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Jonathan Chait
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Jonathan Chait
@jonathanchait
Atlantic staff writer. Liberal (not leftist, not centrist). Tweets with links are prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments.
- We're in that short, golden period when anti-anti-Trumpers disappear from Twitter, awaiting their new talking points.
- The coastal elites may sneer, but working class Americans are tired of being taken advantage of by Svalbard and Jan Myen
- If you haven't watched Schiff argue for impeachment, you're missing something historic.
- Very shrewd for the Trump team to center the election on "which candidate has a truly authentic and loving spousal relationship?"Totally normal to greet your wife with a firm handshake and a bro hug/back slap. Tim Walz isn't weird at all, guys 🤣🤣🤣
- The song is a condemnation of a rich person who shirks military service and reduces his tax burden by misleading the government“Fortunate Son” plays as Trump de-planes, an entry for the “nobody listened to the lyrics” hall of fame.
00:00 - The Flynn transcript shows the incoming Trump administration colluding with Russia against the U.S. government
- Obamacare was passed into law by 218 House members and 60 Senators. The wall did not pass Congress.True story.
- Ukraine has drawn the admiration and awe of the entire world in a way I can't recall any nation ever doing before.
- Cops threatening to quit over vaccine mandates is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform police departments
- Obama did not become president until 2009.In 2008, President Obama bailed out Wall Street and screwed over Main Street. In 2024, President Trump screwed over Wall Street to bail out Main Street. That's what a lot of Americans are going to remember about last week. It was such an honor to join @abbydphillip's panel!Readers added contextThe Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was signed into law by President George W. Bush, not President Obama. It established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). britannica.com/money/Emergenc… congress.gov/bill/110th-con… Joe Biden was President in 2024, not Donald Trump. britannica.com/topic/Presiden…
- Remember how Bloomberg was going to spend a billion dollars to defeat Trump even if he didn't win the nomination? What happened to that?
- This clip is an incredible illustration of partisan bias operating in real time.Joe Rogan mocks President Biden (”You’re done.”) for saying “We didn't have enough airports” during the Revolutionary War, then realizes Trump is the one who said it. Biden just quoted Trump to mock him. Oops.
- This is devastating report. The federal government could have mobilized the military and other branches to contain the coronavirus and it's done almost nothing until now. nytimes.com/2020/03/17/us/…
