The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

As a lone GOP senator dares to question Trump’s threat to use the military for potentially illegal aims, writer Tom Nichols explains how he sees these scenarios playing out when the going gets rough.

An interview with writer Jill Lawrence, author of a new piece about Trump’s “team of outlaws,” about how unsettling it is that the GOP Senate is one of our last defenses against authoritarian rule.

With Republicans informing Trump that Matt Gaetz’s nomination looks unsalvageable, the author of a new piece on Trump’s “team of outlaws” explains why it’s so unsettling that the GOP Senate is our last line of defense.

An interview with congressional expert Sarah Binder, who explains how Trump really can use recess appointments to jam through Matt Gaetz and RFK Jr.—and why it’s so dangerous.

As Trump mulls recess appointments to ram through disastrous personnel choices like Matt Gaetz, an expert in congressional rules explains how this really could happen—and why it’s so dangerous.

An interview with prominent Never Trumper Rick Wilson, who argues that Donald Trump’s choice of Fox News personality Rick Hegseth as defense secretary reveals his intent to wreck our institutions.

As new revelations threaten Trump’s choice of a Fox News personality as defense secretary, a leading Never Trumper explains how his first moves have put the GOP in a bind—and threaten the country.

An interview with writer Nina Burleigh, author of a new piece about Trump’s intentions, about why his choices of Matt Gaetz and RFK Jr. are stirring GOP opposition—and why they signal darkness ahead.

As Trump elevates the worst possible picks to positions of great influence, the author of a new piece laying out some dark second-term scenarios explains why we may be facing a very troubling future.

An interview with Ben Meiselas, co-founder of the Midas Touch Network, who explains why Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard for top roles signals darkness and chaos ahead

As Trump announces his picks of Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard for top roles in his administration, a close chronicler of MAGA explains why the choices signal serious turbulence for our nation.

An interview with the New York Times columnist about the likelihood that Trump’s policies will spike inflation—and why his voters will soon be shocked at how badly he misled them

As Trump’s personnel choices signal mass deportations are coming, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman explains how this will spike inflation—and why Trump voters will soon realize they’ve been had.

An interview with New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, who explains why Trump will be able to persecute his enemies more easily this time, due to a more pliant GOP and a near-total absence of guardrails.

As Trump rages at critics, New Yorker writer Susan Glasser explains how he’ll be able to persecute his enemies more easily this time—helped by a more pliant GOP and a near-total absence of guardrails.

An interview with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch, who reflects on whether our institutions are surrendering to Trump's authoritarian second term in advance.

As Jeff Bezos fawns over Trump’s victory, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch talks about what this portends about institutions surrendering in the face of Trump’s coming authoritarian rule.

An interview with writer David Kurtz, who reflects on what it means that Trump ran on a platform of explicit authoritarian threats, and voters picked him anyway

As a leading MAGA figure telegraphs what’s coming under Trump, the author of a new piece on the election results argues that voters supported him in the full knowledge of the cruelties he’s vowed to inflict.