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).

Pam Bondi, US attorney general, and Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during a press conference at Port Everglades on April 9, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does

And so do all of his cronies.

Apr 18, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House April 14, 2025

Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show

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.

Apr 15, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

A MAGA hat on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 7, 2025.

A Trade Catastrophe Could Be the Thing That Finally Tears the GOP Apart A Trade Catastrophe Could Be the Thing That Finally Tears the GOP Apart

The fallout from Trump’s tariff plans has pitted the Republican financial elite against MAGA culture warriors in a way that threatens to split the coalition.

Apr 10, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

President Trump Holds

Trump’s Delusional Tariff Policy Is Already Wreaking Havoc Trump’s Delusional Tariff Policy Is Already Wreaking Havoc

The economy took an immediate hit after the president’s “Liberation Day ”announcement.

Apr 3, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Tags reading “Buy Canadian Instead” are seen on the empty shelf of American products at a supermarket on March 28, 2025, in Vancouver, Canada.

Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic Catastrophe Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic Catastrophe

New 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.

Apr 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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.

Dumbest Fascist Timeline Ever Dumbest Fascist Timeline Ever

The 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.

Mar 27, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Chuck Schumer coming through a doorway

The Opposition Party That Wasn’t The Opposition Party That Wasn’t

With Democrats failing to put up much of a fight against the Trump administration, favorability ratings have plummeted to an all-time low.

Mar 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

President Trump Signs Executive Order To Severely Shrink Department Of Education

Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education

Yesterday’s executive order would dismantle the Department of Education, shutting down programs American families rely on.

Mar 21, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Illinois Governor Pritzker Speaks At Center For American Progress In Washington, DC

Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire” 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?

Mar 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to a crowd gathered in front of the US Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on February 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch

The Senate minority leader appears to think the way to resist the Trump administration is by voting for the GOP’s spending bill.

Mar 14, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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