Transcript: Fox Hits Trump with Brutal Polls as Aides Feed Him Hopium
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 14 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.…
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In Furious, The Serial Killer Is Not The Real Villain
In the first episode of Hulu’s mesmerizing new detective series, Furious, Nora Washington (Quincy Tyler Bernstine), the…
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Democrats Want to Party Like It’s 2006
Twenty years ago, a blue wave washed across the country, as favorable political conditions allowed Democrats to earn…
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The Left Is Building Power. That’s Why Dems Are Slamming “Woke 1.0.”
The effort to relitigate the social and political earthquake of 2020 is undergoing yet another hopefully brief revival.…
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Trump Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich. Again.
It’s election time, so the White House, according to Bloomberg’s Katy O’Donnell and Caitlin Reilly, is weighing whether…
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Fox Hits Trump with Brutal Polling as Aides Privately Soothe His Anger
Intriguingly, Fox News has lately been hitting Donald Trump with terrible polling news. In recent days and weeks, Fox…
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Trump Defies Court Order to Put Name on Kennedy Center
The President Trump-appointed Kennedy Center board first tried to close the Center in May, but that decision was…
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DHS Spied on Labor Unions During Anti-ICE Protests in Minnesota
The Trump administration responded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis…
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Struggling GOP Rep Won’t Commit to Returning Money From Alleged Abuser
New York GOP Representative Mike Lawler chose to go back and forth with Dana Bash rather than make any commitment to…
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Pete Hegseth Claims Sailors Deployed to Middle East Are Doing Fine
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied that military servicemembers aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are dealing with…
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Trump Has Lost Nearly a Quarter of Key Drone Stockpile in Iran
The Trump administration has lost roughly one quarter of the country’s MQ-9 Reaper drones as part of the president’s…
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Ohio GOP Rep. Sued by Ex-Wife for Sharing Nudes of Young Daughter
On August 2, Ohio Republican Representative Max Miller accidentally shared images of his two-year-old daughter’s…
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The Wild—and Unregulated—Ways Lawmakers Are Using AI Chatbots
Members of Congress are outsourcing their work to artificial intelligence without much, if any, oversight or limits.…
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Trump Dealt Stinging Loss as Judge Dismisses Revenge Suit on Harvard
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration’s Title VI lawsuit against Harvard University. Donald…
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This Surprising Senate Race Could Ruin Democrats’ Plans
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My mother died 28 years ago today, the first day of summer the last day of my mother. I loved being 28. That was 56…
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Trump Team Based Its Claims About Falling Crime on Fudged Data
The White House is trying to mislead Americans about President Donald Trump’s impact on crime rates—but the numbers…
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Kristi Noem and Markwayne Mullin Trade Blame Over Useless DHS Planes
The Department of Homeland Security spent $464 million on airplanes that were supposed to be used for deportation…
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Paramount’s Flimsy Bid to Critics of Its CNN Takeover
Paramount Skydance has discussed establishing an independent editorial board for CNN to ease well-established fears…
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Karoline Leavitt Quit Because Trump Was Driving Her Crazy
President Donald Trump reportedly wouldn’t stop harassing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during her brief…
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Karoline Leavitt Finally Tells the Truth—as She Leaves Press Sec. Job
It looks like White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was finally honest about something. In a lengthy statement…
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Trump’s Own Intel Team Wasn’t Sure His Life Was in Danger From Iran
Intelligence officials didn’t have a lot of confidence that Iran threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump after…
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Transcript: Trump Plane Swap Suddenly Gets Darker as Damning Leaks Hit
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 13 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.…
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“n. the specific feeling of the sun’s heat on a cold day.” Venice was too hot, we both agreed that first evening, so we…
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The Endless, Maddening Wait for a Woman President
I was sitting at the bar of a coffee shop in South Austin, researching the suffragist movement. “Those are old…
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People Aren’t Just Sick of Donald Trump—They’re Sick of His Wife, Too
Something’s off with Melania. This speculation about the First Lady has existed as long as the Trump era itself. The…
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Trump’s DOJ Tried to Break a Texas Activist Community. It Failed.
Last summer, Bruno was in a Chinese class when he found out that three of his close friends—Ines Soto, Elizabeth Soto,…
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Trump and the GOP Have Quietly Broken Their Big Promises on IVF
In the summer of 2024, amid his characteristically mean-spirited presidential campaign versus Kamala Harris, Donald…
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Trump Secret Plane Swap Suddenly Looks Darker as Damning New Leaks Hit
By now you’ve heard that when Donald Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey last month, he was clandestinely transferred…
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Karoline Leavitt Will Soon Lie Somewhere Else
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt—one of the most public facing spokespersons for President Trump and the…
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Adopt AI or Die?
Of Pascal’s famous wager on the existence of God, Denis Diderot dryly remarked, nearly a century later, “Pascal says:…
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How the Democrats Can Benefit From Missing Mitch
My family group chat has been consumed by one particular question of late: “Do you think Mitch McConnell is still…
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Elon Musk Goes All in on Trying to Save Susan Collins
Elon Musk is going to throw some of his millions of dollars into the midterms and back Senator Susan Collins. The New…
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GOP Senator Still Unsure About Rep. Accused of Abusing His Daughter
Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno isn’t willing to take a stand on the political future of the guy who allegedly held a gun to…
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Walz Accuses Trump of Hiding Full Scope of Cyberattack Linked to Iran
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says President Donald Trump is lying about who committed the cyberattack on his state—and…
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Trump Admits His Slush Fund Plans Loud and Clear
President Trump won’t let go of his corrupt IRS settlement. At a Cabinet meeting hosted Friday at Camp David in…
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