Jonathan Chait

Jonathan Chait is a staff writer at The Atlantic writing about American politics and policy. He is the author of The Big Con: Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America (2007) and Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail (2017). Before joining The Atlantic, he spent 16 years at The New Republic, followed by 13 years at New York.

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  1. The Worst Thing a MAGA Warrior Can Do

    The response to Signalgate reveals a disjuncture between the seriousness with which MAGA treats foreign enemies and perceived domestic ones.

    Trump's eyes peeping through a rip in a printed Atlantic article about the attack plans shared on Signal
    Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Win McNamee / Getty.
  2. Anti-Semitism Is Just a Pretext

    It’s the Trump administration, not Columbia, that has done nothing to confront anti-Semitism in its own ranks.

    A collage of black-and-white photos with a hand pointing (left) and an Israeli flag with a Trump campaign sign in front of it (right).
    Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Kent Nishimura / Bloomberg / Getty; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty.
  3. Trump Drops the Mask

    The president’s latest positions on the Russia-Ukraine war reveal that he is indifferent to ongoing slaughter—indeed, he is willing to increase it.

    Trump's face, dimly lit and in front of a faded blue screen
    Andrew Harnik / Getty
  4. What Does Dan Bongino Believe?

    The new FBI deputy director has written that his own agency perpetrated “the greatest scandal in American political history.”

    Black and white photo of Dan Bongino speaking placed in front of a red background
    Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Phillip Faraone / Getty.