Jonathan Chait
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How Passover Brisket Became Texas Barbecue
A Brief History of Brisket
Jonathan Chait
Ironically, the Texans learned the concept of brisket from the Jews, but the Texans learned how to make it taste good
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This Is Trump’s Fault
The president is failing, and Americans are paying for his failures.
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Jonathan Chait
Excellent master narrative on Trump's responsibility for failing to contain the coronavirus by @davidfrum
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
New York magazine writer, friend of the store, and point guard Jonathan Chait has handpicked some of his favorite history and current events titles for you.
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Jonathan Chait
My friends have a great bookshop in Washington, @solidstatedc. Like many small businesses, they could use your support. I compiled a list of some of my faves.
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Giuliani, a familiar voice in Trump’s ear, promotes experimental coronavirus treatments
The former New York mayor is part of a chorus of prominent pro-Trump voices who at first downplayed the severity of the virus and then embraced possible cures.
Bet Big on Treatments for Coronavirus
Antivirals and antibody therapies are showing promise. The FDA needs to step up its pace.
The Media Is Not the Problem with COVID-19
Thousands of Americans are dying. And some conservatives are blaming a favorite scapegoat.
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Jonathan Chait
With surgical precision, @CathyYoung63 obliterates the revisionist rightwing argument that the mainstream media systematically underplayed the coronavirus
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Jonathan Chait on Bernie, Corona, and 2020
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Jonathan Chait joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss why Bernie Sanders is still in the race, the cynical politics of economic stimulus, Coronavirus, and the 2020 election.
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Jonathan Chait
Had a great podcast conversation with @SykesCharlie of @BulwarkOnline about why Bernie won't quit, why Republican won't pass more stimulus, and other pressing mysteries
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Common-Good Constitutionalism Reveals the Dangers of Any Non-Originalist Approach to the Constitution
This wolf comes as a wolf.
“The Campaign Panicked”: Inside Trump’s Decision to Back Off of His Easter Coronavirus Miracle
An impulsive promise (“His view was: I need to show people there’s a light at the end of the tunnel”) led to Fauci pushback. Poll numbers—and a friend in a coma—pushed Trump to reverse course.
We Can Finally See the Real Source of Washington Gridlock
America’s political dysfunction is rooted not in ideological polarization, but in the Republican Party’s conviction that it alone should be allowed to govern.
What the Nurses See: Bronx Hospital Reels as Coronavirus Swamps New York
The pandemic has hit the borough hard. Christina Norstein and other nurses have witnessed things over the past few weeks they have never experienced before: freezer trucks for the dead; colleagues healthy one day, critically ill the next.
How ‘Never Bernie’ Voters Threw In With Biden and Changed the Primary
After Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire and Nevada, his campaign hit a roadblock: a wide range of Democrats who would do anything to stop him. Joe Biden became their vehicle.
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"In phone interviews, dozens of Democrats, ... said that Mr. Biden’s appeal went beyond his case for how to beat President Trump. It was his chances of overtaking Mr. Sanders, the only candidate in the vast Democratic field they found objectionable"
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Grandma Got Run Over by a Hedge Fund, by Live From Indoors!
track by Live From Indoors!
Paulie on washing your hands.
Paulie from The Sopranos discusses the importance of washing your hands. From Season 3 Episode 1
Jonathan Chait
@mattyglesias Pretty clear that Paulie's hand-washing fetish would make him the surviving boss
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Jonathan Chait
Paulie is the member of the Sopranos crew that would have the best chance to survive the coronavirus
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Pelosi Casts the First Coronavirus Stone
The Speaker compares Trump to Nero and blames him for deaths.
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Jonathan Chait
WSJ editorial board is scandalized and deeply wounded what Pelosi would say Trump's bungling of the coronavirus cost lives
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Nurses Die, Doctors Fall Sick and Panic Rises on Virus Front Lines
The pandemic has begun to sweep through New York City’s medical ranks, and anxiety is growing among normally dispassionate medical professionals.
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Jonathan Chait
Fighting the coronavirus is not like a war, but for hospital staff, it is. They're being sent into terrifying and gruesome scenes on behalf of society, day after day, knowing they might die
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General Electric Workers Walk Off the Job, Demand to Make Ventilators
GE workers who normally make jet engines say their facilities are sitting idle while the country faces a dire ventilator shortage.
Why the progessive movement is suddenly torn over AOC
The congresswoman is declining to back primary challengers following in her footsteps — and working within the system in Congress.
Jonathan Chait
There are about 50 more years of internecine left-wing fights previewed in this story about AOC
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The Lost Month: How a Failure to Test Blinded the U.S. to Covid-19
Aggressive screening might have helped contain the coronavirus in the United States. But technical flaws, regulatory hurdles and lapses in leadership let it spread undetected for weeks.