The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

As some of the most extreme MAGA influencers start turning aggressively on Trump, an expert who closely tracks the far right explains the deeper source of their panic.

As new data shows gains for Harris, an experienced political operative explains how Democratic inroads in Sun Belt states are transforming the electoral map—and changing our politics.

With Harris now leading in polls, a veteran journalist with long experience covering conventions explains how a successful DNC would insulate her from Trump’s attacks.

As a batch of fresh polls offer bad news for Trump, a veteran former Republican operative explains why the vaunted Trump-GOP attack machine seems to be sputtering.

As Fox personalities urge Trump to get more disciplined amid Kamala Harris’s surge, the author of a new book on the GOP explains how the Fox-Trump disinformation loop really works.

As new data shows young voters running from Trump, an expert on the youth vote goes deep on the cultural causes of this shift—and why they could help Harris defeat Trump in November.

With Trump venting that Kamala Harris’s success shows he’s being cheated, a prominent Never Trumper explains why we need to start thinking now about another coup attempt.

With reports suggesting Republicans are worried about Trump’s chances, veteran GOP operative Stuart Stevens reflects on what happened to his former party now that it’s fully embraced MAGA.

As Trump’s eruptions about Kamala Harris’s heritage and crowd sizes grow more unhinged, an analyst explains what Trumpworld’s inability to grasp her appeal says about the MAGA worldview.

As Trump launches millions in ads falsely smearing Harris as a failed “border czar,” a longtime tracker of right-wing messaging on immigration shines light on the new Trump attack’s vile subtext.

As Republicans begin loudly second-guessing Vance, a veteran reporter explains how Trump’s new running mate has managed to turn the GOP ticket’s sheer weirdness into a huge campaign issue.

As Trump ramps up the derangement in two new appearances, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on strongman rule, decodes his speeches to reveal the authoritarian impulses at their core.

As Trump and his allies ramp up the vile attacks on Kamala Harris’s personality, a progressive strategist explains why Harris’s joyful disposition might be perfectly suited to taking on MAGA.

After Buttigieg scores a direct hit on Vance for smearing Dems in vile terms, a writer who closely tracks Vance digs into what this saga reveals about his deeply weird natalist worldview.

As old Vance criticism of Trump surfaces, a leading tech writer explains how Vance evolved from a clear-eyed Trump critic to a MAGA disciple in thrall to a radical techno-authoritarian vision.

As right-wing media scramble for an effective attack on the vice president, a reporter who has closely examined Harris’s career explains why her political identity is so hard to pin down.

As Trump openly celebrates authoritarian rule at a Michigan rally, prominent Never Trumper Rick Wilson reflects on what all this says about today’s press corps—and what it means for our country.

As the GOP convention sinks to a strange, dark place, we talked to a former Republican who closely tracks the right wing about what the proceedings really say about Trump’s MAGA-fied GOP.

After Greene erupts over a reporter’s question, a leading media observer explains what that portends about an authoritarian crackdown on the press in a second Trump term.

Trump’s running mate once admitted that MAGA is truly toxic. Sarah Longwell, the prominent Never Trumper, explains how Vance’s MAGA stench could help drive swing voters to Democrats.