The MAGA Assault on the Media Is Picking Up Steam The MAGA Assault on the Media Is Picking Up Steam
Paramount’s settlement negotiations with President Trump are just one example of the administration’s encroaching suppression of free speech.
Feb 3, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Ten Days That Screwed the World Ten Days That Screwed the World
This time around, Trump is all business—and his singular mission is to overturn the basic canons of constitutional self-government.
Jan 30, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Pardon of Ross Ulbricht Is a Sign of the Corruption to Come Trump’s Pardon of Ross Ulbricht Is a Sign of the Corruption to Come
The president granted the unconditional release of the online drug impresario as a favor to libertarians and cryptocurrency partisans.
Jan 27, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: the Billionaires and the Crypto Bros Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: the Billionaires and the Crypto Bros
In front of Trump stood a handful of CEOs whose combined wealth topped $1.2 trillion. They and the crypto scammers are the true beneficiaries of Trump’s second term.
Jan 20, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Age of Vanceism Is Just Beginning The Age of Vanceism Is Just Beginning
The next four years in American politics may be characterized as much by the vice president as by his boss.
Jan 16, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann
The Media’s Plan for Trump’s Next Term: “Lifestyle Coverage” The Media’s Plan for Trump’s Next Term: “Lifestyle Coverage”
On the eve of the president-elect’s inauguration, mainstream outlets have announced their intention to retreat from politics.
Jan 15, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Donald Trump Is Building a Bridge to 1896 Donald Trump Is Building a Bridge to 1896
The president-elect promises to rule with robber baron tactics and imperial belligerence—just like his role model, William McKinley.
Jan 10, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Next Term Will Make His Historical Revisionism Official Trump’s Next Term Will Make His Historical Revisionism Official
The president-elect continues to escape accountability for his election denialism and endorsement of the January 6 insurrection.
Jan 6, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Crackpot Crypto Scheme to Reduce Inflation Would Be a Financial Catastrophe Trump’s Crackpot Crypto Scheme to Reduce Inflation Would Be a Financial Catastrophe
A federal crypto reserve would only benefit the scoundrels and scammers who helped fund Trump’s presidential campaign.
Dec 31, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right
The Baptist Georgia governor won a majority of evangelical Christian voters in the 1976 presidential election. Next time around, those voters had changed sides—for the long haul.
Dec 30, 2024 / Obituary / Chris Lehmann