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9 mins ago the national interest the national interest Conservatives Angry at Biden’s Anti-Nazi D-Day Speech By Jonathan Chait Defending democracy? That’s an attack on Trump!
07 Jun 2024 20:16 GMT
President Biden commemorated the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a traditional American speech about the civic values this country has taken from that event: Democracy is good, fascism is bad, allies are necessary, etc.
Conservatives had two plausible …
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9 mins ago the national interest the national interest What is the Sunrise Movement For? By Jonathan Chait Why a climate group may decline to endorse the most pro-climate president ever.
07 Jun 2024 11:22 GMT
This week, Axios reported that the Sunrise Movement, a hub of youth-targeted left-wing activism, is currently withholding its presidential endorsement and may not back President Biden at all.
While Sunrise is primarily devoted to fighting climate change, …
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20 mins ago the national interest the national interest Trump Is Colluding With Putin in Plain Sight By Jonathan Chait “Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, will do that for me.”
05 Jun 2024 17:32 GMT
Donald Trump has an understanding with Vladimir Putin that Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter imprisoned by Russia on bogus charges of espionage, will be released if and only if he wins the presidency.
This is not a charge being made …
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10:06 a.m. the national interest the national interest Prosecutorial Independence Is the Dumbest Possible Reason to Support Trump By Jonathan Chait The “inject bleach” of Trump-voting rationales.
04 Jun 2024 14:41 GMT
A certain species of Republican has seized on Donald Trump’s first criminal conviction as a rationale to vote for the former president. “Many Republicans we talk to are now more likely to vote for Mr. Trump after watching how Democrats have politicized the …
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6/3/2024 the national interest the national interest Trump’s Conviction: The Case for Misgivings By Jonathan Chait Forbearance versus the rule of law.
03 Jun 2024 17:10 GMT
Almost four years ago, anticipating the flood of legal troubles that would await Donald Trump after he left office, I wrote a feature story for the magazine that wrestled with the dilemma of prosecuting a former president.
In assessing the merits of the …
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5:00 a.m. the national interest the national interest Trump’s Billionaire Boom By Jonathan Chait How he gets away with promising to make the rich richer.
03 Jun 2024 10:24 GMT
Illustration: Alicia Tatone
One of the few advantages Joe Biden’s campaign possessed at the outset of the year was money. The president had built a fundraising base as an incumbent, and many wealthy Republicans were estranged from Donald Trump over his …
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Trump’s Conviction Means Less Than You Might Think By Jonathan Chait
30 May 2024 22:47 GMT
We are continuously told that Donald Trump’s conviction would be epochal, historic. This is perhaps true, but it means much less than we think.
The truth is that politicians get charged with crimes all the time. Many of them are convicted. U.S. Senator …
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4:02 p.m. the national interest the national interest Bush Torture Lawyer John Yoo Calls for Revenge Prosecutions Against Democrats By Jonathan Chait Poor, innocent Donald Trump must be avenged.
30 May 2024 20:49 GMT
Republicans have long been predicting that criminal charges against Donald Trump would lead to Republicans ginning up charges against Democrats out of pure revenge. The prediction, of course, was designed to legitimate it. And now, inevitably, members of …
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12:00 p.m. the national interest the national interest The Trouble With the Left’s Efforts to Apply ‘Leverage’ By Jonathan Chait Biden and Democrats would be better off avoiding alliances with progressives based on threats.
27 May 2024 16:48 GMT
This post originally appeared in Jonathan Chait’s &c. newsletter, which … &.c, a Newsletter by Jonathan Chait
Irregular musings from the center …
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3:36 p.m. the national interest the national interest Trump Tells Putin to Keep Wall Street Journal Reporter Hostage Through Election By Jonathan Chait Putin “will do that for me, but not for anyone else.”
23 May 2024 20:19 GMT
Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter, has been held prisoner in Russia for more than a year. Donald Trump, characteristically, has never criticized Russia for arresting him.
Last month, Trump stated (in response to prodding by a Time …