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June 8, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Ken Paxton Gets Middle Finger From Own Lawyer Over Senate Race
Dan Cogdell defended Paxton in his 2023 impeachment trial.
June 8, 2026
Perry Bacon
The Real California Lesson: The Democratic Party Has No Actual Leaders
Becerra will probably win, so fine. But this primary process was a train wreck because Democratic “leaders” refuse to lead.
June 8, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
MAGA Is Melting Down Over the Results From L.A.’s Mayoral Primary
After reality star Spencer Pratt fell into third place, right-wingers started screaming about fraud. They’re wrong, but it doesn’t matter.
June 8, 2026
Phillip Maciak
The Singular Power of
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi’s inimitable art encompassed revolution and war, education and ideology, repression and rebellion.
June 8, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Donald Trump Ruins Perfect Vibes in New York City
The president will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden—and inconvenience tens of thousands of New Yorkers.
June 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
How Trump Singlehandedly Killed a Major Bill
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said she was “worried” about the bill’s future.
June 8, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Scott Pelley Says Bari Weiss Put a “Thumb on the Scale” For Trump
The venerated news anchor said Weiss intentionally tried to shift coverage to help Donald Trump.
June 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Freaks Out After Benjamin Netanyahu Humiliates Him on Iran
Just hours after Donald Trump claimed he calls “all the shots,” Netanyahu bombed Iran.
June 8, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump 250 Turns Humiliating as MAGA Ally Harshly Mocks Him
As Trump’s plans for a gala marking our country’s 250th birthday grow more embarrassing, an author of a piece about Trumpism’s reach explains how this fiasco reveals MAGA’s deep toxicity within the culture.
June 8, 2026
Magazine
Adam Nayman
The Poet Among Putin’s Wolves
Olivier Assayas’s
The Wizard of the Kremlin
is a study of the hedonism and cynicism of Putin’s inner circle.
June 8, 2026
Grace Segers
Gerrymandering Is Only Going to Get Worse
Legal experts warn that the current partisan redistricting efforts could signal the beginning of the end for fair representation.
June 8, 2026
Nicholas Slayton
The Trump Administration’s Savage Ignorance on Homelessness
A long-delayed annual report recorded marginal improvements nationwide during Biden’s final year in office. Rather than double down on success, the White House is on the warpath.
June 8, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Mixed Feelings About Platner? Fine. But He Needs to Win. Case Closed.
I don’t know what to believe about Graham Platner’s past. But I know this. He hasn’t spent the last 40 years transferring trillions of dollars from working people to the very rich.
June 8, 2026
Liza Featherstone
MAGA Is Worried About Male Fertility. Trump Is Killing Their Sperm.
There’s some scientific backing for the idea that sperm count is declining. But Republican environmental policies are making it worse.
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 8, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump 250 Rally Takes Humiliating Turn as MAGA Ally Harshly Mocks Him
As Trump’s plans for a gala marking our country’s 250th birthday grow more pathetic, an author of a piece about Trumpism’s reach explains how this fiasco reveals MAGA’s deep toxicity within the culture.
June 7, 2026
Jason Linkins
Trump Is a Hot Mess—and He’s Cooking His Party
Republicans are rotting from the top, following the president down the path of crashing out and complaining instead of governing.
June 7, 2026
Magazine
Andre Pagliarini
The World Cup in an Age of Strongmen
Can soccer still unite people across borders, class, and cultures in an increasingly authoritarian world?
June 6, 2026
Monica Potts
WelcomeFest’s Moderate Politics Are Stuck in the Past
Attendees of the centrist organization’s latest gathering were full of ambition and self-regard but seemed adrift from the real-world problems their poll-driven ideology is supposed to address.
June 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Walks Away Rather Than Answer Key Question on Iran
Iran suspended peace talks with the U.S. earlier this week.
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