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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
    In DeSantis’s Banana Republic, Corporations Must Support the PartyOrbanism is Florida.
  2. the national interest
    Trump Sees Very Fine People on Both Sides of Ukraine WarFormer president baffled why Putin and Zelenskyy can’t work out their differences.
  3. the national interest
    If Trump Was Still President, Ukraine Would Be So Screwed Right NowTrump gives the game away on Hannity.
  4. the national interest
    Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Be the Last Democratic Justice for a Long TimeThe Court is getting more partisan and much harder to change.
  5. the national interest
    Trump, Putin, and the Paradox of PropagandaWhen you set out to brainwash others, you end up brainwashing yourself.
  6. the national interest
    The House GOP Has a Pro-Russian-War-Crimes CaucusThe six hard-core Putin stans.
  7. the national interest
    Why Republicans Are Smearing Everyone As Pedophiles NowConspiracy theories work on different levels.
  8. the national interest
    DeSantis’s Threats to Disney Is What Post-Trump Authoritarianism Looks Like“Special treatment” as long as you support the government.
  9. the national interest
    A Conservative Looks at the History of the Right With Surprising HonestyConservative Matthew Continetti’s The Right debunks his tribe’s historical illusions.
  10. the national interest
    The Last Defense of DeSantis’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Goes Poof“But the state has a good vaccination rate!” Nope.
  11. the national interest
    Donald Trump Asks Vladimir Putin to Smear Joe Biden AgainFive takeaways from his latest “Russia, if you’re listening” request.
  12. the national interest
    Biden Wants to Tax Billionaires Because U.S. Politics Is Still a Class WarThe parties are still divided over redistribution.
  13. politics
    Is Ron DeSantis the Future of Trumpism?The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party may be his Florida neighbor.
  14. the national interest
    Trump’s Greatest Triumph Is Convincing America That Crime PaysThe failure to prosecute is a defeat for the rule of law.
  15. the national interest
    Democrats Must Defeat the Left’s War on School AchievementSchool closings are over, but the fight over learning loss isn’t.
  16. the national interest
    How Trump and Putin Have Been Allies Against UkraineIn addition to sharing Putin’s loathing of Ukraine, Trump has long supported delegitimizing the now besieged country.
  17. the national interest
    John Durham and the Right’s Mainstream-Media ParanoiaNo wonder they’re angry at the press for “ignoring” his latest missive: They don’t understand how the press is supposed to work.
  18. the national interest
    Republicans Think Biden’s Plan to Return to Normal Is a Secret PlotThe lockdowns were a Democratic scheme to gain power, and so is ending them.
  19. the national interest
    Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Nancy Pelosi of Running ‘Gazpacho Police’She means “Gestapo.”
  20. the national interest
    Trump Attack on Biden’s Competence Misspells ‘Incompetent’He has the best words.
  21. the national interest
    Republicans Can’t Decide Whether to Celebrate Trump’s Coup Plot or Ignore ItWhat the “legitimate political discourse” fight reveals.
  22. the national interest
    The Left is Gaslighting Asian Americans About College AdmissionsI support affirmative action, but stop denying it discriminates against Asians.
  23. the national interest
    Republican Party Excommunicates Liz Cheney for Opposing the InsurrectionRNC calls rioters “ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.”
  24. the national interest
    Trump: It’s Unfair for Black Prosecutors to Charge My CrimesCrooked family plays race card.
  25. the national interest
    Trump Dangles Pardons to His 2024 Insurrectionist AlliesHe said he would pardon the January 6 rioters, which really means he is soliciting insurrection next time.
  26. the national interest
    Biden Didn’t Invent Affirmative Action for the Supreme CourtConservatives attack the president for promising to appoint a Black woman to the Court.
  27. the national interest
    The Republican Party’s Anti-Vaxx Wing Is Too Big to FailToo late to purge the kooks.
  28. our climate
    Will Local Politics Cook the Planet?How parochial grassroots movements could impede the green transition.
  29. the national interest
    Newt Gingrich Invented Donald Trump’s Lock-Them-Up PoliticsA one-man bridge from Reaganism to Trumpism.
  30. the national interest
    Trump Unable to Grasp Hannity’s ‘Banging Head Against Wall’ MetaphorFormer president thinks he’s being asked about literal wall.
  31. the national interest
    The Filibuster Is Living on Borrowed TimeMitch McConnell wants you to think the fight is over. It’s not.
  32. announcements
    Introducing &c., a Newsletter by Jonathan ChaitIrregular musings from the center-left.
  33. the national interest
    Why Biden’s Losing Fight for Voting Rights Was Still the Best PlanYou can’t outorganize voter suppression without taking a stand.
  34. the national interest
    School Closures Were a Catastrophe. Progressives Still Haven’t Reckoned With It.If you don’t diagnose your error, you might repeat it.
  35. the national interest
    DeSantis 2024: If You Think Trump Was Too Honest and Sane About COVIDThe Florida governor sets up a contrast to Trump’s right on the pandemic.
  36. the national interest
    RIP ‘No January 6 Sedition Charges,’ the Right’s Favorite Trump Defense“Let’s base our view on whether 1/6 was an ‘insurrection’ on whether those arrested are charged with insurrection.” Yes, let’s!
  37. the national interest
    The Filibuster Won’t Stop an Authoritarian PresidentSinema’s confused case for letting Republicans block voting rights.
  38. the national interest
    GOP Voting-Rights Opponents May Be Better Than Trumpists, But They’re Not GoodWhy Romney equates Biden’s voting-rights speech with Trumpism.
  39. the national interest
    Joe Manchin Falsely Says Senate Has Always Had the FilibusterThe filibuster was not in the Constitution.
  40. the national interest
    Ted Cruz Begs Carlson’s Forgiveness for Being Mean to Violent InsurrectionistsCruz traded one of his few remaining scraps of dignity for a kind word on Fox News on Thursday night.
  41. the national interest
    Republicans Want You to Think January 6 Was Random ViolencePolitical violence that has major-party support is categorically different.
  42. the national interest
    I Am So Terribly Sorry for Offending Republican AmericansMy insensitive words have caused pain to the Fox News audience.
  43. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis’s Vaccination Status Is Now a State SecretFlorida governor disclosed his first jab, but won’t say if he’s boosted.
  44. the national interest
    How the January 6 Insurrection Birthed a New RightTrump has transformed his party into something once unrecognizable.
  45. the national interest
    Conservatism and Fascism Are Not the Same ThingYou can’t stop authoritarianism unless you understand it.
  46. the national interest
    Conservative Anger at Vaccine Mandates Was About Vaccines, Not MandatesThe right turns out to be anti-anything that makes vaccine skeptics feel bad.
  47. the national interest
    Biden Should Take Manchin’s Deal Right NowPolitics is about making things better, not speaking truth to power.
  48. the national interest
    Did Joe Manchin Just Kill Joe Biden’s Domestic Agenda?Maybe. Or the conservative Democrat might just be negotiating again.
  49. the national interest
    Trump Claims Israel Controlled Congress, Jews Run the New York TimesThe most anti-Semitic president in history strikes again.
  50. the national interest
    Donald Trump Revealed Norman Podhoretz for What He Always WasThe neoconservative intellectual cared only about resentment and power.
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