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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
    Kevin McCarthy ‘Forgot’ What QAnon IsThe new Know Nothings.
  2. the national interest
    Remote Students Are ‘Just Having Different Learning Experiences’?The left learns to discount education to justify distance learning.
  3. the national interest
    QAnon Is Now Too Big to FailMarjorie Taylor Greene has too many fans to be thrown out of the GOP.
  4. the national interest
    There’s an Economic-Relief Deal That Lets Both Sides WinKeep the money flowing as long as the economy stays weak.
  5. the national interest
    McConnell: Trump Tricked Me Into Backing His CoupSweet, naïve Mitch McConnell never would have gone along if he knew.
  6. the national interest
    All the Lies They Told Us About the FilibusterWho designed this bizarre system? The answer is nobody.
  7. the national interest
    Georgia Senate
    Marjorie Taylor Greene Blamed Wildfires on Secret Jewish Space LaserShe is even nuttier than previously believed.
  8. the national interest
    McConnell: It Was Too Soon to Impeach Trump, Now It’s Too LateAnd there was a perfect moment, but they were on vacation.
  9. the national interest
    Why Do Trump Fans Think Amazon Proved Mail Ballots Are Fraudulent?Tucker Carlson is so bad at populism.
  10. the national interest
    Josh Hawley Believes Disliking Josh Hawley Is an Act of CensorshipThe senator’s new pose is an American Mandela.
  11. the national interest
    Republicans Have Decided Not to Rethink AnythingWhat if they held a GOP civil war and nobody came?
  12. the national interest
    Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?“We’re not racist, but we oppose denouncing racism.”
  13. the national interest
    Biden: ‘We Must End This Uncivil War.’ Here’s What It Would Look Like.Let’s briefly imagine what it would take to make Biden’s dream real.
  14. the national interest
    Trump’s Farewell Address Is a Hypocritical Paean to Patriotism and Free SpeechNo president has done more damage to American ideals.
  15. the national interest
    Trump Wanted to Erase Obama’s Legacy. He Failed.Almost every Obama achievement Trump tried to negate has remained.
  16. end-times
    Trump Is on the Verge of Losing EverythingA broken president leaves the White House twice impeached, on the brink of bankruptcy, and criminally exposed.
  17. the national interest
    A History of the Trump Era Through Stories About ToiletsTrump’s motive was right in front of us all along.
  18. the national interest
    Republicans Oppose Impeachment Because It Makes Them Look Pro-RiotThe backward logic of Ben Shapiro.
  19. the national interest
    Josh Hawley: I Stood Up to Capitol Mob by Endorsing Its DemandsThe Missouri senator explains his bravery.
  20. the national interest
    Trump Made the Stupidest Possible Argument on Mike PenceMaybe don’t use the P-word on a guy who’s very famously religious?
  21. the national interest
    Trump Warns Impeachment Will Cause ‘Tremendous Danger’He doesn’t sound very contrite about the mob.
  22. the national interest
    Trump Authoritarianism Denial Is Over NowJust weeks, ago, conservatives insisted Trump would concede if he lost the election.
  23. the national interest
    Why Republicans Are Finally Trying to Wash Off the Trump StinkBetter way, way, way too late than never.
  24. the national interest
    The Pure Joy of Watching Trump Torment Mike PenceThe president’s sycophant gets the end he deserves.
  25. the national interest
    Every Trump Loyalist Is Complicit in the President’s Incitement of SeditionAll his legal and political measures had been exhausted.
  26. the national interest
    Here’s What Joe Biden Can Get Done With a Democratic SenateEconomic relief, judges, health care.
  27. the national interest
    Unlearning an AnswerJust as charter schools have begun to deliver extraordinary results, their political support among Democrats has collapsed. What will Biden do?
  28. the national interest
    The Trump Era Could Only End in a Final Attack on DemocracyFour years of mainstream Republican denial have come crashing down.
  29. the national interest
    Trump Tells Georgia Official to Steal Election in Recorded Call“I just want to find 11,780 votes.”
  30. the national interest
    Trump Completes Russiagate Cover-up by Pardoning Paul ManafortStill not a hoax.
  31. the national interest
    The Right and the Left Are Teaming Up to Lie About the Stimulus BillThe first true populist fight of the Trump era has finally arrived.
  32. the national interest
    Liberals Need ‘Republicans for Biden’ to Stick Around a WhileDemocrats are going to need some help.
  33. the national interest
    The Coronavirus Bill Contains ‘The Most Significant Climate Legislation’ EverNobody saw that one coming!
  34. the national interest
    Trump Has Reached the ‘Railing Against Mike Pence’ Bunker PhaseAfter four years of being the same guy, Trump is finally acting crazier.
  35. the national interest
    Trump Floats Coup Plan That’s So Wild Even Rudy Giuliani Is TerrifiedTrump’s crazies are turning on the even-crazier.
  36. the national interest
    William Barr’s Double Standard: Mueller’s a Crook and Trump Is InnocentThe FBI was wrong to investigate Trump even if it followed the law.
  37. the national interest
    Trump Won’t Denounce Russian Hack Because He’s Still Subservient to PutinTrump’s only comment on Russia this week is to denounce the “Russia hoax.”
  38. the national interest
    Pence: ‘We Are Rounding the Corner’ on Coronavirus, AgainIt sounds nicer than “death spiral.”
  39. the national interest
    Report: Trump Floated Not Leaving White House on January 20Squatting is not a workable path to authoritarianism.
  40. the national interest
    William Barr Was Donald Trump, But With a BrainThe departing attorney general could never be quite corrupt enough to suit his boss.
  41. the national interest
    William Barr Pressured the FBI to Launder Rudy’s Campaign DirtTrump’s laptop caper remains as ridiculous as ever.
  42. the national interest
    Only a Democratic Senate Can Produce a Moderate Biden PresidencyRepublican moderates are powerless under McConnell.
  43. the national interest
    How Michael Anton’s ‘Flight 93 Election’ Essay Defined the Trump EraRepublicans handed the country to an unfit man knowing he could crash.
  44. the national interest
    President of the United States Demands to ‘Overturn’ ElectionThe banana-republic rhetoric ratchets up another notch.
  45. in conversation
    In Conversation With Barack ObamaThe former president on his advice for Biden, his critics on the left, and what he has learned about the GOP.
  46. the national interest
    The Republicans’ Only Plan is to Keep Pretending Trump Isn’t a Huge LiarMaybe this time it will finally work!
  47. the national interest
    Why Barr Appointing Durham As Special Counsel Could Backfire on TrumpSo we all agree investigating a former administration is good, right?
  48. that happened
    The Time Trump Thought ‘Western Liberalism’ Meant CaliforniaA comic misunderstanding revealed a lot about the outgoing president’s unique blend of ignorance and menace.
  49. the national interest
    ‘White Women Voted for Trump’ Is the Worst Election TropeIf you voted against Trump, Trump’s not your fault.
  50. the national interest
    Josh Hawley’s Populist Shtick Is Undermined by One Glaring Weakness“Let me explain this to you.”
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