Trump’s Midterm Convention Will Yield a Bounce All Right—for Democrats
You must be as excited as I am for this week’s GOP midterm convention. I’m being serious—well, kind of. I’m excited because a midterm convention is such a preposterous notion, such a display of...
View ArticleDobbs’s Near-Total Destruction of Abortion Rights Across the South
Thousands of patients across the southeastern United States are now being forced to travel more than 250 miles to access abortion care in North Carolina, according to a study recently published by The...
View ArticleIs This Really the Left’s Big Moment? We’ll Know in Two Months.
It didn’t take long after the primary polls closed on August 18 for Jared Moskowitz, a moderate Democrat who has represented a South Florida congressional district since 2023, to declare victory—not...
View ArticleTranscript: Trump Tailspins as GOP Leaks Humiliating Truth: He’s Toxic
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 8 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented...
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Trump Sparks Diplomatic Incident With His “USA” Map
President Trump has drawn the ire of Iceland after posting a map depicting the country as part of the United States.Along with Iceland, the image also included Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Central...
View ArticleNoem’s Rumored Lover Used His Power for Unprecedented Corruption
Corey Lewandowski, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s close adviser and rumored boyfriend, used his position at the department to attempt to make some money for himself.The Wall Street...
View ArticleGOP Effort to Fill Seats at Midterm “Trump-a-Palooza” Has Huge Catch
The Republican Party’s expensive “Trump-a-palooza” is doling out some of its tickets for free—though the option doesn’t actually guarantee entry.The bizarre affair, which will take place on September 9...
View ArticleTrump Celebrates Labor Day by Using AI to Hype Himself Up
The White House celebrated a workerless Labor Day on Monday by posting a slew of artificial intelligence slop videos.Donald Trump’s team posted Monday to celebrate the “workers and products that are...
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Canada Retaliates With Tariffs as Trump Resorts to Posting AI Slop
President Trump spent his Labor Day weekend posting a bunch of artificial intelligence slop from his private New Jersey golf course—while Canada on Tuesday imposed tariffs on about $20 billion worth of...
View ArticleGOP Senator Built Fortune Suing People Who Couldn’t Pay Health Bills
Before entering politics, Republican Senator Roger Marshall, an obstetrician-gynecologist, routinely sued his patients for medical debts, charging exorbitant interest. The New York Times reports that...
View ArticleTrump Makes Secret Service Get Hot Dogs at His Club—Then Pay for Them
It’s well known that Donald Trump has made a pretty penny off of taxpayers by spending his downtime at his various Trump-branded properties and golf clubs. But the buck doesn’t stop there, as Trump has...
View ArticleTrump Hosts Weird 9/11 Tribute After Backing Out of National Ceremony
President Donald Trump hosted his own early-bird 9/11 tribute after deciding to skip the official ceremony in New York City where politicians aren’t allowed to speak. His speech Tuesday demonstrated...
View ArticleBombshell October 7 Report Leads to Calls for Netanyahu’s Removal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of a potential large-scale attack from Hamas nearly two weeks before October 7. He refused to pass that warning down to anyone else in the...
View ArticleJudge Rules Trump’s Defense of IRS-ICE Agreement Is “Weak Sauce”
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the IRS broke the law when it shared taxpayer data with the Department of Homeland Security. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia called out...
View ArticleTrump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Biggest Claim About Iran
President Donald Trump has spent months falsely claiming that the United States has already won its war against Iran—until now. “Oil prices will drop precipitously, like everything else is dropping...
View ArticleFirst Black Smithsonian Head to Retire as Fight With Trump Ramps Up
The Smithsonian’s chief official, Lonnie G. Bunch III, will retire by the end of the year.The 73-year-old historian said Tuesday that his decision to step down was not tied to the various pressures...
View ArticleNational Guard Member Arrested for Pulling Gun on Fellow Soldier
A Georgia National Guardsman was arrested earlier this month in Washington after he allegedly pulled a loaded gun on a fellow guardswoman on one of the city’s busiest streets.Specialist Zion Mitchell,...
View ArticleSecret DHS Unit Pulling People Over Based on Their Financial Data
The Department of Homeland Security is running a police unit that uses Americans’ financial records to predict whether they could commit crimes and is turning over their names to local police.404 Media...
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Why Trump’s Angry New Tirade at Canada Is About to Backfire On Him
Could Donald Trump’s destructive and ham-handed tariff wars paradoxically end up reminding Americans what’s good about trade and economic interdependence with other countries? A bizarre turn in Trump’s...
View ArticleTrump Wants to Make It Easier to Bribe Public Officials
The Trump administration is moving to strip a rule barring private equity officials from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes with government officials. The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning...
View ArticleElon Musk Spends Millions Tricking People Into Giving Up Personal Data
Elon Musk’s super PAC is stealing voters’ personal information—again. The billionaire technocrat’s America PAC has launched an aggressive advertising campaign directing them to Vote Safe, a website...
View ArticleFlock Employee Calls Cops on Reporter Filming Them
Flock Safety wants to record millions of Americans—but apparently no one is allowed to record it.The disturbing double standard was revealed Tuesday by Atlanta News First, which found itself in a load...
View ArticleTrump, 80, Spotted With New Mystery Bruises on His Arm
While golfing over the weekend, President Trump appeared to have some concerning bruises on his arm. Trump spent Labor Day weekend at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, and while he hit the links...
View ArticleAngry, Unglued Trump Accidentally Reveals His Contempt for MAGA Voters
Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of angry, unhinged threats over the last few days. He posted a map of all of North America—including Canada and Mexico—under conquest by the United States. He angrily...
View ArticleWill the Bond Market Mayhem Make Rich People Want to Pay More Taxes?
I’ve been wondering lately whether the Great Bond Sell-Off of 2026 might force rich people to make Sophie’s Choice between low taxes and a stable bond market. The 10-year Treasury bill’s destabilizing...
View ArticleCarbon Capture Won’t Save Us Anytime Soon
A new report from the UN Environment Program concludes that global average temperatures will soon be 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than they were in preindustrial times. The need to keep warming at or...
View ArticleHow Donald Trump Broke the Banks
Here’s some bad news for anyone who wants a sane and functional banking system. The second Trump administration is hard at work destroying every vestige of financial regulation in the United States. A...
View ArticleTranscript: Trump Accidentally Reveals His Contempt for MAGA Voters
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented...
View ArticleTrump’s DOJ Ghosts European Officials Investigating Epstein
The Justice Department has essentially ghosted the European law enforcement agencies investigating deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, refusing to respond to their requests for assistance,...
View ArticleTrump Crashes Out Over Fact-Checks of His Outlandish 9/11 Lie
President Trump isn’t happy that his half-truths about where he was during the September 11 attacks are being called out. On Truth Social Tuesday night, Trump posted an angry rant attacking New York...
View ArticleTed Cruz Offers Bonkers Defense of Trump’s Bizarre 9/11 Story
Never forget? Senator Ted Cruz suggested that President Donald Trump may not be able to remember what happened on 9/11.CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked the Texas Republican Tuesday night what he made of...
View ArticleTrump’s $45,000 Cash Gift to Natalie Harp Is a Massive Red Flag
Donald Trump gave Natalie Harp—and two other women in his administration—a hefty sum of cash last year.The president gifted Harp $45,000 as a “cash gift for the holidays,” according to a copy of Harp’s...
View ArticleRepublican Governor Has Long History of Hiring Undocumented Workers
Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, a staunch supporter of President Trump’s extreme immigration crackdown, relied on undocumented Hispanic labor to build his multimillion-dollar pig-farming...
View ArticleAnthropic Insiders Casually Reveal AI Could “Kill All Humans”
Researchers on the frontier of artificial intelligence are sounding the alarm on the likelihood that their products will cause a mass extinction event. Jacob Coxon, a researcher who trains AI models,...
View ArticleICE Beats Up Protesters After Taking Over Neighborhood for Days
Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took over the Frederick, Maryland, neighborhood of Taskers Chance, and the situation quickly turned violent.ICE told the Frederick News-Post that...
View Article“TRAITOR”: MAGA Rips Brett Kavanaugh Over Missouri Voting Maps
MAGA voters have turned on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh amid Missouri’s congressional map bedlam.Far-right influencers took to social media Tuesday after Kavanaugh declined to intervene in...
View ArticleCanada Targets States Where Republicans Are Most at Risk of Losing
Canada is making sure Americans feel the consequences of President Trump’s trade war by focusing its tariffs on states where Republicans may lose a midterm election. In Ohio, where Republican Senator...
View ArticleICE Sends Legal Immigrant to Guantánamo Bay
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Somali immigrant in St. Paul, Minnesota, and sent him to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.Adam Abdullah told Minnesota Public Radio over the phone Tuesday that he was...
View ArticleTrump Reveals Plan to Overhaul U.S. Census—Reshaping All of Congress
President Trump is trying once again to skirt the Constitution and mess with the U.S. census.The White House is proposing changes to the 2030 census that would exclude every non–U.S. citizen without...
View ArticleTrump’s Aides Have Totally Given Up on Trying to Control His Impulses
America has a runaway president, and no one on his team is willing to rein him in.White House officials and elected Republicans have abandoned their attempts to sway Donald Trump’s opinion, finding it...
View ArticleThis Could Be the Biggest Issue of 2027. Dems Are Split on It.
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 WashingtonThis could be the...
View ArticleTrump Makes Bank on Oil as He Declares Iran War Has No End in Sight
President Trump has made millions on his oil and gas investments thanks to the Iran war. CNBC reports that the president’s investment holdings continued to trade energy stocks during the first six...
View ArticleTrump’s Fury at Canada Grows So Unhinged that Even GOPers are Rattled
After Canada’s reciprocal tariffs kicked in this week, Donald Trump spiraled on social media. He posted a deranged map suggesting he wants to annex all of Canada. He posted a demented visual of himself...
View ArticleThe Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Donald Trump instigated a war against America’s democracy on January 6, 2021. He and his Republican allies would have crippled America’s democracy that day had his own vice president not refused to be...
View ArticleOne Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, How Did Everyone Get It So Wrong?
Charlie Kirk’s assassination—and the days immediately following it—saw the ultraconservative agitator go from a tertiary character in MAGA’s youth culture war to an avatar for the right’s ultimate...
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A Veteran Critic’s Indictment of the Movies
It’s hard to keep loving the movies when we realize how much damage they’ve done. In A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies, longtime critic David Thomson takes a far warier...
View ArticleCanada and Iran Have Found Trump’s Achilles’ Heel
Canadian officials aren’t being coy about it: The retaliatory tariffs imposed Tuesday against the United States were deliberately chosen to hurt vulnerable Republicans before the midterm elections. “We...
View ArticleThe White House’s Latest Dumb Idea: A Trad Wife Bonus
When Republicans are faced with an affordability problem, they eagerly try to turn it into a culture war issue, every time. The latest example is a draft plan from the White House to raid a federal...
View ArticleLindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Could Teach Trump a Thing or Two About the Law
Kevin Reddington’s media appearances this week Tuesday capped off a big summer for him. Reddington, who has practiced law in Massachusetts for 50 years, won sudden fame for his swashbuckling defense of...
View ArticleTranscript: Trump Fury at Canada Gets So Unhinged Even GOPers Rattled
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and...
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