Atlantic staff writer. Liberal (not leftist, not centrist). Tweets with links are prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments.
Joined June 2009
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11 Nov 2024
Some personal news. Sad to say goodbye to @NYMag but thrilled to be joining @TheAtlantic nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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Jonathan Chait retweeted
I'm hiring a Chief of Staff for @TheArgumentMag
I'm looking for a real partner to help me run a fast-growing magazine and build something brand new: a live events business that takes our fight for liberalism off the page and into rooms full of people.
The Argument is a media start-up dedicated to revitalizing liberalism through public debate.
The Argument is a full-time, in-person workplace based in Washington, DC. (Details at the link)
Join us. We're libbing out!
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Jonathan Chait retweeted
This looks pretty permanent. Built around the doors.
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Jun 14
So they not know trump cut the aca?
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Wait, isn’t our current health insurance system Obamacare?
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Jun 12
That the U.S. military is losing the first war of the drone era while the television-trained defense secretary focuses on facial hair and push-ups is probably not a coincidence. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Jun 11
Fascinating @imkahloon dispatch from the UK, which is trapped in a cycle of decline theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Jun 11
I haven't watched many NBA playoff games this year. Mostly following it via dueling foul-atrocity clips posted on here the next day.
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Jun 11
How a celebration of American became a celebration of MAGA, by @michaelscherer theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Jun 11
He's in his auteur black-and-white phase. Next clip will be 4 hours of Wemby weeping with French subtitles.
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Jun 11
"One Republican former member of Congress told me that he and others had been assured that the administration’s public statements about the weaponization fund being abandoned were 'all part of the plan; nothing has changed.'” theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Jun 9
An incredible profile of one of the world's most reprehensible villains newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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Jun 9
Literally nobody thinks wind can power the economy on its own. The question is whether it has any function. The answer is yes, but Trump hates the way it looks.
North Dakota Gov. Armstrong — who leads a state that relies heavily on wind power — agreed with the Trump admin that wind energy is too unreliable to power the modern economy on its own.
Listen to his conversation with @zcolman on the Politico Energy Pod: politi.co/49SgLXH
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Jun 9
Disagree. I'm worth at least 5 Stollerite proletarians.
Jun 9
Trading away men like Chait is good, for every dc bank friendly elite who laments the Dems, four working class voters come onside.
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Jun 9
You might suppose that “Republicans tend to vote more promptly than Democrats” and “Government agencies in California operate slowly” are hypotheses that conservatives, of all people, would have an easy time believing. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Jun 9
If his theory is that many Democrats genuinely don't want him to win if he's nominated, it might be hard for him to win!
El-Sayed: I think the bigger worry is not that I'll lose. It's that I'll win. I don't take corporate money. I never have, and I never will. And I'm going to be the biggest opponent of a system of politics that has sold off working people to the highest bidder.
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Jun 8
The Republican Party no longer accepts the legitimacy of election defeats theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Jun 8
Does she eat meat???
IF no: ANOTHER VEGAN TALARICO GF
If yes: TALARICO DUMPED CARNIVEROUS GF FOR VEGAN
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NEW: A second former Capitol staffer has confirmed a past romantic relationship with Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico texasscorecard.com/decisiont…
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Read @anneapplebaum's reported dispatch from Ukraine, which has fortified its defenses theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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