Jonathan Alter

Co-Host, Alter Family Politics at SiriusXM Canada

Writer at Old Goats with Jonathan Alter

Husband, father; author (of books on FDR, Obama and Carter); MSNBC analyst; documentary filmmaker; columnist; founder, https://t.co/EzVqSYgSWW

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OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter

6 days ago | oldgoats.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

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The Pope is a White Sox Fan

6 days ago | oldgoats.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

Why does this Jew love the new pope? Let me count the ways. After I do, I’ll tell you something about Leo XIV’s connection to Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the Trump/Musk demolition project, which, as Bill Gates told the Financial Times this week, has led to “the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.”Every pope from 1523 to 1978 was Italian. Then we had a Pole, a German, and an Argentinian. Now we've got one of my homies.
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1 week ago | oldgoats.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

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2 weeks ago | oldgoats.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

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Trump's First 100 Days: Roosevelt in Reverse

2 weeks ago | washingtonmonthly.com | Jonathan Alter

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt lifted the United States out of the fetal position with his thrilling First Hundred Days. I entitled my first book The Defining Moment because this period changed the social contract—the deal—between the American people and their government by redefining what we owe each other. That “New Deal” is now 92 years old. It is still in place. But the world FDR helped to build is under assault as never before.
Trump’s First 100 Days: Roosevelt in Reverse

2 weeks ago | oldgoats.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt lifted the United States out of the fetal position with his thrilling First Hundred Days. I entitled my first book The Defining Momentbecause this period changed the social contract — the deal — between the American people and their government by redefining what we owe each other. That “New Deal” is now 92 years old. It is still in place. But the world FDR helped to build is under assault as never before.
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3 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

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Hey, TV, Don’t Bend the Knee!

3 weeks ago | oldgoats.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

The producer of 60 Minutes and the Evening News resigned today because he wouldn’t apologize for an accurate story. Now his colleagues must stand up.
Trump’s Huge Tariff Exemption Grift

4 weeks ago | oldgoats.substack.com | Jonathan Alter

There’s an old saw: If you lay every economist end to end, they still won’t reach a conclusion. Not true. Every economist except for ex-con Peter Navarro, who was recently exposed as having invented an imaginary expert to bolster his research, concluded that President Trump’s now-paused tariff policy was not just wrong but idiotic.
Trump's Huge Tariff Exemption Grift

4 weeks ago | washingtonmonthly.com | Jonathan Alter

There’s an old saw: If you lay every economist end to end, they still won’t reach a conclusion. Not true. Every economist except for ex-con Peter Navarro, who was recently exposed as having invented an imaginary expert to bolster his research, concluded that President Trump’s now-paused tariff policy was not just wrong but idiotic.