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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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September 13, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Ugly Rants About Haitians Suddenly Take On a More Sinister Hue
Bomb threats have come to Springfield, Ohio. So why don’t Trump and J.D. Vance back off the demagoguery? Because supercharging all these toxic social tensions is precisely what they want.
September 12, 2024
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Trump’s Slow-Burn Authoritarianism
You’ve read about the scary horrors of a Trump second term. But a legal war of attrition that harasses MAGA’s enemies and transforms government info into propaganda could prove more insidious and harder to mobilize against.
September 10, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Awful Arlington Scandal Takes Its Most Disturbing Turn Yet
House Democrats are trying to get to the bottom of the still-murky cemetery story. Is Trump going to get away with it again?
September 7, 2024
Greg Sargent
Stunning News of Trump Sentencing Delay Sends Message: MAGA Rage Works
The politics of this may play out fine for Kamala Harris. But once again, the legal system was cowed by Trump’s bullying and lawlessness.
September 5, 2024
Greg Sargent
Finally: Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring Trump’s Mental State
Mike Barnicle’s throw-down Wednesday should open the floodgates: Coverage of Donald Trump’s mental fitness for office is not just fair game. It’s necessary.
August 30, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry New Rant Over Arlington Scandal Should Wake Up Dems
As the Arlington Cemetery plot thickens, it’s time for the Democrats to get tough and get to the bottom of this.
August 28, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Ugly, Shameless New Offer to RFK Jr. Hands Dems a Big Weapon
Robert F. Kennedy is on Trump’s transition team. But what if Trump wins, and Kennedy lands in his administration—in a public health role, no less?
August 23, 2024
Greg Sargent
Kamala’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Points the Way to a Post-MAGA America
In her speech, the vice president made real overtures to non-Democrats. But she also insisted that we must reject MAGA Republicanism whole cloth.
August 20, 2024
Greg Sargent
Biden’s Emotional Speech Hints at a Bigger Takedown of Trump to Come
Biden aggressively defended his economic record. But he also subtly pushed back against Trump’s sleazy racist attacks on Harris—and that’s essential to winning.
August 17, 2024
Greg Sargent
Brutal New Poll for J.D. Vance Reveals a Big Trump-MAGA Weakness
They’re unpopular because their agenda is unpopular.
August 14, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Weird “Nuclear” Moment With Elon Musk Gives Kamala an Opening
Trump and J.D. Vance love to say the climate agenda is a job-killer. But a new report shows the opposite is true—and here’s how Harris can flip that script.
August 5, 2024
Greg Sargent
Surprise Poll Reveals a Key Trump Weakness Against Kamala Harris
A new survey finds Harris substantially ahead of Trump among Latinos, a sign that she may be rebuilding the Democratic coalition—which is essential to defeating him.
August 2, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry New Attack on “Dumb” Kamala Gets Wrecked by Leaked Data
As Trump keeps blasting “Border Czar Harris,” new data on plummeting border crossings badly undermines his lies and demagoguery—in more ways than you might think.
July 23, 2024
Greg Sargent
Kamala Harris’s Harsh New Trump Takedown Cleverly Flips Script on GOP
When it comes to abortion rights (or lack thereof) in the U.S. today, Trump and the Republicans represent the status quo.
July 16, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Ugly New Post-Shooting Rant Instantly Wrecks His “Unity” Pivot
Donald Trump’s idea of unity: Everybody just needs to unify around putting him above the law. The media must resist getting played by his scam.
July 12, 2024
Greg Sargent
Shocker Poll Suggests Trump’s Lying May Be Huge Weakness for Him
One possible reason the polls haven’t moved as much as pundits expected: Voters still don’t like or trust Trump. Can the Democrats shift the focus to that?
July 5, 2024
Greg Sargent
MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”
Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.
June 28, 2024
Greg Sargent
What Joe Biden Really Owes the Country Right Now
There’s no sugarcoating the debate, which was a disaster. At a minimum, he and Jill owe the country an honest conversation about whether he can still do this.
June 26, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Shameless, Corrupt Wooing of Plutocrats Is Suddenly Backfiring
A media narrative has somehow taken hold that CEOs are stampeding toward Trump. The full story isn’t nearly so simple.
June 22, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump Just Revealed How He’ll Attack Biden at Debate—and It’s Vile
He’s going to pin “migrant killings” on Biden. It’s false, and here’s how Biden should respond.

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