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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 16, 2022
Jason Linkins
Corporate America’s Long Con
Howard Schultz, Starbucks’s returning CEO, says the coffee chain is getting into scammy NFTs. But that’s nothing compared to the scam that corporations have been pulling on workers for decades now.
April 2, 2022
Jason Linkins
The QAnon Style of Politics Is Taking Over America
This isn’t a conspiracy theory. It’s the conspiracy itself.
March 26, 2022
Jason Linkins
Washington Has Pushed Children to the Edge of the Cliff
A fiscal crisis is looming for the childcare industry, and the Democrats don’t have the votes to do anything about it.
March 19, 2022
Jason Linkins
The Democrats’ Complicated Dance With Neoconservative Heiress Liz Cheney
The Wyoming representative has been a rare anti-Trump voice among Republicans in Congress, but is that reason enough for Democrats to boost her political career?
March 12, 2022
Jason Linkins
The Vicious Cycle of Covid-19 and Economic Inequality
The pandemic widened the gaps between the haves and have-nots—thus sowing the seeds of the next pandemic.
March 9, 2022
Jason Linkins
Bad News for Marjorie Taylor Greene: Congress Might Bring Back Earmarks
The end of the formal ban on the practice will force Capitol Hill’s MAGA performance artists to do some real legislative work for a change.
March 5, 2022
Jason Linkins
Democrats Can’t Be Shy About Rallying for Democracy
Whether or not we will continue to live in a just world is at stake in the upcoming midterm elections.
February 26, 2022
Jason Linkins
Rick Scott’s Manifesto Is Just a Bankrupt Repetition of Republican Dogma
The Florida senator’s plan to “rescue America” is being portrayed as a P.R. problem for the party, when in fact it merely reflects the GOP’s long-standing, well-known radicalism.
February 19, 2022
Jason Linkins
Sarah Palin’s Hard Lesson for Journalists
Her lawsuit against The New York Times, and a misguided CNN essay about Joe Rogan and the January 6 riot, show the risks of straining to make eye-catching connections in the news of the day.
February 12, 2022
Jason Linkins
The Real Problem With Spotify Isn’t Joe Rogan
It’s how the streaming service exploits musicians to pay podcasters like Rogan millions of dollars.
February 5, 2022
Jason Linkins
The Emerging Plot to Defend Trump’s Next Coup
The former president is acting more brazen than ever, and he’s adding reinforcements to his corrupt cause.
January 29, 2022
Jason Linkins
The Supreme Court at the Crossroads of Hackery
How will the law work in a world where the high court is making up the rules as it goes along?
January 22, 2022
Jason Linkins
Let’s Oust Congress’s Stock Market Miscreants!
Senator Jon Ossoff is leading a push to ban lawmakers from playing the stock market.
January 15, 2022
Jason Linkins
Democrats Need to Make the Bad Guys Take Some Tough Votes
The worst political fight is the one you never start.
January 8, 2022
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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.

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