Greenland Reveals Trump Is Lying Through His Teeth About Oil and Gas
President Trump is bragging that “Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland!” There’s just one problem: Greenland officials say that’s...
View ArticleFamily of Man Mauled by Tiger Begs Trump to Stop Mocking Him
The family of William Chapman is publicly pleading for people to stop circulating the video of him being mauled to death by a tiger—after President Trump himself posted it mockingly to Truth...
View ArticleUkraine Blames Trump Administration for Russian Missile Intel Blunder
Washington may have intentionally withheld military intelligence from Ukraine about a barrage of Russian missile strikes.The Russian Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that it had successfully...
View ArticleKimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Threatening Trump Family With Burn Book
Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was forced to resign as U.S. ambassador to Greece amid a series of scandals, reportedly has been keeping a diary with all kinds of incriminating secrets on the Trump...
View ArticleTrump Hides IRS Report on How His Tax Cuts Have Ruined America
Ahead of the midterm elections, the Trump administration is withholding detailed information that will illustrate how President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act hurt millions of Americans.The...
View ArticleAs Trump Witch Hunts Go, the Cassidy Hutchinson One Is the Worst Yet
There’s an unsurpassed ugliness in watching the full might of the federal government bear down on a young woman whose offense was bravely telling the nation the truth about the president. Even by the...
View ArticleDOJ Demands California Purge Voter Rolls—or Else
The Trump administration is giving California 48 hours to purge its voter rolls of people it thinks are noncitizens, or else. A letter first obtained by Reuters details the administration’s demand for...
View ArticleRepublican Tries to Get Journalist Arrested After Disastrous Debate
Republican Representative Andy Harris couldn’t handle a debate audience laughing at his explanation for high gas prices.On Tuesday night, during a debate in Cambridge, Maryland, with his Democratic...
View ArticleUkraine Loses Starlink Access as Musk Says Zelenskiy Went “Too Far”
Is Elon Musk using SpaceX to kneecap Starlink access in Ukraine on behalf of President Donald Trump?A Ukrainian military official claimed Wednesday that Musk’s SpaceX had interrupted functioning of the...
View ArticleLula’s Struggles in Brazil Are a Cautionary Tale for Progressives
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. Left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished...
View ArticleTranscript: Trump Rages as New Press Sec Harshly Mocked Even by MAGA
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 14 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented...
View ArticleTrump Is Encouraging Airlines to Scam Passengers in Every Way Possible
With Donald Trump’s approval rating now perilously close to falling below 30 percent in some polls, it’s clear that a wide majority of Americans disapprove of his performance. It’s also fair to assume...
View ArticleAs Progressives Prosper, Centrist Democrats Are Moving the Goalposts
Center-left Democrats used to claim that progressives couldn’t win in swing states and districts. Now, with numerous candidates aligned with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ahead in the...
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He’s Attacking Big Ag. He’s Running in Nebraska. Somehow It’s Working.
Outside the BigIron Events Center at the State Fairgrounds in Grand Island, Nebraska, the midway blinked with lights and rippled with the faint shrill screams of happy children. At the JBS Show...
View ArticleTranscript: Lula’s Struggles Are a Cautionary Tale for Progressives
Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic. I’m joined by Michael Paarlberg. He’s a political scientist at Virginia Commonwealth University. He’s an...
View ArticleThe Battle Lines Are Forming for the Democrats’ Next Big Fight
If Democrats win back the House of Representatives and the Senate this election, which looks increasingly likely, they have an important and contentious question to face right away: How hard should...
View ArticleTrump Rages as New Press Sec Debut Fiasco Harshly Mocked Even by MAGA
In a remarkable piece, The Atlantic reports that Donald Trump is privately furious over his inability to force Iran to stop the war. As one adviser notes, he is “used to snapping his fingers” to...
View ArticleWhy Is the President Sharing Videos of Animals Maiming Humans?
More is more with Donald Trump.The president’s reaction to the deadly tiger attack that occurred in England over the weekend involved subjecting his Truth Social followers to video footage of the...
View ArticleWTF Was Trump’s New Press Secretary Doing in China?
It’s not clear if new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia ever actually worked as an attorney—but it is becoming increasingly clear that she was connected to the Chinese government in the...
View Article12 Senators—Half of Them Republican—Tell Trump to End Russia Deal Now
Six GOP senators joined together with their Democratic opponents on Tuesday to rebuke President Trump’s recently announced diesel deal with Russia.Senators Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins,...
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