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Greg Sargent
Greg Sargent

Greg Sargent is a staff writer at The New Republic and the host of the podcast The Daily Blast. A seasoned political commentator with over two decades of experience, he was a prominent columnist and blogger at The Washington Post from 2010 to 2023 and has worked at Talking Points Memo, New York magazine, and the New York Observer. Greg is also the author of the critically acclaimed book An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics.  

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March 15, 2024
Greg Sargent
Mike Johnson Suddenly Seems Ready to Stick a Shiv in MAGA
The House speaker is open to a stand-alone vote on Ukraine aid. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t going to like that one bit.
March 13, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump Is the Big Loser as the GOP’s Impeachment Farce Implodes
The case against Trump is based on things that actually happened, while the case against Biden is based largely on inventions.
March 8, 2024
Greg Sargent
Leaked Audio Shows No Labels Has Zero Idea If It’ll Find a Candidate
There was a lot of palaver about how courageous and patriotic they all are. But if you listened closely, there were also admissions that the way forward is very murky.
March 8, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry Rant About Biden’s Speech Showcases MAGA’s Ugliest Scam
Biden’s SOTU pushback on MAGA anti-immigrant rhetoric was a start. But it can be more forceful still.
March 5, 2024
Greg Sargent
Maddening New Poll: Voters Are Unaware of Trump “Dictator” Threats
A small percentage of voters surveyed are familiar with Trump’s most overt authoritarian outbursts. That’s frightening. But it’s also an opportunity.
March 1, 2024
Greg Sargent
Liz Cheney Nukes the Supreme Court Over Trump Delay—and Hands Dems a Weapon
What percentage of voters know that Trump can cancel prosecutions of himself if he wins back the White House?
February 28, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Panicky Eruption Over Embryo Ruling Won’t Fix GOP’s IVF Mess
The Alabama decision revealed the full implications of “fetal personhood,” and Democrats are taking the fight to the states where they can win it.
February 23, 2024
Greg Sargent
How No Labels’ Spoiler Bid Suddenly Entered Full Meltdown Mode
When Joe Manchin passed on a third-party run, it opened a window on a behind-the-scenes campaign to stop the centrist group from enabling Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
February 16, 2024
Greg Sargent
Bombshell Indictment of GOP “Informant” Wrecks Trump’s Impeachment Scam
Swing-district Republicans will learn the hard way: Facts still matter, and impeachments still need to be about something.
February 13, 2024
Greg Sargent
An Infuriating Poll Finding About Trump Should Galvanize Democrats
Trump killed the border deal, but Biden is getting blamed. Here’s what Democrats need to do to turn that around.
February 9, 2024
Greg Sargent
Media Meltdown Over Biden Report Fuels New “But Her Emails” Nightmare
There are many ways the press could have played the Hur report in its news analyses. The path it chose suggests we’re stuck in 2016 again.
February 5, 2024
Greg Sargent
Why Mike Johnson Is Having a MAGA Meltdown Over the Border Deal
The House speaker is afraid that if the Senate bill passes, the GOP will partially own the border crisis. He—and Trump—also fear the bill will work.
February 2, 2024
Greg Sargent
Why the Explosive Jobs Report Will Hit Trump Harder Than You Think
Trump depends on liberals believing that nothing matters. But good news like this should give hope that some facts will matter after all.
January 29, 2024
Greg Sargent
GOP Senator Reveals the Sick Truth About the Trump-MAGA Border Scam
It’s not just that a deal might help Biden. It’s that a compromise bill now could prevent Trump and Stephen Miller from doing a much harsher bill later.
January 25, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump Forces Terrified Republicans to Bend the Knee Yet Again
Mitch McConnell’s capitulation to the former president exposes the real MAGA.
January 23, 2024
Greg Sargent
Elise Stefanik’s Deranged Defense of Trump Offers Democrats a Lesson
Even many Republicans can smell that the conventional wisdom about Trump’s legal woes helping him is about to change. Democrats need to play hardball.
January 19, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry Rant About His Legal Mess Reveals an Ugly MAGA Truth
His immunity defense isn’t merely a legal argument. He’s priming his base to back wanton lawbreaking if he wins back the White House.
January 17, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump Pocketed Millions in Foreign Payments. Why Won’t Senate Democrats Investigate?
Jamie Raskin and House Democrats unearthed dynamite. But they can’t subpoena. Senate Democrats can. So—will they?
January 12, 2024
Greg Sargent
Elise Stefanik’s Ugly “Hostages” Barb Points to Serious GOP Mayhem Ahead
Not all House Republicans agree that the January 6 criminals are hostages. This is a division that is sure to deepen between now and Election Day.
January 9, 2024
Greg Sargent
How Trump’s Unhinged Immunity Demand Could Unleash a Second-Term Crime Spree
If the courts decide that insurrection merits immunity, and Trump wins back the presidency, what might he feel emboldened to do in term two?

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