chrislehmann
@chrislehmann.bsky.social
DC bureau chief, The Nation. Former EIC, The Baffler and the New Republic. Powertown flaneur
Fuck you and the contrarian take you rode in on. archive.ph/zjPGA
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December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fuck you and the contrarian take you rode in on. archive.ph/zjPGA
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I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Bari Weiss's Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets "60 Minutes"
The new editor-in-chief at CBS News has shown she's not merely stupendously unqualified--she's ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Just leaving this here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just leaving this here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Oh look, another one to impeach
Brendan Carr told senators today that the FCC is not independent.
Within minutes, the agency updated its website.
My latest with Ian Duncan for the @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Within minutes, the agency updated its website.
My latest with Ian Duncan for the @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Brendan Carr said the FCC isn’t independent. Its website quickly updated.
The Federal Communications Commission chairman faced questioning over the agency’s role in pressuring media companies and its independence from the president.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oh look, another one to impeach
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For @thenation.com, here's my obituary of Norman Podhoretz—the last canonical New York intellectual, and the first of a now-familiar breed of discourse demagogue
The Longest Journey Is Over
With the death of Norman Podhoretz at 95, the transition from New York’s intellectual golden age to the age of grievance and provocation is complete.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For @thenation.com, here's my obituary of Norman Podhoretz—the last canonical New York intellectual, and the first of a now-familiar breed of discourse demagogue
It's the economy, nutcase: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Economy Is Flatlining—and So Is Trump
The president’s usual tricks are no match for a weakening jobs market and persistent inflation.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's the economy, nutcase: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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ICYMI, I wrote about Greg Bovino texting someone to complain that DHS is hiding him, and appearing to admit that Border Patrol was running license plates to find doors to knock on.
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ICYMI, I wrote about Greg Bovino texting someone to complain that DHS is hiding him, and appearing to admit that Border Patrol was running license plates to find doors to knock on.
Impeach Pete! My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth Is On
Democratic congressman Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against the secretary of defense over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Impeach Pete! My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why go with this headline when "Heaven Knows They're Miserable Now" was just sitting there? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion | For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment
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December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Why go with this headline when "Heaven Knows They're Miserable Now" was just sitting there? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Trump's race-baiting desperation: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred
A barrage of bad economic news has spurred Trump to unleash his hate-infested id on any nonwhite target that flits through his overtaxed brainpan.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Trump's race-baiting desperation: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
OK, now I'm starting to let my guard down and feel hopeful. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Elon Musk predicts 12 years of Trump Vance Vance
Musk was bullish on the GOP's presidential prospects at a DOGE reunion in Texas, where he appeared virtually, citing fears of assassination.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
OK, now I'm starting to let my guard down and feel hopeful. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The republic would be in far better shape if we devoted more attention to Sabrina Carpenter's views than we have to the exploits of Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The republic would be in far better shape if we devoted more attention to Sabrina Carpenter's views than we have to the exploits of Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza
The White House's media malice campaign: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The White House Press Tracker Is a Parody of Media Criticism
With his approval number plummeting, Trump turns to a familiar strategy: launch a culture war against journalists.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The White House's media malice campaign: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Nuzzi seizure of power: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Nuzzi Seizure of Power
The journalist’s rise and fall and rise again looks like a performance of tabloid drama. But really, it’s Beltway access reporting taken to its natural extreme.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Nuzzi seizure of power: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
It happened here, and how: my latest Nation print column www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The 1935 Novel That Predicted Trump’s Second Term
Sinclair Lewis imagined an American version of the rise of fascism in Europe. His predictions didn’t come true then, but seem eerily familiar now.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It happened here, and how: my latest Nation print column www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein and the predators' code: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Who’s Afraid of the Epstein Files?
The release of Jeffrey Epstein’s documents is likely to implicate a whole network of members of the American ruling class.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Jeffrey Epstein and the predators' code: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump's Epstein-dammerung: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Epstein Files Could Sink Finally Donald Trump
New emails show Trump knew of Epstein’s trafficking. As sickening as it is, it should be no surprise.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trump's Epstein-dammerung: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The socialism of fools without the socialism
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The socialism of fools without the socialism
MAGA rendered powerless by hurled sandwich: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
DC’s Antifascist Hero—Sandwich Guy—Is Free
A jury refuses to succumb to MAGA’s condiment conspiracy theory.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MAGA rendered powerless by hurled sandwich: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Turns out that ruling on the brutality of a sandwich assault is a lot like adjudicating a reception in the NFL
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Turns out that ruling on the brutality of a sandwich assault is a lot like adjudicating a reception in the NFL
I think he's better off keeping to the "I haven't heard anything about this" line
Johnson: I don't think the loss last night was any reflection about Republicans at all.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I think he's better off keeping to the "I haven't heard anything about this" line
Can the Dems capitalize on Trump's plunging approval ratings? My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Approval Ratings Have Hit a New Low
And Democrats need to seize the moment—for once.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Can the Dems capitalize on Trump's plunging approval ratings? My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Just thinking back to 2020, when savvy Resistance Democrats were lobbying to replace Joe Biden at the top of the presidential ticket with Andrew Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Just thinking back to 2020, when savvy Resistance Democrats were lobbying to replace Joe Biden at the top of the presidential ticket with Andrew Cuomo.
The great @attackerman.bsky.social weighs in on the gruesome Cheney legacy at @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The great @attackerman.bsky.social weighs in on the gruesome Cheney legacy at @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Dick Cheney, we knew you all too fucking well. observer.com/2007/07/chen...
Cheney Undisclosed: Flattering Biography Never Lifts the Veil
CHENEY: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA’S MOST POWERFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL VICE PRESIDENTBy Stephen F. HayesHarperCollins, 578 pages, $27.95“Untold story” is right. Weekly Standard senior writer Stephen…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dick Cheney, we knew you all too fucking well. observer.com/2007/07/chen...