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Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in New York City on July 15, 2025.

The Real Reason for Zohran’s Success Should Rattle National Democrats

Exclusive internal campaign data on the reach of Mamdani’s viral videos illustrates that he gets modern messaging in ways other Democrats just don’t.

TNR Features

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American Oligarchy

How the Billionaires Took Over

Culture

Masaki Suda in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cloud.”

The Late-Capitalist Menace at the Heart of Cloud

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest is a masterful, satirical horror tale of a shameless online scammer and the vengeance wreaked by ever-growing numbers of his unhappy customers.

Joaquin Phoenix (left) and Pedro Pascal in “Eddington.”

The World Has Gone Haywire in Ari Aster’s Eddington

The director’s latest is a none-too-subtle depiction of Covid hysteria, racial justice protests, isolation, and the rottenness of social media—and how they combine to rip apart the fabric of a small town.

From the Magazine

Vultures hover over the body of Geoffrey the Toys R Us mascot, symbolizing the private equity company that stripped Toys R Us of its value

Hostile Takeover

Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed

Financiers have bamboozled the public for years about their expertise in “fixing” companies. Yet they often—and sometimes deliberately—run them into the ground.

Megan Stalter of the Netflix show Too Much

Lena Dunham’s Too Much Is Exactly Enough

An illustration of FDR blowing what looks like a dandelion but is in fact parachutiists and war airplanes

Why America Got a Warfare State, Not a Welfare State

A manipulated photo of Nancy Mace who is in color while her location, in Congress is in black and white.

Nancy Mace Is the Future of the Republican Party

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Hit by Harsh Takedown on The View, Igniting White House Fury

As Trump gets savagely roasted on The View and the White House threatens retaliation in response, a skillful decoder of MAGA explains how this saga exposes his deep weaknesses—political and psychological alike.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Furious” Trump Vents at Epstein Mess as Allies Admit He’s Vulnerable

As Trump privately seethes over his staff’s failure to tame the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, a sharp observer of political media explains the deeper reasons he’s lost control over this story—and how Dems should exploit it.

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Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?

They’re both unqualified for their jobs and love to drink. Can you tell them apart?