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Today: "We Marinate in Conspiracy Today. Who’s to Blame? Partly, Donald Trump." Plus, the third party that’s pushing the Democrats left; the dumb reason why Trump held up Secret Service during WHCD shooting; and more... Podcast: Trump Is on an Epic Losing Streak—and His Latest Is Truly Humiliating As the president’s losses pile up, the author of a piece on the GOP cult of Trump explains why his propagandists must forever maintain the illusion of his infallibility at all costs. Read the transcript here. The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

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The Third Party That’s Pushing the Democrats Left Long a major progressive influence in New York politics, the Working Families Party has released its first national platform ever—and it has the likes of Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna on board. By Monica Potts Zohran Mamdani Is Killing It With Kindness In an increasingly isolated world, it turns out politics with a friendly face can be really good for everyone. By Abdullah Shihipar The Generation That Got Stuck in Lockdown The millennials in Andrew Martin’s new novel Down Time are treading water: caught between youth and age, breaking up, and settling down. By Jess Bergman Waymos Aren’t Going to Solve Traffic Deaths Boosters paint a future in which driverless vehicles drastically improve road safety. The reality looks pretty different. By Kate Aronoff

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Zohran Mamdani Has Two Big Problems—They’re Called Hochul and Menin The governor and City Council speaker look like they’re gunning to become the Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema of New York politics. By Perry Bacon Trump Erupts After Being Confronted With Alleged Shooter’s Manifesto President Trump doesn’t want to hear about why the suspected gunman targeted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. By Hafiz Rashid Trump Held Up Secret Service During WHCD Shooting for Dumbest Reason Donald Trump intentionally hampered Secret Service operations during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling The Main Thing Trump Wants You to Know About WHCD Shooting He didn’t trip, OK? Don’t put it in the news that he tripped. By Edith Olmsted We Marinate in Conspiracy Today. Who’s to Blame? Partly, Donald Trump. By Michael Tomasky History should bother to record the dark irony that the apparent third (or fourth, or maybe fifth) assassination attempt against Donald Trump came at the end of a month when the conspiracy theory that the first high-profile attempt was staged by Trump and his people barged its way into the news cycle. That would be the shooting in July 2024 involving gunman Thomas Crooks in Butler, Pennsylvania. If you’ve ventured down this rabbit hole, you’re familiar with some of the details: that Trump’s ear, which we were told at the time was singed by a bullet, seems miraculously and mysteriously to have grown back; that a crane just happened to be there to hoist a large flag into place just in time for the iconic "Fight!" photo; and more. This conspiracy is being peddled not on the left but by figures on the right who’ve turned against Trump: for example, Tucker Carlson and Joe Kent, who recently resigned as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in protest of Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran. Butler conspiracy theories arose literally within hours of the shooting, but over these past couple of weeks they’ve really taken hold in certain corners of the right. Continue reading this article.

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