Tapping the sign: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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DC bureau chief, The Nation. Former EIC, The Baffler and the New Republic. Powertown flaneur
@chrislehmann.bsky.social@chrislehmann.bsky.socialThe scandal of Hastert's speakership: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialThat'd be another firm no.
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialOur "Secretary of War"---aka the dumbest-ever member of the Society for Creative Anachronism
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialAt long last, sir, have you . . . no fucking clue what sports team you're talking about?
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialThe Trumpaganda phase of democratic decline: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.comTrump Is Using Your Taxpayer Money to Pay for Illegal Election PropagandaBut as brazen and authoritarian as the provenance of these ad spots are, they seem likely to backfire.
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialOne byproduct of letting your party devolve into a Ceasarian cult of personality: many of your standard bearers become really really bad at basic politics.
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialThanks bigly in turn--you're too kind!
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialFunnily enough, this posted exactly a year after I wrote about the launch of Jentleson's think tank, the Searchlight Institute: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
@jacobsilverman.comReposted by @chrislehmann.bsky.socialToday is the paperback release, with a new afterword, of GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY. It's my look at the rise of the tech right, the 2024 election, and the bankrupt ideologies animating tech oligarchs.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/gilded-ra...
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialI wrote up Adam Jentleson's supermajority scam for the old crew at @thebaffler.com thebaffler.com/latest/stupo...
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialLet the White House press briefings die: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.comTrump Wants to Keep Journalists Out of the White House. He Should Get His Wish.The president has banned MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from attending press briefings. The rest of the media should respond with a boycott.
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialSaying it loud for the Democratic leaders in the room: AI IS A KITCHEN TABLE ISSUE (my latest for @thenation.com) www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.comAI Is a Kitchen-Table IssueAnd with the Trump administration encouraging unregulated growth in the industry, Democrats need to start acting like it.
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialTo paraphrase that Nixon functionary in All the President's Men: If you could bring down Ed Sheeran, that would be beautiful. www.rollingstone.com/product-reco...
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialWe've finally hit the epicenter of the rightwing case against AI regulation
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialReal populists want greater ballot access; stop calling MAGA "populist" (My latest Nation print column) www.thenation.com/article/poli...
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialYes, please pretend that Trump is on the midterms ballot: My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.comTrump Wants Voters to Pretend He’s on the BallotBut Republican midterm candidates are hoping everyone forgets he exists.
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialHell is, indeed, other people. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialHow did we ever manage to end up on this timeline?
@chrislehmann.bsky.socialThe Populist roots of the anti-data center uprising: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.comTrump Can’t Stop the Populist Uprising Against Data CentersThe grassroots revolt against AI oligarchs is reviving a more than a century-old fight against robber barons and their attempts to seize land, water, and political power.