Chris Lehmann

Washington, D.C.

D.C. Bureau Chief at The Nation

When reality becomes digital, and the big hankering cometh, I'll vote for life in the big choice poll. See also: @[email protected]

Articles

Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show

1 week ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

Politics / Trump, his minions, and El Salvador’s president teamed up to tell a string of obscene lies about the innocent man they sent to a gulag. Ad Policy It appears to be official: the illegal operation that has sent at least 238 immigrants to El Salvador’s brutal and repressive Cecot megaprison will continue in defiance of the Constitution, human rights protections, and whatever remains of the rule of law.
Trade Catastrophe Could Be the Thing That Finally Tears the GOP Apart

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

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May 2025 Issue

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | D.D. Guttenplan |Jodi Dean |Charles Glass |Chris Lehmann

Books & the Arts Trump’s “Art of” trilogy may be full of willful exaggeration but the books also reveal how the 1980s and 90s formed his dog-eat-dog worldview.
Katrina vanden Heuvel Resumes Editorship of ‘The Nation’

3 weeks ago | thenation.com | D.D. Guttenplan |Katrina vanden Heuvel |Chris Lehmann

Politics / April 3, 2025 Katrina vanden Heuvel Resumes Editorship of ‘The Nation’D.D. Guttenplan, Nation editor from 2019 to 2025, returns to his reporting roots as special correspondent and host of a new Nation podcast.
Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic Catastrophe

3 weeks ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

Economy / April 1, 2025 Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic CatastropheNew trade barriers are going to reduce demand for US exports while increasing the cost of living domestically. This will only worsen conditions in the manufacturing sector. Ad Policy Tags reading “Buy Canadian Instead” are seen on the empty shelf of American products at a supermarket on March 28, 2025, in Vancouver, Canada.
Dumbest Fascist Timeline Ever

4 weeks ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

Politics / March 27, 2025 Dumbest Fascist Timeline EverThe gang that couldn’t text straight is now trying to convince us that doing wars over Signal is no big deal. You’d have to be as hapless as they are to believe that. Ad Policy Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, left, and John Ratcliffe, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, during a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Tierney L.
The Opposition Party That Wasn’t

1 month ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

Politics / March 25, 2025 The Opposition Party That Wasn’tWith Democrats failing to put up much of a fight against the Trump administration, favorability ratings have plummeted to an all-time low. Ad Policy Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) emerges from a Senate Democratic Caucus meeting at the US Capitol.
Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education

1 month ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

Politics / March 21, 2025 Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public EducationYesterday’s executive order would dismantle the Department of Education, shutting down programs American families rely on. Ad Policy President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025.
Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire”

1 month ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

Politics / March 19, 2025 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? Ad Policy Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks alongside Neera Tanden, the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress (CAP) at the office of the CAP Action Fund on March 18, 2025, in Washington, DC.
Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch

1 month ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

Politics / March 14, 2025 Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the LurchThe Senate minority leader appears to think the way to resist the Trump administration is by voting for the GOP’s spending bill. Ad Policy Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to a crowd gathered in front of the U.S. Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC.