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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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November 6, 2021
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
Corporate Democrats Are Killing Biden’s Agenda
And in doing so, they’re threatening the party’s electoral future.
September 25, 2021
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
The California Recall Election Could Wreck the Country
Gavin Newsom’s wayward political career is not the biggest thing at stake.
August 21, 2021
Jason Linkins
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
Jason Linkins
Say Goodbye to Senate Reform
The infrastructure bill prevailed. So will the filibuster.
August 7, 2021
Jason Linkins
The Democrats Are Freaking Out About the 2022 Midterms. Good!
The party is rightly worried about polls showing Republican gains. The solution is to stop talking about doing things and start actually doing them.
November 20, 2020
Jason Linkins, Matt Ford
Trump’s Motley Gang of Dead-Enders Are Circling the Drain
The president’s attempts to undo the election result have largely been a farce, but the lasting damage to our civic fabric is no laughing matter.
November 8, 2020
Jason Linkins, Mark Peterson
A Weeklong Election, in Pictures
Mark Peterson documents the longest election night that ever was.
October 8, 2020
Jason Linkins
Kamala Harris and Mike Pence Tried to Have a Normal Debate. It Didn’t Quite Work.
The unrelenting chaos of this Covid week ensured that the vice presidential hopefuls never left the edge of Donald Trump’s abyss.
June 16, 2020
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Don’t Just Save the Postal Service. Reinvent It.
The USPS could be the government at its best, if politicians gave it a chance.
April 29, 2020
Jason Linkins
The Democrats’ Very Revealing Angst About Justin Amash
If the would-be Libertarian candidate “spoils” the race, Joe Biden and his party will have no one to blame but themselves.
March 18, 2020
Jason Linkins
It’s Joe Biden’s Party Now
After Tuesday’s primaries, his nomination is a given. But what is Bernie Sanders’s endgame?

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