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Jonathan Chait

Jonathan Chait has been a political columnist at New York since 2011 and writes the newsletter &c. He is the author of Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail.

  1. the national interest
    GOP Senator: Democracy, Majority Rule Aren’t What Our Country Stands ForRand Paul gets a little too honest about his beliefs.
  2. the national interest
    Biden’s Biggest Danger Is Congressional Democrats Afraid to Tax the RichBehind the scenes, Democrats are knifing the administration’s legacy.
  3. the national interest
    Republicans Are Furious Fast-Food Workers Are Getting a RaiseIt’s almost as if they object to any outcome that gives low-wage workers more money.
  4. the national interest
    Republican Congressman Asks If Forest Service Can Alter Earth’s OrbitThat’s more of a NASA job than a Forest Service job.
  5. the national interest
    Telling the Truth About Lab-Leak Theory Wouldn’t Help TrumpHow did telling the truth about lab-leak become “contrarian”?
  6. the national interest
    The Authoritarian Threat Is Not OverhypedRoss Douthat’s unpersuasive case for complacency.
  7. the national interest
    Joe Manchin’s Incoherent Case for Letting Republicans Destroy DemocracyThe most powerful senator’s illogical reasoning.
  8. the national interest
    Trump Sycophants Pleading for Less Coup Talk at Saturday RallyWhat about two-thirds economy, one-third coup, suggests Lindsey Graham.
  9. the national interest
    The Groupthink that Produced the Lab-Leak Failure Should Scare LiberalsIf scientists and officials were too politically scared to investigate, that’s a crisis.
  10. the national interest
    Trump Believes He Can Regain the Presidency This SummerHe can’t, but the insurrectionist wing of the party isn’t going away.
  11. the national interest
    The Fake History of the Filibuster Won’t DieSenators keep repeating the made-up origin story for their peculiar rule.
  12. the national interest
    Texas Republicans Want to Make Trump’s Coup Nice and LegalMichael Flynn said a Myanmar-style military coup “should happen”; Republicans prefer to use the legislature.
  13. the national interest
    McConnell to Trump: What’s a Little Insurrection Between Friends?The most meager step to oppose Trump’s coup is now too much.
  14. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis Forces Cruise Ships to Take Unvaccinated PassengersRemember when denying wedding cakes to gay people was about freedom?
  15. the national interest
    How Twitter Cultivated the Media’s Lab-Leak FiascoA case study in the social-media echo chamber.
  16. the national interest
    Marjorie Taylor-Greene and the Strange Anti-Semitism of the Pro-Jewish RightRight-wing populist conspiracy theories pretending to support the Jews.
  17. the national interest
    How the Liberal Media Dismissed the Lab-Leak Theory and Smeared Its SupportersReporters turned an ambiguous story into “moral clarity.”
  18. the national interest
    Republicans Won’t Investigate Trump’s Coup Because It’s PartisanThat’s exactly why it’s such a threat.
  19. the national interest
    We Should Use the Same Principles for Debating Israel As Debating RacismWhat I’ve learned over years of watching everybody switch rules when the subject changes.
  20. the national interest
    We’ll Never Stop Trying to Cut Taxes for the Rich, Republicans WarnYou can’t kill supply-side economics. You can only slow it down.
  21. the national interest
    Why Prosecutors Need to Prepare the Country for Donald Trump’s TrialThe more shocked we are, the easier it will be for Trump to discredit the system.
  22. the national interest
    Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy Opposes Commission on January 6 InsurrectionThis doesn’t require deep investigation, unlike Benghazi.
  23. our climate
    America Needs a Climate-Sane Republican Party. Here’s What One Would Look Like.A better world will require a better opposition.
  24. the national interest
    Barr’s Justice Department Launched Secret Attack on Trump Ally’s Twitter CriticA grand jury tried to expose a Twitter account for mocking Devin Nunes.
  25. the national interest
    The Republican Plot to Turn Poll Workers Into Vote SuppressorsThe insidious strategy of using criminal threats to control election officials.
  26. the national interest
    Conservatives Excommunicated the Last Republican President Who LostThey know how to brand a failed president as a loser, if they want.
  27. the national interest
    Spies Somehow Failed to Get Trump Officials to Call Him Stupid on Hidden CameraImagine being unable to get somebody to volunteer the most common opinion in America.
  28. the national interest
    House Republicans Purge Liz Cheney and Join Trump’s War on DemocracyCheney asked her party to choose sides on authoritarianism. They have.
  29. the national interest
    Liz Cheney’s Liberal Critics Are Missing the PointSupporting democracy is not just one issue.
  30. the national interest
    Elizabeth Warren’s Book Shows She Has No Idea Why Her Campaign FailedPersist is an account of a campaign bubble that doesn’t know it was in a bubble.
  31. the national interest
    When Trump’s Next Coup Happens, the Republican Party Will Fully Support ItThe Cheney debate shows the party elite has made up its mind.
  32. the national interest
    Liz Cheney Wants to Save American Democracy From Trump’s Next CoupA Republican who seems to have read How Democracies Die.
  33. the national interest
    There’s an Extremely Stupid Reason Congress Doesn’t Want a Good IRSBiden wants to catch tax cheats, but can’t use the revenue.
  34. the national interest
    Republicans Are Purging Liz Cheney for Opposing Trump’s InsurrectionThe anti-Trump revolt ended, and now the Trumpists are shooting the prisoners.
  35. the national interest
    Giuliani Proves Republicans Think Russian Collusion Is FineThe latest strange turn in the “Russia collusion hoax.”
  36. the national interest
    Trump Obsessively Monitoring Election Recount by Cyber NinjasThe Cyber Ninjas are not inspiring confidence, though.
  37. the national interest
    Biden’s Tax Hike on the Wealthy Is Incredibly Popular. Why Scale It Back?Lobbyists for the wealthy are trying to scare Democrats away from their clear self-interest.
  38. the national interest
    Trump Calls Giuliani, Who Worked with Hostile Russian Agent, a ‘Great Patriot’Extorting foreign countries for personal gain isn’t patriotic.
  39. the national interest
    Ted Cruz Called Corporate Whore by Ted CruzIt’s one of his fairest attacks.
  40. the national interest
    Biden’s Two-Part Economic Strategy Was Years in the MakingA demand-side agenda plus a supply-side agenda to push the poorest half up the ladder.
  41. the national interest
    COVID Is Going Away, and It’s Making Some Trump Fans CrazyThe war on vaccines and masks must continue!
  42. the national interest
    Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Reshaped AmericaLearning from his quiet, seismic young presidency.
  43. the national interest
    Study Shows Anti-Racist Messages Hurt DemocratsGuess why? Because there are a lot of racists!
  44. the national interest
    How the American Right Lost Its Chance to Get Sane on Climate ChangeA brainless Republican Party stands alone in its denial.
  45. the national interest
    Steve Scalise’s Ignorant, Racist Case Against D.C. StatehoodRepublican from murderous, corrupt state says D.C. has too much crime and corruption to be a state.
  46. the national interest
    Why Should Black Protesters Trust a Senate That Underrepresents Them?Peaceful police reform means taking democratic reform seriously.
  47. the national interest
    Republican Senators Make Goonish Threat Against Major League BaseballSpeak up for voting rights, and the antitrust exemption gets it.
  48. the national interest
    The Crazy New Republican Argument That the Filibuster Helped Civil RightsSomehow, delaying civil-rights laws for 50 years was helpful.
  49. the national interest
    Senate Republicans Create New ‘Annual’ Award, Give It to TrumpBut does Trump actually deserve it? The criteria say no.
  50. the national interest
    Tucker Carlson Endorses White Supremacist Theory by NameThe “Great Replacement” conspiracy is ready for Fox News prime time.
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