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Every weekday, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent brings you a fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the moment, offered up in an entertaining, information-packed conversation with a leading lawmaker, journalist, or newsmaker. We go deep into the stories behind the headlines leading TNR and other news outlets—while making it fun and fast.

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Trump Shivs JD Vance as Meltdown over GOP Losses Takes Unhinged Turn

2026-11-13 · 27 min

Donald Trump, fuming over the midterms, just unleashed a new series of crazed Truth Social Posts. He again threatened to prosecute Democrats. He raged that Republicans only lost because they failed to pass voter…
Trump’s Christian Allies Rattled After His On-Air Rage Takes Dark Turn

2026-11-12 · 24 min

During his now-infamous interview with CBS News, Donald Trump admitted that he hates his foes with so much fury that he wouldn’t even forgive them in order to get into Heaven. “I do hate some of my enemies,” he said,…
MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump Blurts Out Damning Admission about GOP Loss

2026-11-10 · 21 min

In an interview with CBS News, Donald Trump acknowledged that a big reason for the GOP electoral bloodbath was his mass deportations. In one sense, this is absurd, given his elevation of Stephen Miller as chief of…
Angry Trump Unravels as GOPers Openly Admit He Wrecked Their 2028 Map

2026-11-09 · 29 min

Republicans are “panicking” about what the midterm debacle has done to their presidential map for 2028, Politico reports. Some Republicans fear Texas is now very gettable for the Democratic electoral college map. Other…
Trump Shivs Hegseth in Strange Aside as GOP Knives Come Out Big Time

2026-11-06 · 24 min

Donald Trump’s war on Iran was a big cause of the GOP electoral drubbing, and Pete Hegseth is in trouble. Trump told ABC News that he “has every intention” of keeping the Defense Secretary. But then came the twist.…
Trump Shivs JD Vance as MAGA Crackup over Losses Gets Truly Vicious

2026-11-05 · 21 min

Donald Trump fired quite a warning shot at JD Vance as the epic scale of GOP losses sank in. Asked about Vance and the political way forward, Trump employed his best mob-speak and declared that in 2028, maybe “a lot of…
Epic Rebuke to Trump as Blue Tsunami Wrecks MAGA in Midwest and South

2026-11-04 · 26 min

In a stunning series of outcomes, Democrats won control of the House and Senate on Tuesday. They’re projected to take control of at least 244 House seats, per NBC, and as of now, they’ve flipped Senate seats in South…
He’s Been Forecasting for 42 Years. He Predicts a Crushing GOP Defeat.

2026-11-03 · 27 min

Charlie Cook has been doing election forecasting since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 reelection campaign. The founder of the Cook Political Report, an institution in D.C., he recently retired from his life’s work and now writes…
Trump Erupts as GOP Leaks About His Rallies Take Cringe Turn: “Brutal”

2026-11-02 · 24 min

Donald Trump erupted in a deranged rant at a reporter who dared to ask why he’d cancelled several of his rallies (which he then reinstated). Trump sputtered at being pressed on his fitness and viciously insulted the…
Trump Rages as Leaks Reveal How Aides Soothe Him with Midterm Hopium

2026-10-30 · 22 min

Donald Trump is in a dark mood about the midterms, reports The New York Times in an epic piece. Numerous administration insiders confide that he’s raging at naysayers and negative press. And they’re also leaking that…

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Oldest episode in feed: 01/2024 · over 2 years
Typical length: 25 min
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