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Jonathan Chait

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Writer for the Atlantic. Tweets with links are intended as prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments substituting for the linked story

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Republicans keep repeating the phrase 'Failure is not an option,' a mantra that seems designed to prevent them from considering the possibility that passing the bill could be worse than the alternative. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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I started publishing articles criticising gender ideology and gender medicine back in 2017, long before most US conservatives considered it an issue. I agree with the substance of what most conservatives believe when it comes to transgenderism. That is, I don’t think individuals

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The megabill will expose Republicans to a kind of blowback they have never experienced before. Why did they take that risk? theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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It is mechanically not possible to bankrupt Medicaid. Unlike Medicare & Social Security, there is no pot of money that funds the program. Cutting people off Medicaid doesn’t leave more for others. Republicans are cutting Medicaid because they want it to cover fewer people.

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Yesterday, ā€œTrump took or was revealed to have taken six shocking new assaults on liberal democracy,ā€ Jonathan Chait aruges: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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Congressional Republicans have simply failed to even entertain the possibility that the bill could be worse than the status quo theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Congressional Republicans have simply failed to even entertain the possibility that the bill could be worse than the status quo theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Yes, when you deprive them of the ability to obtain medical care, some people die as a result thebulwark.com/p/one-big-dead…

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It's astonishing that Republicans talked themselves into a bill that will give Democrats a giant opening to take back Congress theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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It isn’t ā€œaccepted as truth,ā€ it’s his account and you can accord it as much or as little weight as you like — just as you can take note of the fact that this photo/video montage doesn’t start until April 16, a month after Abrego’s detention began and a week after he left CECOT.

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New @ Strength In Numbers: The GOP budget bill will be the most unpopular law in at least 30 years. In recent polls, an average of 31% of Americans support it, while 54% oppose. The only legislative proposal more unpopular was the 2017 GOP health care bill (John McCain killed it)

New @ Strength In Numbers: The GOP budget bill will be the most unpopular law in at least 30 years. In recent polls, an average of 31% of Americans support it, while 54% oppose. The only legislative proposal more unpopular was the 2017 GOP health care bill (John McCain killed it)
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It is not true that Americans have experienced "continual cuts" to public benefits since Reagan, as the lede of this piece suggests. Rather, wage subsidies, food assistance, and public health insurance were all expanded between 1980 and 2020. Tho tide obviously just reversed

It is not true that Americans have experienced "continual cuts" to public benefits since Reagan, as the lede of this piece suggests. Rather, wage subsidies, food assistance, and public health insurance were all expanded between 1980 and 2020. Tho tide obviously just reversed