Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026taking even a moment to google anything I've written about Rufo previously would have easily dispelled the notion I admire his career before now 270
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I appreciate the candor of critics who concede their principle is "don't punch left." Dispenses with the need to pretend they object to the substance of any individual act of left-criticism. 9131
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I'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. 81484
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Sorry, 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... 391
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Important, overlooked point, via @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev www.noahpinion.blog/p/maga-doesn... 1213
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I've read some wild threads on social media, but this one gets from the start (left) to an absolutely amazing conclusion (right) 3172
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Why is Trump spending his time micromanaging the Kennedy Center's programming? Many people are asking. Including Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen... 4224
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Trump lawyer deciding Judge Boasberg's order doesn't apply in international waters 2151
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Can somebody show me the column I wrote arguing "greatest threat to free speech in America was angry college students"? 270
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The Trump administration's policy is unapologetic right-wing cancel culture backed by state power www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 33410
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Why would Elon Musk call Mark Kelly a traitor for supporting Ukraine? Because he sees where Trump is taking us. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 1010115
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 06/03/2025well, they did try to design an experiment, and it found exposure to this add moved viewers (and everybody saw this add) by more than the margin of victory: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/u... 300
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 06/03/2025agree the economy mattered more, but Harris's extremely unpopular 2019 social issues stances also hurt! www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/u... 240
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 05/03/2025The theory that Trump wants Putin to win is a straightforward read of his words and actions. It's the alternate interpretation that has gotten increasingly convoluted. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 1114031
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Zelensky didn't provoke Trump to take Russia's side. He was planning this all along. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 401508282
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I have a piece about how Trump has transformed the mental model of the business elite, who now see proximity to power as the essential ingredient in economic success www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... 4215
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The reason Democrats who want government to be more efficient hate DOGE is that DOGE is making government less efficient and saving basically no money www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 35614
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The level of hothouse thinking in some left-wing circles is such that this employed professor seems to believe I literally never criticize the right! adriandaub.substack.com/p/that-is-no... 3110
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Saw this ad online. I guess Republicans agree that gender is a social construct? 1241
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I don't have a lot of confidence in Elon's process, let me put it that way theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 6288
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Now this is some effective political activism 1454668
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Possibly not the first time Hegseth has victimized somebody and told them they brought it on themselves 4253
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Tim Noah has a column inaccurately claiming that I believe “it’s past time Democrats cut the working class loose.” In fact, I don’t believe that and have never written that. yahoo.com/news/democra... 1100
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Crypto industry yelling at the Trump family right now 1384
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 23/01/2025My God. The only Trump nominee at risk of defeat is Gabbard, and the reason is... she supported a two-state solution? www.thebulwark.com/p/tulsi-gabb... 3226
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Do we know Trump "believes" this? Or does he merely allege it? The NYT is normally reluctant to call a Trump misstatement a "lie" on the correct grounds it can't read his mind. But here the paper assumes his self-interested claims are genuinely felt: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u... 3254
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 17/01/2025"Who should we assign this story to?" "Feels like a natural fit for Beeferman" 130
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Would it have been possible to actually deploy large amounts of green energy in 2009? My sense is that the technologies were so costly and embryonic that they needed research and development. 130
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 14/01/2025"Greedflation"? 0%. I think the contribution of fiscal policy vs exogenous factors is pretty unsettled. Dylan Matthews suggests fiscal policy contributed up to half, but that is a high-end estimate. www.vox.com/politics/394... 100
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Why did Trump win in 2024? My piece is also clear on the reason for that: inflation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 8101
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I don't think you need complicated theories about status anxiety to understand why Trump won. My piece is, in fact, pretty clear on this. 7222
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 13/01/2025"Trumpism" is a difficult thing to identify, but I do advance a theory about the causes of his 2016 victory: 330
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Biden fully bought into the post-neoliberal model of American politics. It didn't work. At all. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 189514
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I had to find out who would be angry with this obviously correct take on PSU's ill-fated decision. The answer is: fan of Penn State and "Delaware leftist politics," so that tracks 110
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Democrats can break with the most unreasonable demands of the activist left without abandoning trans rights www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 11526
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Democrats can accommodate public opinion without surrendering important principles on trans rights www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 7204
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 21/11/2024It's never good when the chart of your sex payments is too intricate to be legible 1022036