Jonathan Chait
@jonathanchait
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Writer for the Atlantic. Tweets with links are intended as prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments substituting for the linked story
Washington, D.C.
Joined June 2009
Some personal news. Sad to say goodbye to @NYMag but thrilled to be joining @TheAtlantic
nymag.com
The closing of a wonderful chapter in my career.
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Donald Trump's desperation for a Nobel Peace Prize is the only positive incentive that works on him, let's be happy about it https://t.co/HleJ3NTiq8
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My new film "The Dragon's Prophecy" opens in select theaters Monday Oct. 6 and Wednesday Oct. 8. Streaming and DVD starts Thursday Oct. 9.
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The Israel-Hamas peace agreement “grew directly out of Trump’s desperate thirst for the Nobel,” @jonathanchait argues. “If dangling the award in front of Trump encourages him to work hard to end conflicts,” we must wonder what will happen if he gets it:
theatlantic.com
The president’s ego inspires plenty of bad choices, but his desire for a Peace Prize is proving useful.
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Craving a Nobel peace Prize is the only non-sociopathic determinant of Trump's behavior.
theatlantic.com
The president’s ego inspires plenty of bad choices, but his desire for a Peace Prize is proving useful.
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It was obvious my factional enemies caused a result they opposed and tried to stop -- so obvious I won't bother demonstrating how it occurred, but simply assume it and demand they feel bad
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Not really signaling any more, just saying it
Trump: ABC is very bad. I think NBC is very bad. And CBS has a new owner so we have hope for CBS. A great new owner.
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The trouble with Bari Weiss's worldview is that the world has changed https://t.co/lOI55kCI2V
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How's this for crazy. The Russian government censor, Roskomnadzor, has reportedly sent a formal order to a Russian-language bookstore in Berlin (!), demanding that it stop selling my book about President Zelensky and the war in Ukraine. 1/
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Excellent @republicofspin essay on "neoliberalism" as an obfuscatory nonsense category
libertiesjournal.com
A Conceptual Trash Heap Toni Morrison was wrong when she intoned that language is violence. But let’s give her this: the reckless use of words can do violence, idiomatically speaking, to clear...
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Deploy ICE more broadly and aggressively, then define any opposition to its activities as criminal terrorism:
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Trump calling to lock up Johnson and Pritzker illustrates the point I made recently: The Trump-Miller plan is to turn ICE into a lever to criminalize opposition https://t.co/mK7fhdSWRy
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Harris was trappoed by her 2019 statements and Biden's record. She made some moves to escape them, they were successful, but not enough. It's simple enough even @HeerJeet ought to be able to understand
Chait owes an explanation to his readers on why he went from claiming in fall 2024 that moderates had already vanquished progressives (and so Dems would win) to now claiming that progressives dominated the party (which is why Dems lost). It's a very clear contradiction.
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RT @liamkerr: See guys, Democrats didn't suddenly and disastrously move left, as proven by this headline showing that felt the need to move…
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progressives even oppose the no-brainer move of ditching the handful of trans rights stances that even most Democratic voters oppose (while still supporting the important trans rights positions)
theatlantic.com
Democrats do not, in fact, face a choice between championing trans rights and completely abandoning them.
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The progressive movement says no compromise with the electorate
theatlantic.com
The party’s progressives seem to think the problem is not with their platform but with voters.
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I was expecting male profanity
I love when people on here get mad at menswear guy for talking about menswear. “Who cares about Stephen Miller’s pocket square?” Menswear guy does. That’s like his whole thing. What did you think menswear guy was gonna post about
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I realize a big part of the left-wing attack on me/Ezra/Matt is pretending we don't believe those things, but we 100% do!
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