire over its decision to hire former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as a political analyst. McDaniel...

26.03.2024 4

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Krugman: Trump Is Duping His MAGA Base with Another Shameless Scam

In recent days, Donald Trump opened the door to cutting Social Security, and he’s also threatened to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would...

25.03.2024 20

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Christina Bobb Is Back, and Flailing Trump Needs Her More Than Ever

With Donald Trump’s fundraising badly trailing that of President Biden, the RNC’s new “election integrity” lawyer, Christina Bobb, is emerging...

22.03.2024 7

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She Had a Heart-Wrenching Abortion. Now She’s a Candidate—in Alabama

Donald Trump just announced that he’s likely to campaign for the presidency on a promise of a 15-week abortion ban, even as political commentators...

21.03.2024 10

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Is Mike Johnson Finally Ready to Stick It to MAGA on Ukraine?

Is there any chance that Congress will not abandon Ukraine to the Russians? With Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans determined to cut off military aid...

20.03.2024 2

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Trump’s Humiliating $454 Million Bond Fiasco Shows Deep 2024 Weakness

This week, Donald Trump’s lawyers admitted that he’s failed to secure a bond to cover the half-a-billion-dollar penalty he faces in his civil...

19.03.2024 10

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Trump’s Deranged “Bloodbath” Rant in Ohio Should Wake Up the Media

In Ohio over the weekend, Donald Trump delivered one of his most unhinged and dangerous rally speeches yet: He used appallingly dehumanizing language...

18.03.2024 50

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Chuck Schumer’s Brutal Takedown of Bibi Is a Watershed Moment

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave a groundbreaking speech lacerating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the horrific...

15.03.2024 9

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The Serious Case for Not Freaking Out About Trump’s Scary Poll Numbers

Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg is a leading voice insisting that it’s premature to freak out about Donald Trump’s lead in the polls....

14.03.2024 50

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Inside the $50 Million “Never Trump” Plan to Finish Him Off for Good

This week, a group of prominent “Never Trump” Republicans and conservatives announced that they will spend $50 million to defeat Donald Trump this...

13.03.2024 5

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How the Media Whitewashes the Trump-MAGA Threat—Revealed by an Insider

Over the weekend, The New York Times published a news analysis titled, “The Biden-Trump rerun: A nation craving change gets more of the same.”...

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Moms for Liberty Is Slowly Imploding, and That’s Bad for MAGA in 2024

Moms for Liberty has fallen on hard times. Membership is dwindling in some precincts and their school board candidates are on a losing streak....

11.03.2024 20

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RFK Jr.’s Creepy Claim About Jeffrey Epstein Hints at a Darker Story

This week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. triggered an online explosion with a very weird defense of himself for spending time with Jeffrey Epstein. Everyone...

08.03.2024 10

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Is Ted Cruz Finally in Trouble? Meet the Dem Who Aims to Take Him Down

Texas is a state that keeps breaking the hearts of Democrats everywhere. But hopes are rising again this week, after Representative Colin Allred, a...

07.03.2024 6

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Female Governors Who Face Down MAGA Rage Are Unsung Heroes of Trump Era

Earlier this week, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico signed a handful of gun control bills in the face of a terrible spate of gun violence...

06.03.2024 20

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The Supreme Court Is Peddling a Big, Ugly Lie About Trump and MAGA

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 9 to zero that Donald Trump will not be disqualified from appearing on the ballot in Colorado, despite having...

05.03.2024 30

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Why Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Viktor Orbán Should Terrify Us All

This week, Donald Trump will host Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Meanwhile, Congress is on the verge of abandoning Ukraine...

04.03.2024 20

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Is the Media Enabling Trump to “Usher in a New Era of Fascism”?

This week, former MSNBC journalist Mehdi Hasan launched a new digital media company called “Zeteo,” which is Greek for “to seek.” Hasan...

01.03.2024 4

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Mitch McConnell Tried to Ride the MAGA Monster. Then It Ate Him Alive.

The news that Mitch McConnell will step down as GOP Senate leader later this year has led many to argue that he was fundamentally a foe of Donald...

29.02.2024 9

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Stephen Miller’s Ugly Detention-Camp Fantasies Just Got More Unhinged

In recent days we’ve learned that Stephen Miller is drawing up plans for a shockingly cruel second-term immigration agenda, complete with mass...

28.02.2024 3

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Let’s Just Say It: Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks

Donald Trump’s victory over Nikki Haley in the South Carolina GOP primary has sparked another round of punditry about his supposed political...

27.02.2024 30

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Finally, Some Good News: New Polls Show MAGA Cultist Kari Lake Behind

For the first time in months, a pair of new polls has found that election-denier Kari Lake is trailing in the Arizona Senate race to the Democratic...

26.02.2024 20

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Fox News Twists Itself Into Wild Contortions on GOP “Informant” Fiasco

Fox News and other right wing media are currently engaged in absurdities that are as bad as anything they’ve attempted in recent memory. They are...

23.02.2024 10

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David Axelrod: Here’s How Biden Can Fix the “Age” Issue—and Beat Trump

It’s the question that won’t die among D.C. elites: Should President Biden step aside so another Democrat can run instead? Democrats have engaged...

22.02.2024 4

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Finally, Democrats Have Defeated One of the Worst Gerrymanders of All

This week, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed a new set of maps for legislative districts in the state—an important and overlooked victory that...

21.02.2024 30

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Trump’s Devastating $355 Million Penalty Blows Up His Biggest Lie

The stunning news that Donald Trump has been hit by a $355 million penalty in his civil fraud case in New York deals a big blow to his mystique as...

20.02.2024 6

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How Trump Iced Ronna McDaniel, Completing MAGA’s Takeover of the GOP

This week, Donald Trump announced that he wants Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel replaced with a loyalist: Michael Whatley, the head...

16.02.2024 5

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