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Jonathan Weisman

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Assistant Editor, National at The New York Times

Chicago-based national editor for The New York Times, author, (((Semitism))) - Being Jewish in the Age of Trump, and the novel No. 4 Imperial Lane

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  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jonathan Weisman

    Israel calls its attack on Iran’s nuclear program a justified response to an existential threat: Benjamin Netanyahu argues that Iran’s leaders should be taken at their word when they say they wish to wipe his country off the map. So Israel has spent the last several days razing Iran’s nuclear structures and killing the people in charge of them; more than 200 people have died, according to the Iranian health ministry.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jonathan Weisman

    Three times in as many months, people who claim to fight for Palestinian rights have attacked Jews on American soil. Sunday's Molotov cocktail assault in Boulder followed the killing in May of two young Israeli embassy aides in Washington, D.C., and the April firebombing of the governor's mansion in Harrisburg, Pa., where Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were celebrating Passover. This is what a resurgence of violent antisemitism looks like.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | mahoningmatters.com | Rebecca Robbins |Maureen Farrell |Jonathan Weisman |NYT Washington

    Vivek Ramaswamy is the less famous and less wealthy half of the duo of billionaires that President-elect Donald Trump has designated to slash government costs. His better-known co-leader, Elon Musk, stands to benefit from the job in ways that are numerous and glaring. Musk’s companies have tremendous influence, billions of dollars in government contracts and ongoing battles with federal regulators.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | nytimes.com | Rebecca Robbins |Maureen Farrell |Jonathan Weisman

    Vivek Ramaswamy is the less famous and less wealthy half of the duo of billionaires that President-elect Donald J. Trump has designated to slash government costs. His better-known co-leader, Elon Musk, stands to benefit from the job in ways that are numerous and glaring. Mr. Musk's companies have tremendous influence, billions of dollars in government contracts and ongoing battles with federal regulators.

  • Jan 5, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Jonathan Weisman

    CHICAGO — Democrats had just absorbed a crushing defeat in the 1994 midterm elections when President Bill Clinton’s very liberal labor secretary, Robert Reich, ventured into hostile territory to issue a prophetic warning. Struggling workers were becoming “an anxious class,” he said.

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Jonathan Weisman
Jonathan Weisman @jonathanweisman
7 Jun 25

Ask yourself why ICE is conducting these raids in cities like LA and Chicago where they face vociferous opposition but huge agribusinesses in places like @KristiNoem’s South Dakota go untouched.

Jonathan Weisman
Jonathan Weisman @jonathanweisman
7 Jun 25

How in the world do you give up a short-handed goal to the Sunrise Geriatrics?

Jonathan Weisman
Jonathan Weisman @jonathanweisman
7 Jun 25

You mean governance by plutocrats if you’re trying to delineate their wealth. Oligarchy is governance by a small clique, they don’t have to be wealthy. Plutocracy is governance by a few fabulously wealthy individuals.

Delia Ramirez
Delia Ramirez @DeliaRamirezIL

This is governance by oligarchs working exactly as designed. A couple of billionaires having a pissing contest to distract us from the way they wrecked our economy, kidnapped our neighbors, and rigged our budget to steal from working people.