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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

by Greg Sargent

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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MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump Blurts Out Damning Admission about GOP Loss

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

Nov 10
20 min

Angry Trump Unravels as GOPers Openly Admit He Wrecked Their 2028 Map

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

Nov 9
28 min

Trump Shivs Hegseth in Strange Aside as GOP Knives Come Out Big Time

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

Nov 6
24 min

Trump Shivs JD Vance as MAGA Crackup over Losses Gets Truly Vicious

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-

Nov 5
21 min

Epic Rebuke to Trump as Blue Tsunami Wrecks MAGA in Midwest and South

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

Nov 4
26 min

He’s Been Forecasting for 42 Years. He Predicts a Crushing GOP Defeat.

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 rece

Nov 3
27 min

Trump Erupts as GOP Leaks About His Rallies Take Cringe Turn: “Brutal”

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 pres

Nov 2
24 min

Trump Rages as Leaks Reveal How Aides Soothe Him with Midterm Hopium

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

Oct 30
22 min

Trump-Vivek Ad Ploy Backfires as GOPers Leak Humiliating Private Poll

After Vivek Ramaswamy ran that vile ad attacking Amy Acton in the Ohio gubernatorial race, Donald Trump aggressively defended it. That sent out a command to MAGA to get b

Oct 29
17 min

Trump Tirade at Rally Takes Delusional Turn after Fox Drops Poll Bomb

In a remarkable move, Fox News just shifted numerous House races toward Democrats. Fox finds them pulling even or favored in really Trumpy places like Kentucky’s 6th dist

Oct 28
24 min

Trump Unravels as Early-Voting Data Is So Brutal It Even Rattles MAGA

Donald Trump is stewing about elections big time. He raged at Senator Lisa Murkowski for opposing his dumb effort to rig the Alaska Senate race, fumed over imagined voter

Oct 27
22 min

Trump Rages Viciously at Young Female Journo—and Even Fox Is Cringing

Donald Trump seethed wildly at NBC reporter Monica Alba after she asked him tough questions about his support for that vile ad attacking Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy

Oct 26
26 min

Dimwit Trump Praise of Vile Ramaswamy Ad Backfires as GOP Panic Erupts

In dense and convoluted remarks, Donald Trump defended that disgusting ad in the Ohio gubernatorial race. The ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy featured the mother of De

Oct 23
20 min

Trump Blurts Out Bizarre Election-Theft Admission as Polls Bottom Out

Donald Trump just unleashed a panicky string of posts—see here, here, here, and here—in which he frantically urged Republicans to vote by mail early. Amusingly, this come

Oct 22
21 min

Abdul El-Sayed’s Viral Takedown of GOP Heckler Shows How to Fight MAGA

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Michigan Senate race is more or less on a knife’s edge. Amid all this, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has had some hugely viral

Oct 21
18 min

Trump Hits Brutal New Polling Low—and GOP Leaks Grow Truly Humiliating

Donald Trump’s approval just sank to an abysmal 33-66 in the new Washington Post poll, a record low in Post polling. The survey also finds Democrats leading in the battle

Oct 20
21 min

Trump 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

Oct 19
19 min

Fox News Just Nuked Trump with His Most Disastrous Poll Yet

The new national poll from Fox is absolutely awful for Donald Trump and the Republican Party. It finds Trump at a record low approval, shows him absolutely cratering with

Oct 16
22 min

Trump’s Boast about Rallies Backfires as Humiliating New GOP Leaks Hit

Earlier this week, Donald Trump made some audacious claims. He insisted at length that his rallies are having a “tremendously positive impact” on Republicans’ chances in

Oct 15
24 min

Trump Rages as New Press Sec’s Debut Humiliatingly 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

Oct 14
22 min

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I listen to every episode. Great reporting and guests. Suggest that Greg use the full “Deep State Radio” name rather than DSR network. It’s too close to the democratic socialist acronym DSA which is increasingly in the news. Avoid conflating these two, please.

Timergrl · Jul 2026

Great show. Informative and well-sourced, with great interviews with really smart people, many of whom are longer on expertise than name recognition. I almost never miss an episode.

mw11385 · Apr 2026

TDB is short intense and immediate. Every podcast brings something important to the forefront, goes deep and makes me think, or go follow up with an author or expert. I look forward to it every day.

MikeBoulder · Feb 2026

This interview with David Karpf is excellent. Hope to hear more from him on your show. His analysis of how to communicate in today’s media environment is very insightful. Thanks, Greg, for bringing him in.

ClaudioRestrepoZapata · Nov 2025

Honest question…do any of these podcasters ever listen to their show and critique themselves? Greg and his guests will get into a “right?” contest where they each say right in a sentence over and over again and it gets to the point where I can’t take it anymore. It’s so damn annoying and distracting from the subject matter.

Jason D Murphy · Sep 2026

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