Jonathan Chait
Staff writer for the Atlantic. Messages with links are intended as prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments substituting for the linked story.
Trump’s Crypto Defenses Aren’t Reassuring
An Abu Dhabi royal seems to have gotten what he paid for, according to a Wall Street Journal report.theatlantic.comKatie Miller Thinks Classical Liberalism Is Woke
Does she oppose Enlightenment virtues, as her X posts suggest? Or is she just confused?theatlantic.comTrump Blinks
The president’s retreat in Minneapolis is a stinging defeat for the national conservatives.theatlantic.comWhat MAGA Really Thinks of the Second Amendment
Now Americans know.theatlantic.comWhy Conservatives Defend ICE
Republicans deplore the mayhem in Minnesota—but blame protesters and Democrats for it.theatlantic.comGavin Newsom’s Record Is a Problem
The California governor’s pivot to the center may be too late for 2028.theatlantic.comWhat Elizabeth Warren Gets Wrong About Democrats
Moderates sometimes disagree with progressives even when billionaires don’t tell them to.theatlantic.comJeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up
The raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home is deeply troubling.theatlantic.com- I've written hundreds and hundreds of columns, dating back to March 2016, calling Trump a dangerous authoritarian. I don't know how to describe @ryanlcooper.com except as a straight liar.
Trump’s Desperate Attempt to Bully the Fed
A criminal investigation of Jerome Powell will test whether Republican loyalty to the president has any limits.theatlantic.comTrump’s Shrinking Coalition
The president can no longer present himself as anti-system, because he has become the system.theatlantic.comTrump’s Slippery Definition of ‘Patriots’ and ‘Terrorists’
The president has interesting ideas about who constitutes an enemy of the state.theatlantic.comTrump’s Retro Imperialism
The president holds some misguided views about wealth, power, and natural resources.theatlantic.comThe Show Won’t Go On
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow.theatlantic.com- Higgins has alerted me that @timmiller.bsky.social is a very loyal conservative Republican whose views have not changed at all. I apologize for the error.
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Stop Defending Bari Weiss
It is impossible to take her actions at face value given the context in which she is operating.theatlantic.comTrump’s Plan to Corrupt the Media Is Starting to Work
CBS pulled a critical story after the president complained about the network’s coverage.theatlantic.comLike the Iraq War, but Worse
The administration’s justifications for attacking Venezuela feel familiar, but nakedly imperialistic.theatlantic.comThe Real Revelation in the Susie Wiles Interviews
It’s not the crime, but the cover-up.theatlantic.comThe Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point
The spines of the state’s Republicans stiffened where so many others snapped.theatlantic.comObamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
It’s one thing for Republicans to deny hypothetical care. It’s another to take this tangible benefit away.theatlantic.comTrump’s Toddler Foreign Policy
To better understand why the president is inexplicably going after Venezuela, one must study the behavior of small children.theatlantic.com- When a post wildly mischaracterizes the content like this, they are calculating their audience will never click through
Why Are Leftists So Pessimistic About School Reform?
Progressives used to view schools as engines of social mobility. Now they seem resigned to their failure.theatlantic.com- Sorry, but if you think trump's unpopularity refutes median voter theory, you don't understand the idea you're trying to attack stringinamaze.net/p/the-pundit...
Hegseth’s Self-Incriminating Response to a Democratic Ad
For the president and his minions, loyalty is more important than legality.theatlantic.comThe Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the collapse of intellectual standards on the right.theatlantic.comA Wild 48 Hours in the Epstein Saga
The president baits, deflects, and chews the scenery in a drama that just won’t die.theatlantic.com- FIGHT HARDER
Wait, Are the Epstein Files Real Now?
The White House’s responses get curioser and curioser.theatlantic.comSenate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.theatlantic.com- In fact, the article explains that Mamdani's win shows a great deal about winning elections in deep blue districts.
Democrats, Mamdani Doesn’t Point the Way Forward
He won by a modest margin in a deeply blue city not because of his radical commitments, but despite them.theatlantic.comIs Marjorie Taylor Greene Playing Three-Dimensional Chess?
The “Jewish space lasers” lady may be positioning herself to lead the MAGA movement.theatlantic.comTrump Is Right: Ditch the Filibuster
The tactic is a deformed anachronism. Its demise would benefit the whole country, and Democrats especially.theatlantic.comThe Ballroom Blitz Should Be a Bigger Scandal
It is appalling for a president to accept private donations to fund a pet project. Just ask the Clintons. theatlantic.comIsrael’s Critics Have Canceled Themselves
Withholding submissions from The New York Times in order to promote your views is some odd logic.theatlantic.comTrump Does Not Want this Obamacare Fight
But his generalized animosity for the opposing party has overwhelmed his instinct for political survival.theatlantic.comWhat Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.theatlantic.comVance’s Telling Defense of a Racist Group Chat
How a trove of bigoted and violent texts among young Republicans indicates the future of the party.theatlantic.comWhy Is Trump Making Excuses for Hamas?
The president seems undisturbed by the terrorist group’s murderous campaign against dissidents. In fact, he seems to admire it.theatlantic.comDon’t Blame the Democrats for Trump’s Revenge Tour
Defending Trump’s lawfare as just deserts misremembers what actually happened.theatlantic.com
