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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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August 19, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.
Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.
August 14, 2026
Greg Sargent
Fox Hits Trump with Crushing Polls—and Wrecks Fox’s Own Pro-Trump Spin
Even Fox News is finding that Democratic Senate candidates are running ahead of their party brand in many places, while Trump is an albatross for their GOP opponents.
August 12, 2026
Greg Sargent
Stunning Wisconsin Outcome Hands Dems a Surprise Weapon Against MAGA
How David Crowley’s upset win in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary sets the party up for potential wins in state legislative races, and in bigger upcoming battles with MAGA.
August 10, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him
The David Hearn affair isn’t over. Far from it. Jamie Raskin is launching an investigation, and Hearn’s legal team will pursue remedies.
August 3, 2026
Greg Sargent
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam
Markwayne Mullin just said the unsayable: that immigration can sometimes help the economy and the country. Now MAGA wants his head.
July 31, 2026
Greg Sargent
What Susan Collins Just Did on Trump and ICE Should Worry All Dems
She voted for $70 billion in no-strings-attached ICE funding. But now she’s taking credit for a new bodycam commitment from ICE. Democrats can’t let her get away with this.
July 30, 2026
Greg Sargent
We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.
July 27, 2026
Greg Sargent, Toby Buckle
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
July 23, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn
Collins cast some recent votes that can help likely Democratic challenger Troy Jackson tie her to Trump and to ICE. And there’s evidence that both liberals and moderates will listen.
July 9, 2026
Greg Sargent
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
July 7, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It
Mike Johnson is now floating a “legislative fix” to birthright citizenship. That’s an assault on the Constitution—and a vote that vulnerable Republicans will hate, if recent polling from Fox News is any indication.
July 2, 2026
Greg Sargent
Two Maine Polls Just Dropped. Is It Time to Fret About Graham Platner?
The Democratic Senate candidate is pretty much tied with Susan Collins, but she’s trouncing him with working-class voters. Why, and can he turn that around?
June 30, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Weakness Suddenly Puts Texas in Play—a Surprise Poll Shows How
A New York Times survey has James Talarico and Ken Paxton tied—and shows how Talarico can actually win this thing.
June 26, 2026
Greg Sargent
This MAGA Ohio Town Could Soon Face the Mother of All ICE Raids
Is Springfield, Ohio—home of the Haitian community that Trump and Vance brazenly lied about in 2024—about to become the next Minneapolis?
June 25, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump 250 Gala Takes Humiliating New Turn as More States Pull Out
Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania exclusively tells TNR that his state will not take part in Trump’s 250th anniversary celebrations. Here’s the important point Shapiro’s action proves.
June 19, 2026
Greg Sargent
Obama’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Points to a World After MAGA
The forty-fourth president’s library dedication speech was a powerful explication of liberal patriotism—and a much-needed repudiation of the Trump-Vance fascist variant.
June 17, 2026
Toby Buckle, Greg Sargent
Elon Musk’s Race War Just Took Darker Turn—Time for a Global Response
The violent fascist riots in Belfast reveal the future that the trillionaire really wants. We need an international movement to constrain him.
June 11, 2026
Greg Sargent
Why Is Trump Tanking in MAGA Country? These Dems Found a Good Answer.
Some new research on working-class voters makes it clear. They’re furious at Trump—and they want a message from Democrats that pledges specific action.
June 8, 2026
Greg Sargent
Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn
Governor Spanberger signed an assault weapons ban. Some county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas say they won’t enforce it. Is a new MAGA nullification movement brewing?
June 2, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Corrupt IRS Shakedown Backfires Badly as GOPers Turn on Him
The slush fund may be on life support, but this IRS immunity thing Trump wants is outrageous—and Democrats need to make Republicans own it.

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