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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
    Good Riddance, Kyrsten Sinema, Plutocratic ShillShe killed her career by blocking bipartisan ideas that threatened the rich.
  2. the national interest
    Is Biden in Denial About the Polls?Or is the happy talk just spin?
  3. the national interest
    Henry Wallace, Tucker Carlson, and the Return of the Russia DupeA new biography sheds light on a recurring temptation.
  4. the national interest
    The ‘Fake’ New York Times Chicken-Sandwich Story Turns Out to Be Quite RealStop listening to bad-faith media critics.
  5. the national interest
    Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell
    Mitch McConnell Had the Power to Stop Trump and He RefusedA political eulogy for an enabler of authoritarianism.
  6. the national interest
    Should Biden Drop Out and Pick a New Candidate? Maybe Later.It’s almost panic time.
  7. the national interest
    US-POLITICS-BIDEN-GOVERNORS
    Joe Biden’s Old-Fashioned Pro-Choice Message Still WorksActivists should get off his back.
  8. the national interest
    Trump Has Finally Remade Republicans Into Putin’s PlaythingsHis admiration of Russia no longer renders him strange or suspect within the party.
  9. the national interest
    Trump to Put Election Deniers Lara Trump, Michael Whatley in Charge of GOPRemoving “Romney” from Ronna McDaniel’s name wasn’t enough loyalty.
  10. the national interest
    Final Proof That Trump’s Appeal Was Never About the EconomyBiden delivers working-class prosperity, working class still loves Trump.
  11. the national interest
    Trump Says He’d ‘Encourage’ Russia to Attack NATO Allies Who Don’t Pay UpSo much for Russia being afraid to start wars if he were in office.
  12. intelligencer chats
    How Bad Is the Special Counsel’s Report for Biden?The report on Biden’s handling of classified docs said he had a “faulty memory.” Could it hurt him in an election that is nine months away?
  13. the national interest
    Republicans Killed the Border Deal to Help Trump. Now They Need a Reason.Here come the backfilled rationales.
  14. the national interest
    Republicans Killed the Border Deal Because It Proved Biden’s ModerationThe GOP can’t admit the President is a deal-making pragmatist.
  15. the national interest
    We Need a Free Press. Do We Need The Free Press?Bari Weiss reinvents neoconservatism.
  16. the national interest
    Kellyanne Conway: Trump Should Pick Non-White VP But Not Do ‘Identity Politics’Identity politics is when Democrats do it.
  17. the national interest
    Grad Students Furious United Auto Workers Endorses BidenThe strange logic of pro-Trump leftists fails to sway blue-collar union.
  18. the national interest
    It’s Crazy That the Booming Economy Is Hurting BidenThe president needs to sell Bidenomics.
  19. the national interest
    Why Republicans Don’t Want To Solve the Border ProblemBut do want to make deals to cut taxes.
  20. the national interest
    Biden’s ‘Weaponized’ Justice Department Charges Another DemocratSleepy Joe is doing a terrible job of targeting his enemies.
  21. the national interest
    The Insurrationalizers, a New SeriesThe logic of the semi-loyal Democrats siding with Trump.
  22. the national interest
    Republican Plan to Link Ukraine Aid to Border Fails for Extremely Obvious ReasonIt turns out Donald Trump is cynical and power-hungry!
  23. the national interest
    Donald Trump’s Economic Populism Remains Extremely FakeRunning against DeSantis and Haley doesn’t make you a working-class hero.
  24. the national interest
    Republicans Did This to ThemselvesThere was no stopping Trump without fighting his election lies.
  25. the national interest
    DeSantis Finalized the Conservative Movement’s Capitulation to TrumpWhat the Florida governor’s failed campaign to succeed Trump revealed about the future of the Republican Party.
  26. the national interest
    Donald Trump: Presidents Must Be Allowed to Commit CrimesWhat do you call a system in which the chief executive is not bound by law?
  27. vision 2024
    Do You Remember the Ecstasy of Electing Joe Biden?How the coalition that defeated Donald Trump crumbled.
  28. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis’s Plan Was Always to Lose Iowa by 30 PointsThe expectations game is weird.
  29. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis Admits Fox News Isn’t Real NewsTrump’s “got basically a Praetorian Guard of the conservative media.”
  30. the national interest
    ‘Biden Against Democracy,’ the Right’s Favorite Trump RationaleWhy the anti-anti-Trump right loves Trump’s message.
  31. the national interest
    One Weird Constitutional Trick Won’t Save Democracy From TrumpThe 14th Amendment is not the solution to Trumpism
  32. the national interest
    Trump’s China Scandal Is Way Worse Than What Biden Is Getting Impeached OverThe iron law of Trump opponent scandals: Trump always did something worse.
  33. the national interest
    The Only Way to Stop an Authoritarian President Is to Vote for His OpponentTrump confessed his plan to charge Biden for being a Democrat.
  34. the national interest
    Are Young People Actually Progressive?The mistaken assumptions of Democrats have put the party in peril.
  35. the national interest
    Claudine Gay Had to Resign, But She Was Right About the Big ThingsA tragicomic ending to a culture-war set piece.
  36. year in review
    The Wackiest Political Stories of 2023From Lauren Boebert’s steamy Beetlejuice date to Ron DeSantis’s pudding fingers, U.S. politics had another bizarre trip around the sun.
  37. the national interest
    Asking Trump ‘Will You Be a Dictator?’ Is Not a Real QuestionHugh Hewitt tries, fails to Hannitize Trump’s authoritarian problem.
  38. the national interest
    Disqualifying Trump From the Ballot Is a Step Too FarThe political case against Colorado’s legal ruling.
  39. the national interest
    Trump Touts Endorsements From Global DictatorsHis most consistent belief is that authoritarian rulers know best.
  40. the national interest
    We Were Told Biden Is Secretly Running the DOJ. Why Is His Son Being Charged?Maybe Merrick Garland is actually independent.
  41. the national interest
    Political Correctness for Jews Won’t End Campus AntisemitismYou can worry about antisemitism without going crazy about it.
  42. the national interest
    The College Presidents Were Right About Campus AntisemitismSchools should regulate conduct, not speech.
  43. the national interest
    Why Trump Refuses to Deny He Plans to Become a DictatorIt’s because he loves dictators.
  44. the national interest
    Trump Denies He Ate Too Little After Losing, Claims He Binged InsteadA strange confession of post-coup-attempt gluttony.
  45. the national interest
    Nikki Haley’s Rocket Ride to Second PlaceHer boomlet is the GOP’s weakest challenge to Trump yet.
  46. the national interest
    ‘Anti-Chaos’ Candidate Ron DeSantis Has a Dumpster Fire CampaignHis big promise was to end the staff drama!
  47. the national interest
    Elon Musk Doesn’t Understand What ‘Blackmail’ MeansCompanies refusing to pay for your ads is not blackmail.
  48. the national interest
    McCarthy Forgave the Insurrection Because Trump Was Getting Too SkinnyMission accomplished?
  49. the national interest
    Why a Second Trump Presidency Might Try Again to Repeal ObamacareA Republican Congress might do it.
  50. the national interest
    Just Stop Making Official Statements About the NewsA simple answer for every CEO, school president, and City Council.
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