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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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    Donald Trump and Barack Obama stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol during Trump's 2017 inauguration.
    A Farewell to New YorkThe closing of a wonderful chapter in my career.
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    Trump Can Prosecute Anybody He Wants, Transition Leader SaysDepartment of Justice is now Department of Trump Justice.
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    Trump’s ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’ Is a LieDo not surrender in advance.
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    Americans Didn’t Embrace Trump, They Rejected the Biden-Harris AdministrationDemocrats have to understand why they failed.
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    The Case for Kamala Harris Over Donald Trump Is Totally ObviousDon’t overthink this.
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    The Insurrationalizers: Niall Ferguson Changes His MindA prestigious historian excuses Trump’s authoritarianism.
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    Trump Transition Chair Blurts Out Plan to End All Vaccines [Updated]Kook Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to steer Trump public health.
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    Biden ‘Garbage’ Controversy Is Pure Republican HypocrisyConservative snowflakes have a fainting spell over his stumble.
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    Democrats Used to Run on Education. What Happened?How the party gave up on one of its best issues.
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    Why Rich NIMBYs Love TrumpAndy Kessler wants big government to stop the free market from building units for the poors.
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    Conservatives Have Set the Bar at ‘Not As Bad As Hitler’Trump’s hate rally was less hateful than the Nazis. Good work!
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    Trump Has Already Punished Jeff Bezos Over the Washington Post’s IndependenceThe endorsement doesn’t matter. The spiking does.
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    Conservatives Still Love Their Hitler-Loving CandidateThe right’s response to Hitlergate is to give Trump’s authoritarianism advance permission.
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    Is Calling Trump Fascist an Insult to Trump Voters?We mustn’t hurt their feelings!
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    The Insurrationalizers: The Wall Street Journal Plumps for TrumpA pathetic rationalization for empowering a madman.
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    Trump Says Harris Running Against Him Is a Criminal Act“Kamala should be investigated and forced off the Campaign!”
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    How Progressive Overreach Gave Trump His Favorite Attack AdHarris’s 2019 campaign continues haunting her from the grave.
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    Trump Blurts Out Corrupt Plan to ‘Straighten Out Our Press’ by Extorting OwnersThe authoritarianism is right in the open.
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    J.D. Vance Says Trump Was Right to Try to Steal the Election, Because of TwitterThe most ludicrous rationale yet.
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    Trump Delivers Historically Illiterate Lecture on TariffsEverything he says about this is wrong.
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    The Election Choice Is Divided Government or Unrestrained TrumpismHarris won’t be able to implement her plans. Trump will.
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    Donald Trump Sure Seems to Collude With Putin a LotIt’s still happening!
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    The Race Is Close Because Harris Is Running a Brilliant CampaignStop complaining; the centrism is working.
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    In Defense of the Biden-Harris Plan to Reform, Not Pack, the CourtsOnly one candidate threatens the republic.
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    Why A Second Trump Term Might Go Full Social DarwinistTax the poor, slash the welfare state, tax cuts for the rich…
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    Kamala Harris Is Right to Get Endorsements From Right-Wing RepublicansBetter late than never.
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    J.D. Vance May Be Unprincipled, But He Is Smart and SlickFor most of the night, Walz could only barely keep up with him.
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    Trump Wants to Lock Up Kamala Harris NowHe’s now three-for-three in demanding imprisonment of opposing candidates.
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    Trump Says Putin Wants War (That He Started) to EndSo … why doesn’t he just end it?
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    No, Senator Manchin, the Filibuster Is Not ‘the Holy Grail of Democracy’If it were, there would be no other democracies.
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    Donald Trump’s Pitch to Women Is Creepy Abuser Logic“I will be your protector … You will no longer be thinking about abortion.”
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    The Case For 2024 Indecision Is FeebleTrump-wary conservatives have run out of rational reasons to be undecided.
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    Mark Robinson and the Republican Wackjob ProblemWhat happens when you stop trying to keep out the kooks.
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    How J.D. Vance Became Trump’s Pet Liar‘I told them these claims were baseless.’ Vance didn’t care.
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    Donald Trump’s Plan to Bring Down Grocery Prices: Restrict Food ImportsYes, it’s as dumb as it sounds.
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    Trump’s Health-Care Plan Lets Insurers Charge More for Preexisting ConditionsThe concept of a plan, according to J.D. Vance, is pretty horrifying.
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    Donald Trump Is a Threat to Democracy, and Saying So Is Not IncitementOpposing political violence does not mean ignoring authoritarianism.
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    Bigoted Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer Somehow Gains Access to Donald TrumpThis is so unlike him.
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    Is the Entire World Conspiring to Make It Look Like Trump Lost the Debate?An intriguing theory by Matt Taibbi.
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    How J.D. Vance and the Online Right Sabotaged Trump at the DebateMan bites dog.
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    Harris-Trump presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Kamala Harris Baited Donald Trump Into a Debate MeltdownUsing personal affect to introduce herself to the country.
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    Kamala Harris Should Cut Joe Biden LooseThere’s no dilemma. She can just oppose his unpopular policies.
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    Donald Trump: ‘Sometimes You Need a Strongman’The former president blurts out his authoritarian beliefs once again.
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    Trump Honors ‘Suckers and Losers’ With Illegal Arlington Cemetery Photo OpHis crime spree continues.
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    Why Kamala Harris Is Safer Giving More InterviewsThe fewer the interviews, the bigger the risk of a gaffe.
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    Kamala Harris Understood the AssignmentThe convention shows how to re-create the Obama formula.
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    Kamala Harris Gave the Best Acceptance Speech I’ve Ever SeenA perfectly targeted message.
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    Why Trump Is Making Anti-Semitic Rants at Josh ShapiroThe “highly overrated Jewish Governor” undermines his narrative.
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    Threatening Revenge Against Nancy Pelosi Is a Bad IdeaIf she can singlehandedly take out the president of the United States, she can probably handle you.
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    Obama’s DNC Speech Had a Hidden Message to DemocratsHe believes his 2004 speech had the correct idea about America.
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