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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.

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    ‘Republicans Remain Opposed to Any Policies That Would Reduce Fossil-Fuel Use’That would rule out any policy to limit climate change.
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    Trump: I’ll Keep Charging Fraud Until Randy Quaid Is SatisfiedThe issue isn’t fraud; it’s the perception of fraud now.
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    Trump’s Absurd ‘You Did It First’ Argument for Stealing the ElectionNo, the Mueller investigation is not like what Trump is doing now.
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    The Danger (and Ineptitude) of Trump’s Failed CoupWhile his maneuvers won’t prevent Joe Biden from taking office, they will serve several other purposes.
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    There Was a Second Pro-Trump Conspiracy Hearing Thursday We Didn’t Even NoticeTrump has forgotten about his miracle drug, but Ron Johnson hasn’t.
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    Trump Fires Head of U.S. Cybersecurity for Telling Truth About ElectionThe threat to election security came from inside the White House.
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    A Disturbing Number of Republicans Support Trump’s Coup AttemptOpposing a coup that’s certain to fail ought to be easy.
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    Trump’s New Vote Fraud Theory Is So Much Crazier Than You RealizeSoros, China, and (deceased) Hugo Chavez designed software to steal elections?
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    Trump’s Election Challenges Keep Getting Laughed Out of CourtRudy’s landscaping press conference was the high point.
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    Biden Can Pass His Agenda If He Gives Republicans What They Want MostRepublicans are always thirsty to cut taxes for the rich.
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    Why Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Undermine Democracy“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?”
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    The Republican Party’s Future Leaders Are Endorsing Trump’s Election Fraud LieIf you want to win Trump’s supporters, you need to say he won the election.
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    The End of an Error: This Country Was Always Better than Donald TrumpTrump was never America.
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    Trump Wants to Steal the Election, But He’ll FailHe can’t stop the count.
  15. the national interest
    Joe Biden Is on Track to Win the Electoral CollegeThe mail ballots came in heavily for Biden overnight.
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    Trump Says Vote-Counting Should Only Continue in States Where He’s LosingA plot to steal the election, out in the open.
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    Trump: The U.S. Is Worse to Deal With Than Russia, China, or North KoreaThe president understands his true enemy: democracy.
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    Trump’s Election Eve Message Focuses on Refusing to Pay Microphone GuyIt’s what the Wisconsin working class cares about.
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    Marco Rubio Supports Trump’s Authoritarian Political Violence NowA barometric measure of the party’s descent over four years.
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    Trump Says He Will Fire Dr. Anthony Fauci After the ElectionTrump couldn’t keep his plan secret another three days.
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    Trump Tells the Supreme Court It’s on His Election TeamPresident says the Court has a stake in him winning. He’s right.
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    Donald Trump Jr. Falsely Claims Coronavirus Deaths ‘Down to Almost Nothing’He’s a nepotist, dammit, not an epidemiologist.
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    Trump Corruptly Meddled With Probe Into Crimes by Turkish BankIf Trump wins, the House should impeach him.
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    Tucker Carlson Reports He Lost the Only Copy of Documents That Nail BidenMaybe see if a Canadian girlfriend from summer camp stole them?
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    Badgers Football COVID Outbreak Might Doom Trump in WisconsinA high-profile symbol of Trump’s failure.
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    The Stench of Trump’s Racism Will Cling to His Enablers ForeverConservatives who say they just want to stick it to woke radicals have exposed themselves.
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    Trump Admits China, Russia, North Korea are Rooting for Him to Beat Biden“President Xi from China, President Putin from Russia, Kim Jong-un, North Korea … They don’t want to deal with Sleepy Joe.”
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    Trump Let the Right Make Him the Herbert Hoover of the CoronavirusThe virus was a chance for Trump to revive his presidency. He blew it by listening to conservatives.
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    Even If Trump Loses, Republicans’ Authoritarian Ambitions Will Live OnWhat an election can and can’t save.
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    Never Forget the Hypothetical Victims of Biden’s Swine Flu DisasterBiden’s pandemic was much worse, except for the lack of death.
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    Trump’s Plan to Make Biden Look Senile Disappeared Without a TraceThe whole plan was to expose Biden’s supposed dementia.
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    Trump Tries to Make ‘Laptop From Hell’ the New Hillary Emails. It Won’t Work.It’s not 2016, and Biden isn’t Clinton.
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    Biden’s Supreme Court Answer: Reform It, Don’t Pack ItA carefully worded reply that reveals a lot.
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    Alleged China-Fighter Donald Trump Has Secret Chinese Bank AccountAnother big scandal — and huge conflict of interest — has surfaced from the tax returns obtained by the New York Times.
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    Why Trump Ended the Task Force and Put a Kook in Charge of the CoronavirusThe last two GOP administrations have self-immolated by ignoring experts.
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    Trump Says He May Leave the Country If He Loses. Does He Mean It?Is the president worried about prison?
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    The News Media Isn’t Biased Against Trump. It’s Biased in His Favor.The coverage is hostile, but he is held to a more forgiving standard than any modern president has been.
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    I Have This Crazy Theory Trump’s Campaign Is Colluding With Russia Right NowPeople who are certain there was No Collusion also pretty sure Russia didn’t hack Hunter Biden.
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    Rudy Found Biden Emails That Totally Weren’t Stolen by RussiaUnless Trump’s lawyer is cooperating with a Russian hack-and-leak October surprise? Nah.
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    Conservative Think Tank Finds Biden Tax Hike Only Hurts the RichThe rich will pay more, but the economy will be fine.
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    Trump’s Incompetence Does Not Excuse His AuthoritarianismThe plot against America will probably fail. But it might succeed.
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    Trump’s Genetic Delusions Are Being Put to the TestThe president’s obsession with DNA is not only an expression of racism, but also an explanation for the bizarre passivity of his pandemic response.
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    The Press Found Two More Apparent Trump Financial Crimes TodayThe odds of Trump going to prison just got a little higher.
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    Barr Tried to Charge Trump’s Deep State Enemies for the Russia Probe. He Failed.What if the Obama-Biden coup wasn’t real?
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    Republican Senator Blurts Out That He Hates DemocracyMike Lee loves Trump because they’re both authoritarian.
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    3 Factors That Decided the Harris-Pence Vice-Presidential DebatePence is sharper than Trump, but Harris is way sharper than Biden.
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    Remote Learning Is a Catastrophe. Teachers Unions Share the Blame.What’s good for teachers is not what’s good for students.
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    Trump Turning Down Pelosi’s Stimulus Deal the Worst Political Blunder in HistoryThe president walks away from $3 trillion that could have saved his campaign.
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    Trump Determined to Get Vaccine Before Election, Overrules FDA GuidelinesIt’s becoming abundantly clear that Trump’s political team is overruling the science to rush through the approval of a vaccine before the election.
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    Trump: It’s Actually Good I Contracted the CoronavirusAvoiding the virus is appeasement.
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