Greg Sargent

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We've been talking a lot about the polling on here because it's crunch time now, and we've got some really striking new data to look at.

Donald Trump's approval just hit another record low in the polls.

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[upbeat music] Three news organizations just sued the Trump administration after Donald Trump banned them from the White House grounds.

They allege that their First Amendment rights had been violated.

This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

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A new poll came out that offered a striking finding.

The Democratic candidate has a real lead in the Senate race in Alaska.

And then, you know, on certain subjects, there are people that I like to read.

For example, Richard Hassan, who writes about voting a lot, or Greg Sargent at the New Republic, who have, you know, much more specific kinds of things that they're following, but they're They're very smart and they know their stuff.

And then I had mentioned ProPublica.

I mean, that's a great asset right now in our overall media ecosystem.

The board explained that this lie shows why blunderbuss trade wars are an economic mistake, along with how tariffs deepen the DC swamp.

"Big companies can push their interests through a senator," it noted, "but who speaks for the little guy being walloped?" In The New Republic, Greg Sargent reported that Trump's super PAC, called MAGA Inc, has just begun to pour one hundred million dollars into the midterms.

Sargent notes that they are spending that money in at least 17 districts that Trump won in 2024 by more than five points, including six districts he won by ten points or more.

"If those are in danger, then a lot of other seats that are considered similarly safe for Republicans must be on the chopping block," Larry Sabato, the founder of the nonpartisan political analysis and handicapping newsletter Sabato's Crystal Ball, told Sargent.

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Fox News suddenly finds itself in a very strange situation.

A new Fox poll just landed that contains absolutely awful news for Trump and Republicans, and a number of very bad stories for Trump have broken of late.