FCC Attempt to Kill Stephen Colbert Interview Completely Backfires
The Trump administration tried to prevent late-night television host Stephen Colbert from airing his interview with Texas state Representative and Democratic Senate candidate James…
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Trump’s Vile Attack on Mark Kelly Backfires as Harsh Retort Goes Viral
Last year, Senator Mark Kelly and five other Democrats posted a video with a stark message: Military service members and officials are not obliged to carry out illegal orders. This…
Pete Hegseth’s Own AI Bot Backfires on His Boat Strikes
Et tu, ChatGPT? On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled his department’s new AI chatbot for military personnel, GenAI.mil. Almost immediately, the bot called a “hypothetical”…
Transcript: Trump Spiral Worsens as Push to Jail Foes Backfires Badly
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 25 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced…
Raging Trump Spirals Further as Push to Jail Enemies Backfires Badly
This weekend, President Trump raged over a video from Democrats that warned against carrying out “illegal orders.” That led him to get his Defense Secretary to launch an investigation of…
Transcript: Trump’s Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Backfires Badly
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 21 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced…
Transcript: Trump Wrecks His Case for Tariffs as SCOTUS Rant Backfires
And what those deals mean, I think, are up for interpretation. They often mean whatever is good for Trump. And so being able to get something out of these countries personally—at the…
Trump Wrecks His Own Case for Tariffs as Bizarre SCOTUS Rant Backfires
Signs are mounting that the Supreme Court might invalidate President Trump’s tariffs, and he’s clearly on edge about it. Trump just vented wildly about the case on Truth Social, but he…
Transcript: Trump Nixing Dem Storm Aid Backfires, Screwing MAGA Voters
Sargent: I sure hope so. I just want to bring this back to the Maryland situation to close this out, because there’s a little tidbit I’ve actually learned that I want to share here, which…
Transcript: Trump’s Own Tweet on Portland Backfires in Big Court Loss
Sargent: Just to wrap this up, the judge also issued a strong denunciation of Trump that I’d like to quote: “This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law.” AG, that’s what’s at…
Trump’s Own Tweet Backfires on Him as Judge Delivers Harsh Loss on Fed
This pileup of bogus rationales has thrust the lower courts into a critical role, as law professor Leah Litman recently detailed on our podcast. Again and again, they’ve engaged in…
Transcript: Trump’s Firing of Lisa Cook Backfires as Brutal Poll Hits
Ford: I would expect it in the sense of the Fed, but with a caveat. I am heartened that a large majority of Americans feel that way. But I think that certain Americans’ voices will carry…
Trump’s Corrupt Firing of Lisa Cook Backfires as Brutal New Poll Hits
There’s been an amusing turn in the saga involving President Trump’s corrupt effort to remove Lisa Cook as governor of the Federal Reserve. Trump has relied on his flunkies to cook up…
Transcript: Fox’s Dumb Spin on RFK Fiasco in Senate Backfires on Trump
Sargent: Well, what I find really striking about this, as you mentioned earlier, is that Fox News does seem to recognize how politically lethal it is for Trump if what RFK is actually…
JD Vance’s Epstein Files Claim Backfires Big-Time
On Sunday, Vice President JD Vance and the Trump administration tried and failed to shift the accountability for the Epstein files onto Democrats, only reinvigorating calls for their…
Trump's Meme Mocking Obama Backfires as JD Vance Steals Spotlight Again
In a fresh jab at former President Barack Obama, Donald Trump stirred the internet with a meme, only to have Senator JD Vance unexpectedly steal the spotlight. Trump reposted an edited…
Transcript: Trump’s Rage at Thom Tillis Backfires, Wrecking a GOP Scam
Noah: Right. They don’t actually give a damn whether anybody actually gets a job. They just want to get people off the rolls, and throwing sand in the gears is a time-honored way to do it,…
Trump’s Fury at Thom Tillis Backfires, Wrecking His Vile Medicaid Scam
President Trump is raging at GOP Senator Thom Tillis for telling the truth about the Senate version of his budget bill, which could knock 10 million people off Medicaid. Trump threatened…