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).

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The House GOP Weaponizes Its Grievances The House GOP Weaponizes Its Grievances

The party's new House select committee is nothing but a Trumped-up foray in the right's ongoing culture war.

Jan 12, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Kevin McCarthy’s Reign Begins—for Now

Kevin McCarthy’s Reign Begins—for Now Kevin McCarthy’s Reign Begins—for Now

The morning after the second anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Republicans managed to elect Kevin McCarthy speaker of the House.

Jan 9, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

The January 6 Report and Trump’s Gospel of Success

The January 6 Report and Trump’s Gospel of Success The January 6 Report and Trump’s Gospel of Success

On the anniversary of the insurrection at the Capitol, the House select committee’s report documents the former president’s culpability—and his state of mind.

Jan 6, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

We Need to Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin

The House of Representatives failed to designate a speaker to inaugurate a new session for the first time in a century, leaving former minority leader Kevin McCarthy in the dust.

Jan 4, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Meta CEO Zuckerberg Testifies In FTC Merger Challenge to VR Deal

Big Tech’s Monopoly on Congress Big Tech’s Monopoly on Congress

Lawmakers have tried to introduce legislation seeking to advance antitrust reform. Google, Amazon, and Meta have spent millions fighting it.

Dec 22, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Citizen Musk

Citizen Musk Citizen Musk

The rise and fall of a would-be media tycoon.

Dec 19, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual

The legal and regulatory establishment has permitted a pattern of fraud and misrepresentation nested in the very business model of the crypto industry.

Dec 15, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Elon Musk Buys Social Network Twitter

Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media

The aspiring Twitter impresario has taken the major problems of the industry and kicked them into overdrive.

Dec 13, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Alvin Bragg walking through a corridor after a guilty verdict in the Trump organization prosecution

After Decades of Corruption, Donald Trump Has His First Adverse Legal Verdict After Decades of Corruption, Donald Trump Has His First Adverse Legal Verdict

Will the guilty verdict for the Trump Organization turn the tide on holding the former president accountable?

Dec 7, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Donald Trump hugs the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in 2020.

The Terminator The Terminator

The former president announced his intentions to dismantle the constitution. The GOP's indifference was deafening.

Dec 6, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

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