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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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January 15, 2022
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Democrats Need to Make the Bad Guys Take Some Tough Votes
The worst political fight is the one you never start.
January 8, 2022
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Most January 6 Defendants Are Getting Light Sentences—and That’s OK
Judges have been relatively merciful in punishing the first tranche of Capitol rioters, with good reason.
December 18, 2021
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The Debt Ceiling Is Congress’s Dumbest and Most Dangerous Game
Lawmakers agreed to raise the debt limit until 2023, but the fear of a breach is only mounting.
December 11, 2021
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Is Criticizing Joe Biden a Danger to Democracy?
As concerns mount over the future of free and fair elections, a debate has broken out about whether the media must protect Biden to save the republic.
December 4, 2021
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The “Better” Republicans Aren’t Coming
As the House GOP caucus eats its own in tribal tests of purity, it’s hard to imagine that a party that hasn’t been normal for years will ever be normal again.
November 20, 2021
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Fix the Olympics—or Burn Them to the Ground
International sports’ most heralded competition is stuck on a trajectory that will force the games into the arms of corrupt nations.
November 13, 2021
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Here’s How the Build Back Better Act Will Get Enacted
If you think that Biden’s big social provision bill is dead, think again. And again, and again.
November 6, 2021
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The Supreme Court’s Plot Against Democracy—and the Planet
The court’s conservative majority has targeted the EPA with a tradition-smashing move that could imperil the administrative state.
October 30, 2021
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The Biden Administration Doesn’t Take Voter Suppression Seriously
The risk to free and fair elections has never been greater, and the GOP’s threats aren’t being met with sufficient opposition.
October 23, 2021
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Joe Manchin Is Bad for West Virginians
Throughout the negotiations over Biden’s Build Back Better bill, the senator has unerringly demanded changes that would harm his state’s residents.
October 16, 2021
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Don’t Let the Austerity Hacks Get Their Hooks in the Climate Debate
Nothing will fracture the global consensus on saving the planet than propagandists masquerading as avatars of fiscal responsibility.
October 9, 2021
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Here Come the Bathroom Protesters!
Rude politics are inevitable when elected officials, like Kyrsten Sinema, open their doors to corporate elites but not their own constituents.
October 2, 2021
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Corporate Democrats Are Killing Biden’s Agenda
And in doing so, they’re threatening the party’s electoral future.
September 25, 2021
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What Will Democrats Tell Voters If They Screw This Up?
The party has been feuding over several big bills. If they don’t pass, you can kiss Congress—and probably the White House—goodbye.
September 18, 2021
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How Congress Created the Peril of Trump’s Harrowing Final Days
Bob Woodward’s new book reports that General Mark Milley feared Trump might attack China. Such a scenario is only possible because lawmakers ceded their war-making power to the executive branch.
September 11, 2021
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Why Would Corporate America Save Reproductive Rights?
Major U.S. companies apparently don’t see Texas’s abortion ban as an economic threat.
September 6, 2021
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The End of the Eviction Moratorium Is a Wake-Up Call for Democratic Lawmakers
Recent Supreme Court rulings have highlighted the party’s staggering legislative impotence.
August 28, 2021
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The California Recall Election Could Wreck the Country
Gavin Newsom’s wayward political career is not the biggest thing at stake.
August 21, 2021
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The War in Afghanistan Was a Scam
The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.
August 14, 2021
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Say Goodbye to Senate Reform
The infrastructure bill prevailed. So will the filibuster.

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