They Retired Here for a Country Idyll. But Meta Had Other Plans.
Outside Mansfield, Georgia, just under an hour’s drive from Atlanta, Jeff and Beverly Morris live right where the road turns from pavement to gravel. They have horses, a dog, a small above-ground pool...
View ArticleMeta Defends Blocking No Kings’ Instagram in the Middle of Event
Meta offered a weak excuse for shutting down the No Kings movement’s official Instagram account for several hours during the group’s nationwide action over the weekend to mobilize early voting.During a...
View ArticleSupreme Court Gives Trump More Power Over Independent Agencies
The Supreme Court just signed off on President Trump’s firing of a member of the National Labor Relations Board despite laws against at-will dismissals, further cementing his power over independent...
View ArticleChristiane Amanpour Announces Exit From CNN With Farewell Warning
Longtime CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour will be leaving the network next June. “After many months of thought and a few sleepless nights, I have decided to separate from CNN, my...
View ArticleDisaster Survivors Still Waiting for Billions From Trump Admin
Americans who survived tornados, floods, and wildfires are still waiting on $10 billion in aid from the Trump administration over a year later.A Guardian analysis finds that FEMA has not doled out...
View ArticleRepublican Official Warns Election Threats Are “Coming From Within”
The Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, Deidre Henderson, is warning that the federal government is threatening the integrity of American elections. “In the past two elections that I oversaw as...
View ArticleTrump’s Ex–Press Secretary Screwed Up One Last Time on Her Way Out
President Donald Trump’s press secretary-for-a-day Katie Zacharia couldn’t even exit the White House without making one last mistake.Zacharia posted two photographs with Trump in the Oval Office after...
View ArticleKimberly Guilfoyle Went on Last-Ditch Desperation Tour to Save Her Job
After Kimberly Guilfoyle was fired on live television last week, she reportedly begged MAGA allies to rescue her, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, conservative media magnate Rupert Murdoch,...
View ArticleTrump’s Big Mouth Already Comes Back to Bite Him in Golf Course Case
President Donald Trump on Monday attacked a federal judge who blocked his lawless construction on a public golf course in Washington, D.C.—and it immediately came back to haunt him. At a hearing, the...
View ArticleBari Weiss Exposed for Pushing CBS to Smear Democratic Candidates
CBS News editor in chief and anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss urged her newsroom to cover right-wing conspiracy theories regarding Democratic Senate candidates James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed. Semafor...
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MAGA Operative Behind Muslim Brotherhood Question to Abdul El-Sayed
A Republican political operative tried to trap the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, into a viral “gotcha” moment. He ended up becoming the story instead.On Saturday, a man...
View ArticleTranscript: Trump Rages over Texas Senate Race—and Even Fox Is Rattled
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 19 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented...
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A Guide to Trump’s Body Parts
The forthcoming midterm elections are a referendum on President Donald Trump’s policies, not his health. But when those policies include renaming the Atlantic “Trump Ocean,” or affecting indifference...
View ArticleThe Trump Scandal That Everyone Overlooked
With the U.S. midterm elections less than three weeks away, is it any surprise that corruption has emerged as voters’ top concern? “Corrupt” was the adjective most often chosen when registered voters...
View ArticleYouth Is a Devastating Comedy About an Overlooked Stage of Motherhood
Youth is full of women running out of time. Alex (Sharon Horgan) is a divorced, 50-year-old literary agent with a college-age son. At this moment in her life, she’s either at the end of her rope or at...
View ArticleIlhan Omar Is the Right Kind of American. Trump Is the Wrong Kind.
On October 15, 1969, Somali President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was slain by an assassin’s bullet. Unrest had prevailed in the country ever since … well, in many ways, ever since independence was won in...
View ArticleTrump Erupts in Angry Panic Over Texas Senate Race—and Fox Is Unnerved
In recent days, Donald Trump has exploded over James Talarico’s Senate candidacy in Texas. In a long, tortured tirade, Trump repeatedly called him “James TalaFREAKO” and raged at Karl Rove for...
View ArticleDemocrats: Embrace Incivility!
In recent weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to observe two competing visions for Democratic senators should they retake the upper chamber in next month’s midterm elections. On the one hand, we have...
View ArticleJD Vance’s Biggest Problem
What do you do when a stranger says “I love you”? Vice President JD Vance, who doesn’t get much affection on the campaign trail, seemed momentarily flummoxed when a man yelled those words to him at a...
View ArticleElon Musk and Trump Were Both in on Ukraine Starlink Shutoff
Tech CEO Elon Musk reportedly approached President Trump on slowing down his Starlink communications service in Ukraine earlier this week, contradicting both Musk’s statement that it was Trump’s idea...
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