Jonathan Chait
Writer for New York magazine. [email protected]
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The president said a Post report of Attorney General Jeff Sessions's discussions with the Russian ambassador was based on leaks that “must stop."
The former White House press secretary’s briefings became must-see TV, but he was often out of sync with his boss.
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Jonathan Chait
People are mocking Spicer for this, but once Melissa McCarthy has crushed your dignity forever, might as well own it
20h ago
Six Months In, Is Trump’s America Living Up to Liberals’ Worst Fears?
A rundown of how Trump has failed to meet his critics’ darkest expectations — and how he has exceeded them.
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Jonathan Chait
Good 6-month rundown comparing Trump's record to what we feared would happen, by @EricLevitz
23h ago
Breitbart’s Boyle: Our Goal Is the ‘Elimination of the Entire Mainstream Media’
Matthew Boyle, Breitbart News’ Washington Political Editor, gave a speech entitled “Combating Fake News: Replacing Establishment Media” at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Wednesday.
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Jonathan Chait
The photo pretty much explains why the goal in the headline is not going to happen
44h ago
For Wall Streeters Who Bet Long on Trump, It’s Bonus
Time
After getting behind their very unlikely candidate, a few financiers are salivating over the dividends.
The president’s lawyers warn that they will not tolerate an investigation of his suspicious finances.
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Jonathan Chait
The president declares his suspicious financial ties to Russia beyond accountability. Escalating toward crisis.
2d ago
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If Trump's legal teams puts his shady financial dealings off-limits to Mueller, we are speeding toward crisis
2d ago
The millennial left’s war against liberalism
Chapo Trap House and the return to the Old Left of the 1930s.
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Jonathan Chait
Coming from the opposite normative perspective, @andrewhartman shares my descriptive conclusion on left vs. liberal
3d ago
Trump Administration Used Public Funds to Sabotage the Health-Care System
Last year, Trump promised universal health care. Now, to build support for throwing millions off insurance, his team is trying to make Obamacare fail.
Donald Trump: L’état, C’est Moi
The president explains his belief that a conflict of interest is any loyalty to anything but Trump.
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Trump believes that loyalty to anything other than Trump is a fatal conflict of interest
3d ago
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Trump's notion of a "conflict of interest" is anything that potentially compromises total loyalty to Trump
3d ago
Keynote Address - Her Excellency- Madame Akie Abe, First Lady of Japan
R3ADY Asia-Pacific High-‐Level Symposium on Coastal Resilience: The Road to Sendai -Partnerships Dialogue in Support of the World Conference on Disaster Ris...
A Small Note on the Uses of Derision
What the discourse loses when commentators reserve our bile for the opposing party.
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Jonathan Chait
If you're going to be mean, don't spare your own side of the political spectrum
3d ago
Everyone Hates Neoliberals, So We Talked to Some
I asked neoliberals about their political ideology and the tremendous backlash it's received from all over the place lately—especially since Trump won.
The ACLU wrote to members of the Senate to urge them to oppose and refrain from co-sponsoring the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (H.R. 1697/S. 720). The impacts of the legislation would be antithetical to free speech protections enshrined in the First Amend
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Jonathan Chait
BDS is awful, but this bill criminalizing it sounds insane and unconstitutional
4d ago
Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror
Sometimes the president’s tweets program his go-to cable morning show. And sometimes the show programs him.
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A brilliant little @poniewozik essay on "Fox & Friends" as a children's show for Trump
4d ago
Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail: Jonathan Chait: 9780062426970: Amazon.com: Books
Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail [Jonathan Chait] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <strong><em>New York Times</em> bestseller</strong> An unassailable case that, in the eyes of h
After being given a secret document by officials in Moscow, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher sought to alter sanctions legislation and tried to set up a virtual show trial on Capitol Hill.
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Jonathan Chait
Rohrabacher, who shrugged off FBI warnings Russia was recruiting him as an asset, took direction from the Kremlin
4d ago
Trump: 48 Senate Votes for Trumpcare ‘Impressive by Any Standard’
He makes deals. That’s what he does.
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Jonathan Chait
Getting 48 Senators to support your bill is pretty darn impressive, says Trump
4d ago
Wall Street Journal Can’t Think of Reason Trump Is Hiding His Russia Connections
“If there really is nothing to the Russia collusion allegations,” the editorial posits, “transparency will prove it.” But, uh, what if not?
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Wall Street Journal editorial can't think of a single good reason why Trump might be hiding his Russia connections
5d ago
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WSJ editorial page completely stumped why Trump keeps lying about and obscuring Russia ties
5d ago
Trumpcare Collapsed Because the Republican Party Cannot Govern
It was never possible to reconcile public standards for a humane health-care system with conservative ideology.
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Trumpcare's collapse is a symptom of a broader inability of the modern GOP to reconcile its ideology to reality
5d ago
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Trumpcare collapsed because the modern Republican party can destroy but not govern
5d ago
Mitch McConnell Now Two Votes Short and Running Out of Time to Pass Trumpcare
Obamacare repeal is in big, big trouble.
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Mitch McConnell is now 2 votes shy of repealing Obamacare and running out of time
5d ago
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Jerry's Moran's opposition is a mortal wound to McConnell's secrecy and speed plan
5d ago