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Jonathan Chait

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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
    Donald Trump: ‘Sometimes You Need a Strongman’The former president blurts out his authoritarian beliefs once again.
  2. the national interest
    Trump Honors ‘Suckers and Losers’ With Illegal Arlington Cemetery Photo OpHis crime spree continues.
  3. the national interest
    Why Kamala Harris Is Safer Giving More InterviewsThe fewer the interviews, the bigger the risk of a gaffe.
  4. the national interest
    Kamala Harris Understood the AssignmentThe convention shows how to re-create the Obama formula.
  5. the national interest
    Kamala Harris Gave the Best Acceptance Speech I’ve Ever SeenA perfectly targeted message.
  6. the national interest
    Why Trump Is Making Anti-Semitic Rants at Josh ShapiroThe “highly overrated Jewish Governor” undermines his narrative.
  7. the national interest
    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.
  8. the national interest
    Obama’s DNC Speech Had a Hidden Message to DemocratsHe believes his 2004 speech had the correct idea about America.
  9. the national interest
    Trump Proposes Making It a Crime to Criticize Pro-Trump JudgesHe is not a big free-speech guy.
  10. the national interest
    The Anti-Zionist Protesters and the Left: An End to DenialStop projecting humane beliefs onto groups whose ugly ideas are very clear.
  11. the national interest
    U.S. President Biden and Vice President Harris deliver remarks on healthcare costs
    Kamala Harris’s Economic Plan: Good Politics, Meh PolicyIt’s hard to tell people they’re wrong about inflation.
  12. the national interest
    The Media’s Double Standard Favors Donald Trump, Not Kamala HarrisConservative complaints about bias miss the point.
  13. the national interest
    Losing to Kamala Harris Makes Trump Crazier, and Being Crazy Makes Him LoseA candidate’s mental-health death spiral.
  14. the national interest
    How Harris WinsBidenism brought the Democrats to the brink of catastrophe. Obamaism can save them.
  15. the national interest
    Desperate Trump Pines For Biden to Return as Democratic OpponentMake the mean lady go away!
  16. the national interest
    Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Need to Pivot to the Center Right NowDoes Harris really understand the assignment?
  17. the national interest
    If Trump Thinks Harris Is So Dumb, Why Is He Afraid to Debate Her?Can’t get onstage with the teleprompter candidate!
  18. the national interest
    What’s So Great About Josh ShapiroAnd why he might be worth adding to the ticket, despite the real risks.
  19. the national interest
    President Biden Hosts Fourth Of July Celebration At White House
    The Cop Against the Criminal. Let’s Do This.The Democrats turn out to be an organized political party, after all.
  20. the national interest
    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    Donald Trump Cannot Even Pretend to Change Who He IsRepublican nominee blows golden opportunity to fake normality.
  21. the national interest
    The Presidential Nomination Is Becoming Worthless for Joe BidenA devastating polling nugget shows what happens if he stays in.
  22. the national interest
    Trump Invites China to Invade Taiwan If He Returns to OfficeAnother terrifying tail-risk outcome.
  23. the national interest
    Opposing Both Authoritarianism and Assassination Is Not HypocriticalConservatives really don’t understand this?
  24. the national interest
    J.D. Vance Joins Ticket With Man He Once Called ‘America’s Hitler’Apparently he meant it as a compliment.
  25. the national interest
    The Democratic Party’s Strange Attraction to DefeatismAfter the Trump shooting, another post-9/11 moment takes hold.
  26. the national interest
    Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Butler, Pennsylvania
    Trumpism Must Be Defeated by Ballots, Not BulletsAssassinations don’t stop authoritarians; they enable them.
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    The Democrats Are Making a Terrible MistakeThey will lose more than an election if they stick with Biden.
  28. the national interest
    Republicans: No Fair Nominating Somebody Else!Pushing Biden to quit is another deep-state coup against Trump.
  29. the national interest
    Why Democrats Can Still Push Biden Off the TicketIt’s not over just because Biden says it is.
  30. the national interest
    The Democrats Who Care More About Their Careers Than Beating TrumpBiden bets his party doesn’t have the guts to confront him.
  31. the national interest
    Biden’s Norm-Shattering Response to the Post-Debate CrisisThe problems are ethical, not just political.
  32. the national interest
    How to Pick a New Democratic Presidential Candidate FastGet the leaders together and make a choice.
  33. the national interest
    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?
  34. the national interest
    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.
  35. the national interest
    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.
  36. the national interest
    The Great Awokening Is Over, But Trump Might Revive ItConservatives are still angry at 2020, don’t understand Biden wasn’t president then.
  37. the national interest
    How Jamaal Bowman Blew Up His Own CoalitionHe wants to be an AIPAC martyr, but this was a political suicide attempt.
  38. the national interest
    Why Conservatives Should Vote for Joe BidenA liberal’s plea to the rule-of-law right.
  39. the national interest
    Trump Adviser Admits He Lost China Trade WarHe’s going to lose the next one, too.
  40. the national interest
    Trump’s Tariff Is a Scheme to Shift the Tax Burden to the Non-RichWhy do we keep calling this “populism”?
  41. the national interest
    The Insurrationalizers: J.D. Vance Supports ‘America’s Hitler’Trump veep auditions continue.
  42. intelligencer chats
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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.
  43. the national interest
    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.
  44. the national interest
    Hunter Biden Conviction Blows Up Republican Conspiracy TheoriesJoe Biden controls only local prosecutions, apparently.
  45. the national interest
    Trump Praises J6 Insurrectionists As ‘Warriors’He is ripping off the mask.
  46. the national interest
    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.
  47. the national interest
    Conservatives Angry at Biden’s Anti-Nazi D-Day SpeechDefending democracy? That’s an attack on Trump!
  48. the national interest
    What is the Sunrise Movement For?Why a climate group may decline to endorse the most pro-climate president ever.
  49. the national interest
    Trump Is Colluding With Putin in Plain Sight“Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, will do that for me.”
  50. the national interest
    Prosecutorial Independence Is the Dumbest Possible Reason to Support TrumpThe “inject bleach” of Trump-voting rationales.
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