Joshua Zeitz
@joshuamzeitz.bsky.social
Historian. Politico Magazine contributing writer. NYT best-selling author, including Building the Great Society and Lincoln’s Boys. Twitter refugee. This place is nicer, but I still block antisemites.
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A reminder that, no, the president (for that matter, the government) cannot strip a natural born citizen of her citizenship. That said, if this renegade SCOTUS wants to change the clear letter of the law, I can think of at least 3, maybe 5, justices the next president might consider denaturalizing.
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Hey fellow Jerseyans. Don’t be fooled by Jack Chitarelli. He’s not a “normie” Republican. Those no longer exist. He’s MAGA. Like all MAGAs he’s an extremist, a hate monger, and has an unhealthy obsession with girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms. This is a campaign text I just received.
I don’t share the point of view that this is way down on the list of problems. It’s enormously unsettling. He doesn’t own the White House. It belongs to the country. It was never his to demolish and replace with a shitty Atlantic City casino ballroom. The next president should bulldoze and rebuild.
This article is at once shocking and entirely predictable. Today's GOP is a breeding ground for violent, disturbed young men and women who genuinely hate living in a diverse liberal democracy. The young leaders profiled in this piece are dangerous people. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...