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Jonathan Chait

Political Columnist, Intelligencer
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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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    The Democrats Who Care More About Their Careers Than Beating TrumpBiden bets his party doesn’t have the guts to confront him.
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    Biden’s Norm-Shattering Response to the Post-Debate CrisisThe problems are ethical, not just political.
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    How to Pick a New Democratic Presidential Candidate FastGet the leaders together and make a choice.
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    It’s Not Just an Age Problem. It’s a Trust Problem.Why should we believe what the Biden campaign tells us about the candidate anymore?
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    Biden and Harris’s Absurd Case for ComplacencyThe post-debate crisis isn’t going away, and Democrats need to make some hard political choices if they want to avoid catastrophe.
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    Donald Trump And Joe Biden Participate In First Presidential Debate
    At Least No One Is Accusing Biden of Using Performance-Enhancing DrugsI believe Biden is still up to the job of being president. But he’s not up to the job of running.
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    The Great Awokening Is Over, But Trump Might Revive ItConservatives are still angry at 2020, don’t understand Biden wasn’t president then.
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    How Jamaal Bowman Blew Up His Own CoalitionHe wants to be an AIPAC martyr, but this was a political suicide attempt.
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    Why Conservatives Should Vote for Joe BidenA liberal’s plea to the rule-of-law right.
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    Trump Adviser Admits He Lost China Trade WarHe’s going to lose the next one, too.
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    Trump’s Tariff Is a Scheme to Shift the Tax Burden to the Non-RichWhy do we keep calling this “populism”?
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    The Insurrationalizers: J.D. Vance Supports ‘America’s Hitler’Trump veep auditions continue.
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    Do We Really Need National Political Conventions?Our staff debates whether the quadrennial events are a pointless waste of money or valuable messaging opportunities.
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    Wall Street Journal: Why Does This Mob Crook Keep Getting Charged With Crimes?It can’t be the long-standing ties to criminals we once lamented.
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    Hunter Biden Conviction Blows Up Republican Conspiracy TheoriesJoe Biden controls only local prosecutions, apparently.
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    Trump Praises J6 Insurrectionists As ‘Warriors’He is ripping off the mask.
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    Why on Earth Is Chuck Schumer Inviting Netanyahu to Address Congress?Giving the flailing leader a political lifeline isn’t in the best interests of the U.S. or Israel.
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    Conservatives Angry at Biden’s Anti-Nazi D-Day SpeechDefending democracy? That’s an attack on Trump!
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    What is the Sunrise Movement For?Why a climate group may decline to endorse the most pro-climate president ever.
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    Trump Is Colluding With Putin in Plain Sight“Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, will do that for me.”
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    Prosecutorial Independence Is the Dumbest Possible Reason to Support TrumpThe “inject bleach” of Trump-voting rationales.
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    Trump’s Conviction: The Case for MisgivingsForbearance versus the rule of law.
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    Trump’s Billionaire BoomHow he gets away with promising to make the rich richer.
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    Does the Conservative Rage Machine Go to 11?Republicans are now so angry, they want a candidate who will threaten to lock up his opponent.
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    Trump’s Conviction Means Less Than You Might ThinkA lot depends on what happens next.
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    Bush Torture Lawyer John Yoo Calls for Revenge Prosecutions Against DemocratsPoor, innocent Donald Trump must be avenged.
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    Anti-Israel Protesters Want to Elect Trump, Who Promises to Crush ProtestersWhy Rashida Tlaib is joining the one-state horseshoe alliance.
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    The Trouble With the Left’s Efforts to Apply ‘Leverage’Biden and Democrats would be better off avoiding alliances with progressives based on threats.
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    Trump Tells Putin to Keep Wall Street Journal Reporter Hostage Through ElectionPutin “will do that for me, but not for anyone else.”
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    Karl Rove Frets RFK Jr. Is Stealing ‘Wacko’ Voters From TrumpPerhaps there is a deeper problem at work here.
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    Alito Ethics Defense Blown Up by Second Insurrectionist FlagThe previous defense was narrowly tailored to facts that are now moot.
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    Republican Moderates Went Exitinct. But Democratic Moderates Keep Winning.Centrist Democrats sweep in Oregon.
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    Alito’s Flag Excuse Is a License for Partisan GrandstandingExplaining away the issue by blaming his wife creates a loophole so big you could drive a pro-Trump billboard through it.
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    No, Your Pet Issue Is Not Making Biden LoseIt’s inflation, not Israel or class warfare.
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    Manafort Returns As Trump Preps For New Crime SpreeHis criminal record is his best qualification.
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    In Defense of Punching LeftThe problem with Solidarity.
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    How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Worm Could Save AmericaA butterfly flaps its wings …
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    Why President Biden Is Correct to Denounce Campus AntisemitismThe problem is not physical violence.
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    The House Antisemitism Bill Is Bad for the JewsAnd free speech.
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    Biden Is Losing the Election in the Center, Not the LeftThe voters he needs aren’t occupying college campuses.
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    Trump’s Abortion-Pill Stance ‘2 Weeks Away,’ Which Is Trumpspeak for ‘Never’His secret plans are always two weeks away.
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    Why the Right Loves the Anti-Israel EncampmentsThree reasons Trump and Bibi want the protests to continue.
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    Trump Second-Term Plan Includes Federal Reserve CoupThe next Trump administration will be far more chaotic.
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    Donald Trump Snatches Final Shred of William Barr’s DignityAn endorsement without total submission is not enough.
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    Biden Was Right About Both Antisemitism and the PalestiniansSometimes basic humanity means seeing “both sides.”
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    Why Anti-Israel Protesters Won’t Stop Harassing JewsThe movement’s ideological character invites rage and violence.
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    Lara Trump Threatens ‘Four Years of Scorched Earth’ If Trump Retakes PowerSounds like a fun time for America.
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    Why a Second Trump Term Will Make the Middle Class PayNo more low-interest-rate free ride.
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    Conservatives Suddenly Realize Tucker Carlson Is a Lying Russia DupeWhat changed?
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    Paul Krugman Is Right About the Economy, and the Polls Are WrongSometimes experts get it wrong, but not this time.
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