David Ellison Dines With Trump and Xi as CNN Banned From White House
The soon-to-be owner of CNN ate with President Trump Thursday night at the White House’s state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping while Trump still barred the broadcast network from the...
View ArticleU.S. Military Prepares for Possible Action in Cuba
The Trump administration is preparing for possible military action in Cuba. Documents reviewed by CBS News reveal that U.S. Southern Command is exploring the availability of combat sustainment,...
View ArticleA “Bloodbath” Will Only Make Donald Trump More Corrupt and Lawless
It was far from the most important development of the week, but the “deal” the Trump administration struck with Denmark over Greenland was just oh-so-perfectly-emblematic of virtually everything Donald...
View ArticleTranscript: MAGA Radio Host Leaks GOP Poll Bombshell in Blow to Trump
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 25 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and...
View ArticleThe Most Likely Avenue for Supreme Court Reform
Supreme Court reform is all the rage among Democratic leaders in Washington. For decades, with few if notable exceptions, these politicians stood mutely impotent in the face of ultraconservative...
View ArticleTranscript: Why Blue States Are Better Places to Live
This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 24 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: And I’m Perry...
View ArticleWhy Blue States Are Better Places to Live
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.Working class is a term constantly invoked by the media,...
View ArticleTrump Is Punishing Reporters for Doing His Bidding
In the annals of government-press relations, the Trump White House will go down as the first to punish reporters for publishing information it wanted to get out.For those unfamiliar with how Washington...
View ArticleThe Magic Words Trump Uses to Legally Justify His Harebrained Schemes
President Donald Trump appears to think that the phrase “national security” is a get-out-of-court-free card whenever he wants to do (or get away with) something. Thanks to the Supreme Court, one can...
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How Edgar Allan Poe Mined His Own Misery
Edgar Allan Poe can be difficult to take seriously. His contemporaries condescended to him, regarding him as talented but childish and undisciplined. “If we imagine an extremely sensitive boy, full of...
View ArticleMAGA Radio Host Humiliates Trump by Leaking Truly Brutal GOP Poll Data
Iowa radio host Steve Deace just unleashed an extraordinary social media screed. He confided that GOP pollsters have informed House Republicans that GOP +15 districts are now straight toss-ups, and GOP...
View ArticleU.S. Ally Warns It Can No Longer Trust Trump’s America
One of our closest allies now believes that it can’t rely on the United States under President Donald Trump’s leadership.Belgium’s foreign ministry warned that America was “no longer the ally it has...
View ArticleMAGA Congressman Takes Page Out of Trump’s Book on Media Ban
The president’s unprecedented decision to ban members of the press have inspired his political disciples.Mary Spicuzza, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was barred from covering...
View ArticleRepublican Sheriff Ordered to Return Thousands of Ballots He Stole
The California Supreme Court ordered Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco in Riverside County, California, to return ballots that he illegally seized from election officials.The New York Times reports that...
View ArticleDHS Witch Hunt Falls Apart as It Can’t Name a Single Noncitizen Voter
Earlier this summer, the Trump administration claimed that there were more than 15,000 noncitizens voting on Nevada’s voter rolls. Last month, that number shrank to 185. Now it’s zero—a perfect example...
View ArticleMAGA Senator Goes on Crazed Posting Spree About Furries
With just weeks until the midterm elections, Senator Tommy Tuberville, who hopes to be Alabama’s next governor, is ignoring voter concerns to descend into a bizarre anti-furry frenzy. In a series of...
View ArticleWhy Sherrod Brown Might Beat the Crypto Industry This Time
You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free.Inside WashingtonWhy Sherrod Brown might...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Refuse to Rein in Trump’s Iran War Again
Senate Republicans have once again refused to rein in President Trump’s war on Iran, voting 49–50 to block a war powers resolution on Thursday, choosing to allow the president to continue his $45...
View ArticleNYPD Arrests Protesters—Including Celebrities—as Netanyahu Speaks
Police arrested dozens of protesters who filled the streets around the United Nations Thursday in advance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the U.N. General Assembly. Those...
View ArticleEveryone Walks Out of U.N. Before Netanyahu Says a Single Word
Dozens of representatives from participating member countries staged a mass walkout at the United Nations Thursday, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked up to the podium to begin...
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