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Transcript: Affordability Isn’t a “Silver Bullet” for Democrats
Stancil: Or what happened in August 2021? Bacon: The U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan and the media covered it—the bad withdrawal—like it…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Brutal New Fox Poll Hits
It’s about the fracturing within his coalition, which has really intensified following the death of Charlie Kirk. And it’s about his,…
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Transcript: Mike Johnson Unnerved as ACA Revolt Worsens: “Bullshit!”
Sargent: Well, I want to pick up on what you just said there, which is that Mike Johnson is ideologically opposed to the subsidies getting…
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Transcript: MTG Humiliates Trump over Reiner as MAGA Crackup Worsens
Rob Reiner and his wife were tragically killed at the hands of their own son who reportedly had drug addiction and other issues, and their…
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Transcript: Trump Tirades on Econ Go Awry as GOP Panics: “Disaster!”
Sargent: You wrote in your piece that Trump is uniquely vulnerable here for other reasons as well. First, he campaigned as a populist. And…
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Transcript: Why Trump May Never Be Popular Again
Is this pervasive sense that we have to win the white guys so deep that the party is informally signaling: if you’re not…
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Transcript: Trump Explodes over Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Worsen
This is over the last couple of weeks. Trump said about Somalia there: “If you look at Somalia, they’re taking over Minnesota. We are not…
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Transcript: Trump in Fury as GOPers Quietly Defy His Plot to Rig 2026
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Transcript: Hegseth Case on Strike Collapsing as Damning New Leaks Hit
Bridgeman: Well, the thing to keep in mind here is that there’s absolutely nothing, no set of facts, right, that you could look at that…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult Defending New Racist Tirade
But more than anything, more than just like, I think, Somalis, this is another blatant attack on immigrant communities. Obviously, any…
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Transcript: Angry Trump Loses 2026 Plot as GOP Panics: “Flashing Red”
Sargent: Well, we had the Washington Post also reporting that Republicans privately fear that the pool of vulnerable GOP incumbents is…
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Transcript: Trump White House Rages at Pop Star Who Nailed MAGA “Evil”
Because there are certainly enough people who do think that way—who have been taught to feel that the people who oppose them, whether it’s…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Loses Plot as Boat Bombing Scandal Worsens
Sargent: Yeah, I want to throw this in here, Jen. You got at this in your piece. But Jack Goldsmith—who is not exactly a liberal; he was…
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Transcript: Trump Fury Erupts at NYT as Mental Decline Visibly Worsens
Lurie: Well, first of all, I think we’re past the point of having a strain of authoritarianism. It doesn’t mean that we are Putin’s…
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Transcript: Trump Erupts in Crazed Tirade Over 2026 as GOP Panic Grows
But I just want to bear down on this one point, Monica. Trump’s takeover of the GOP was supposed to be about a rejection of GOP…
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Transcript: It’s Sanders vs. Schumer in Several Key Dem Primaries
And then the third thing is this, Perry. I think people, when they’re looking to make a decision about who to vote for, they’re asking,…
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Transcript: Trump Spiral Worsens as Push to Jail Foes Backfires Badly
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 25 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Transcript: Anti-Blackness Is at the Heart of Trump’s Toxic Politics
Crenshaw: Change what money can do. I think that is—that’s all behind what campaign finance reform was all about. We’re inheriting a world…
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Transcript: Trump Is Weak and Failing, and Media Is Finally Saying So
Marcotte: No, I think that’s exactly right. A couple years ago, I did some reporting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, about a school board…
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Transcript: Trump’s Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Backfires Badly
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 21 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Transcript: Trump’s Fury at Prices Goes Wild as Crushing New Polls Hit
But the funny thing is, if you want to fix prices, this isn’t the way to do it, is it? No, it’s not. Bessent, who has the reputation of…
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Dem Demands Transcript of Trump-MBS Call After Khashoggi Killing
Donald Trump’s claim Tuesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing about” the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi may…
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Transcript: Trump Seethes as Plot to Rig 2026 Suddenly Goes Off Rails
The question on Virginia, the question on Florida, the question in so many of these places is how fast does the process move and how… what…
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Transcript: Trump Accidentally Shivs JD Vance as MAGA Civil War Erupts
Nick Fuentes (voiceover): He’s getting squeezed. Because the Groypers are on the one hand saying, ‘hey, listen, fat boy, we want America…