Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth
The book's focus on an individualized rise to power lets the American media, political system, and cult of entrepreneurship off the hook.
Oct 5, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
The Tyranny of the Supreme Court The Tyranny of the Supreme Court
With its Trump-secured right-wing majority, the Supreme Court has reverted to long-standing form as a bastion of reactionary policy.
Oct 4, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Bipartisanship Is Bullshit Bipartisanship Is Bullshit
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema claimed in a recent speech that voters hunger for greater cooperation in Congress. History shows that it’s a dead end.
Sep 29, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Embrace of QAnon Realizes the Dream of the Religious Right Trump’s Embrace of QAnon Realizes the Dream of the Religious Right
For evangelicals and conservative Christians, the former president's cult-like rallies have placed their ritualized militancy at the center of American politics.
Sep 23, 2022 / Highlights / Chris Lehmann
DeSantis’s Contempt for Immigrants Makes Him Politically Stupid DeSantis’s Contempt for Immigrants Makes Him Politically Stupid
The Florida governor’s stunt to send Venezuelan asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard was cruel and illegal—it could also backfire on him.
Sep 19, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office
Republicans who claim the 2020 election was rigged are on the ballot for 60 percent of the electorate. Their influence on future elections could be devastating.
Sep 15, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Trump Proves That Presidents Have Too Much Power Trump Proves That Presidents Have Too Much Power
The expansion of executive privilege under Bush and Obama gave their successor license he recklessly exploited.
Sep 12, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
The GOP Is Pretending It’s Not the Party of Trump The GOP Is Pretending It’s Not the Party of Trump
Republicans want to have it both ways, distancing themselves from the former president's scandals while carrying out his political agenda.
Sep 7, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Democrats Need to Start Talking About Class Democrats Need to Start Talking About Class
With midterms on the horizon, Republicans are making cynical appeals to working Americans. We can’t afford to cede the territory.
Aug 31, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
How the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for Insurrection How the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for Insurrection
The post-election uprising in Miami-Dade County gives the lie to the depiction of the failed Trumpian coup as an isolated event.
Aug 4, 2022 / Chris Lehmann