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Jason Linkins

Jason Linkins is a deputy editor at The New Republic. Previously, he served as a senior editor at ThinkProgress, and as a long-time staff writer at The Huffington Post. His work has appeared at The Baffler, The Awl, Maclean’s, and DCist. He is the co-author of Schoolhouse Wreck: The Betsy DeVos Story for Strong Arm Press.

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April 1, 2023
The Soapbox
A Mammoth Meatball of Plutocratic Failure
This is how modern life became one big trash pile—and what it will take to extricate ourselves from the rubbish.
March 18, 2023
The Soapbox
What the Right Got Wrong About “Woke” Banks
Conservatives raced to push a weird myth that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was a result of its diverse workforce. Next time: Google.
March 11, 2023
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Republicans Are Scrambling to Invent Facts for Their Alternate Reality
The GOP’s big project isn’t creating jobs or beating inflation, it’s trying to make their weird and ever expanding canon of lore and grievances make sense.
March 6, 2023
The Soapbox
The Deficit Hawks Are Circling the Biden Administration
It’s been a season of solid economic ideas from the White House. But some bad ideas are starting to bubble up from Washington’s sordid corners.
February 25, 2023
The Soapbox
Teachers With Night Jobs at Amazon Are Not a Feel-Good Story
Beneath a teasing, pleasing image lies a tale of unaddressed hardship.
February 18, 2023
The Soapbox
Did the Media Get Derailed in East Palestine, Ohio?
Critics who have blasted the press for ignoring the Norfolk Southern disaster have missed the mark, but not by much.
February 11, 2023
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The Case Against a Biden Run Is Obvious—and Weak
Democrats may fret over the president’s age, but they’re nowhere near ready to replace him.
February 4, 2023
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The Only Debt Ceiling Deal Is No Deal at All
Biden made a vow never to repeat the Obama administration’s worst mistake. His resolve is now being put to a test.
January 28, 2023
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George Santos Is a Model Republican
A growing number of conservatives are calling for the New York lawmaker’s ouster from Congress. But why? He fits in just fine.
January 21, 2023
The Soapbox
Biden’s Document Screwup Is an Ethical Opportunity
Rather than follow the Beltway’s cynical damage-control playbook, the president should put on a master class in how to take responsibility for a mistake.
January 14, 2023
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Mint the Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coin, Dark Brandon!
The debt ceiling is a legendarily ridiculous problem. Fortunately, there is a ridiculously legendary solution.
January 7, 2023
The Soapbox
The Viral Stupidity of Politicians’ TikTok Bans
Lawmakers across the country are looking to kill off the social media platform for many of the same sins that Big Tech commits regularly.
December 27, 2022
Who Said It: Donald Trump or Norma Desmond?
They’re both increasingly isolated and adrift from their glory days, but only one is a former president.
December 21, 2022
The Soapbox
Nimrod of the Year: Elon Musk
Tesla’s CEO was long portrayed as a business genius. His incompetent rule of Twitter proves he’s really just a thirsty, right-wing dimwit.
December 19, 2022
The Soapbox
The Next Step in the Fight for the Good Life
How Democrats can heed the lessons of 2022 in the year to come
December 10, 2022
Hit Corporate America Where It Hertz
The rental car agency is getting away with subjecting its customers to false arrests and imprisonment. How bad do things have to get before there are real consequences for bad behavior?
December 3, 2022
The Soapbox
The GOP’s “New Direction”: More Extremism
If you think that Republicans have learned any lessons from their disappointing midterm election showing, think again.
November 21, 2022
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Guess What, It’s Abolish-the-Debt-Ceiling O’Clock (Again)
If the Democrats don’t use the lame-duck session to take this economic doomsday device out of the incoming GOP’s hands, God help us all.
November 12, 2022
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Biden’s Democracy Argument Worked
The pundits thought the Democratic Party’s closing argument for the midterms was going to end in certain disaster. Swing and a miss!
November 11, 2022
Kevin McCarthy Is in Trouble
As the GOP’s margin of victory in the House dwindles in the direction of single digits, so too go his chances of becoming speaker.

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