Chris Lehmann

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Chris Lehmann is the DC Bureau chief for The Nation and a contributing editor at The Baffler. He was formerly editor of The Baffler and The New Republic, and is the author, most recently, of The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream (Melville House, 2016).

Chuck Schumer coming through a doorway

The Opposition Party That Wasn’t The Opposition Party That Wasn’t

With Democrats failing to put up much of a fight against the Trump administration, favorability ratings have plummeted to an all-time low.

Mar 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

President Trump Signs Executive Order To Severely Shrink Department Of Education

Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education

Yesterday’s executive order would dismantle the Department of Education, shutting down programs American families rely on.

Mar 21, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Illinois Governor Pritzker Speaks At Center For American Progress In Washington, DC

Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire” Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire”

J.B. Pritzker's appearance at the Center for American Progress met with a resounding reception. But is his elevation to the national stage the way to reach working people?

Mar 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to a crowd gathered in front of the US Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on February 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch

The Senate minority leader appears to think the way to resist the Trump administration is by voting for the GOP’s spending bill.

Mar 14, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

The Washington Post’s Dark Turn

The Washington Post’s Dark Turn The Washington Post’s Dark Turn

Columnist and editor Ruth Marcus has become one of many journalists to resign from the newspaper following increasing interference by its owner Jeff Bezos.

Mar 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Sandy Weir a Trump supporter who was released from prison in February, holds a placard outside the DC Central Detention Facility where some defendants from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol are being held, in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025.

The January 6 Government The January 6 Government

The Capitol insurrection is now Trump’s model for how to carry out his authoritarian agenda in Washington.

Mar 11, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann

New Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel after he was sworn in during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared

Unqualified goons at the top. Conspiracies running wild. A mandate for vengeance. Buckle up.

Feb 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a protest against the nomination of Linda McMahon to serve as President Donald Trump's education secretary, outside the US Capitol on February 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.

We Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Call the US What It Really Is: an Oligarchy We Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Call the US What It Really Is: an Oligarchy

Across the ideological spectrum, anger toward the superrich is a major source of movement energy.

Feb 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

A screenshot from the White House's video showing the deportation of an unidentified immigrant.

Trump Is Taking His War on Immigrants to Despicable New Lows Trump Is Taking His War on Immigrants to Despicable New Lows

It’s not hyperbole to say that the White House is making slavery porn the hallmark of its immigration agenda.

Feb 20, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump appear during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025

DOGE Is a Massive Scam—Even on Its Own Terms DOGE Is a Massive Scam—Even on Its Own Terms

Even if you believe that Musk is trying to root out waste and fraud (and you really shouldn't), he and his dweeby hatchet bros are only making things more corrupt and expensive.

Feb 18, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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