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Live with Jonathan Alter and Julian Zelizer
A recording from Jonathan Alter's live video with Julian Zelizer
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Jonathan Alter
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3:12
Harvard Begins to Redeem Itself
After the university fumbled its problems with anti-Semitism, President Alan Garber stands strong against the Trump regime. Let’s hope his courage is…
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Jonathan Alter
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Trump’s Huge Tariff Exemption Grift
The latest shakedown makes Tammany Hall and the Daley Machine look like the League of Women Voters
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Why RFK Jr. Might Bite the Dust
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A Life Sentence of Disgrace
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Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”
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A Low Point for America
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Tsar Trump Thinks He’s the State
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Confronting Chaos, Corruption, Cruelty and Cowardice
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29:40
This Week in Trump
As part of Julian Zelizer's first week on Substack, we try to explain where we are now.
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2:38
Wisconsin Watershed Will Shape Midterms
Musk is now an albatross around the neck of MAGA candidates and Trump knows it.
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Jonathan Alter
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The Character Test of Our Time
We’ll all have to explain our choices to our grandchildren
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4:11
A Constitutional Crisis is Already Underway
Trump’s defiance of Judge Boasberg’s court order crossed a scary line
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Jonathan Alter
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Will Trump Reap the Whirlwind?
The Orange Menace and his flunkies think a recession would be 'worth it.' They're right about that.
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Jonathan Alter
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Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”
It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy
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Jonathan Alter
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1:46
A Low Point for America
Trump and Vance bully an ally
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Tsar Trump Thinks He’s the State
As he tries to wreck everything, a little history and hope to tide us over
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Jonathan Alter
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Confronting Chaos, Corruption, Cruelty and Cowardice
Four ways to hold the line on Trump and the Muskrats
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