Jonathan Chait

Atlantic staff writer. Liberal (not leftist, not centrist). Tweets with links are prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments.

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

I’ve been doing a bunch of thinking, and I’ve come around to the idea that we should raise some taxes

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Wow

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Mamdani has discovered that socialism can succeed in New York through one simple trick: abandoning socialism https://t.co/kfWWHHCcYQ

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Moderates have been searching for their version of Zohran Mamdani. Call off the search, I've found the guy! https://t.co/kfWWHHCcYQ

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Zohran Mamdani, moderate hero https://t.co/kfWWHHCcYQ

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[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

As recently as 2023, we had a four-team playoff. Exploding from four to 24 in four years is whiplash-inducing madness, but those selling it aren’t pausing long enough to acknowledge the unsettling impact. They don’t care.

Why the runaway expansion? Because there is no such thing as enough in an undisciplined market that refuses to regulate itself.

[Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan]

In competitive authoritarian countries, regime allies limit and control mainstream media visibility to opposition figures and media. We're not there yet, but this is what it looks like.

[Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait]

@yeselson @baseballcrank @SarahLongwell25 Right -- there have been back and forth swings, but the overall picture has always been a level of shocking and abnormal Russophilia.

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@yeselson @billscher @JRileyMW I don't think he's a fan of the IRGC, but I just don't see much reason to believe he sees Iran's government as worse than Israel's, either in its internal character or its regional effects.

[Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait]

@yeselson @billscher @JRileyMW I'm just asking why you can confidently say his view of Iran and Israel is something different than what he says it is.

[Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait]

Rogers is clearly saying the cops won't be intimidated, not that they should engage in intimidation. But deploying cops at poll stations is ugly stuff.

[Michigan Democrats @MichiganDems]

LEAKED AUDIO: Mike Rogers, falsely claiming his last election was stolen, says he wants to intimidate Detroit voters this time around.

"Let's put retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit. Go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please."

[Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait]

@yeselson @billscher @JRileyMW does he think that?

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Or, those who thought Putin had disturbing sway over Trump were right all along https://t.co/nk8FOwsRZL

[Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank]

There's been a lot of hysteria over the years at Trump's posture towards Russia, which has often been worse rhetorically than practically. But this time, the wolf comes as a wolf.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

To put this in laymen's terms, Musk and Trump are now hobbling Ukraine's ability to protect its civilian population from a type of Russian drone that functions more like a cruise missile. This is not the United States adopting a neutral position vis-a-vis the war. This is the United States facilitating Russian terror.

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@Timodc @mattyglesias @KDilanianMSNOW Agree but I think Matt means in terms of electoral salience

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Katie Zacharia, we hardly knew ye https://t.co/wvRpnC89Bg

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Five Fabulous Days of Katie Zacharia https://t.co/wvRpnC8HqO

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Why democratic socialists should not work with Leninists https://t.co/NBWObtTRht