Jonathan Chait
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U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle
Unlike millions of other U.S. farmers, garlic growers are profiting from the tra...
It’s Time to End America’s Blank Check Military Aid to Israel
Senior Columnist Peter Beinart argues that it’s time for the US to consider putting conditions on how its funding to Israel is used.
Jonathan Chait
Strong case by @PeterBeinart for why the US has to start using military aid to Israel as a lever to save the country from its terrible political leadership
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‘I Did My Best to Stop American Foreign Policy’: Bernie Sanders on the 1980s
In an interview, one of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination discusses his long-held opposition to war and his support for socialist leaders.
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I'm going to guess that, yes, @melbournecoal does know these historical events Bernie accuses her of not knowing nytimes.com/2019/05/18/us/… pic.twitter.com/RjyttJDIDu
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Bernie Sanders Wants to Destroy the Best Schools Poor Urban Kids Have
Bernie’s worst policy idea.
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New study finds charters can close the achievement gap and can scale up their success. Bernie sanders wants to close them down.
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New research shows the best charters schools can scale up and help more low-income urban children. Bernie Sanders wants to shut them down anyway.
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Bernie Sanders is attacking one of the most effective social policy innovations for low-income urban children
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Barr Again Casts Doubt on Russia Inquiry’s Origins, Aligning With Trump’s Attacks
Mr. Barr said his review of the investigation has turned up “inadequate” answers. But some former officials expressed concern he was deliberately undercutting it.
Joe Biden is living in Fantasyland if he thinks Republicans will have a post-Trump bipartisan 'epiphany'
Former Vice President Joe Biden has been trying to run as a more pragmatic Democrat relative to his 2020 opponents, but his latest comments suggesting post-Trump Republicans will have an "epiphany" and become more willing to work with Democrats on...
Time to Get Very Worried About Trump and Iran
I am some mix of hoping and thinking that the administration’s extremely aggressive signals towards Iran are some kind of...
Ignoring Trump’s Orders, Hoping He’ll Forget
Slow-walking or flat-out disobeying Trump’s fleeting obsessions has become common practice across various sectors of government.
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One of the ways Trump truly is an aberration is his childish impulsiveness, making sweeping demands in the spur of the moment, and then forgetting. Good reporting by @elainaplott
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What Joe Biden Is Teaching Democrats About Democrats
His apparent resurrection from relic to front-runner has illustrated a chasm between perception and reality about the party’s leftward shift.
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez join up to preach Green New Deal, take jabs at Biden
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was in familiar territory Monday evening, speaking to a college auditorium of liberal-leaning students and young voters.
The Senate Is as Much of a Problem as Trump
If Democrats don’t do something about it, winning the presidential election in 2020 won’t be enough.
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It's really good for liberalism that @jbouie is using his New York Times op-ed platform to crusade for political reform
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Trump Is Pressuring Ukraine to Smear Clinton and Biden
Rudy Giuliani: “There’s nothing illegal about it. Somebody could say it’s improper.” Well, yes.
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Trump is pushing Ukraine to supply dirt on his political opponents. This is a massive scandal.
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N. Korea wanted access to 'famous' basketball players as part of nuke deal: Sources
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un wanted the U.S. to send "famous basketball players" to normalize relations between the two countries, according to two US officials.
Viktor Orbán’s War on Intellect
As the Hungarian prime minister systematically undermined his own country’s education system, one institution stood defiant: a university in the heart of Budapest, founded by George Soros.
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Make time for @FranklinFoer's report on Orban crushing a university, and how illiberalism and anti-intellectualism work
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In a Warming World, Evidence of a Human ‘Fingerprint’ on Drought
A new study finds human-caused global warming has affected patterns of drought going back to the the turn of the 20th century.
Kamala Harris Is Trying to Reset Her Campaign by Taking On Trump
In the months since 20,000 people gathered to kick off her candidacy, Ms. Harris has found herself in a vise, squeezed by factions in her party and her own campaign.
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Some amazing reporting by @AsteadWesley & @jmartNYT on Kamala Harris's campaign. Rare to see a campaign's internal calculations spelled out in such detail. They completely dissected the frog here.
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Work Out and Chill?
Cool temperature workouts may be the answer for those who want to exercise without becoming a hot mess.
Impeaching Trump Would Constrain Democrats Too Much
Proceedings would ultimately let the president put the scandals behind him.
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"Even continued oversight hearings on any Trump abuse up through the impeachment would be difficult to justify after bringing him to trial and losing." I'm persuaded by @jbview's case against impeachment
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