The Media Can’t Get Enough of the Debt Ceiling The Media Can’t Get Enough of the Debt Ceiling
The debt limit on government spending is an obsolete holdover from a century ago. But the political media can't stop equivocating over it.
Jan 23, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Did Twitter Let Trump Post His Way Into a Coup? Did Twitter Let Trump Post His Way Into a Coup?
The January 6 report omits the committee’s own analysis of the role social media played in the insurrection at the US Capitol.
Jan 19, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Republicans Are Cooking Up Their Dumbest Controversy Yet Republicans Are Cooking Up Their Dumbest Controversy Yet
In its latest distraction-mongering tantrum, the right is up in arms over how to heat a stove.
Jan 17, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
The House GOP Weaponizes Its Grievances The House GOP Weaponizes Its Grievances
The party's new House select committee is nothing but a Trumped-up foray in the right's ongoing culture war.
Jan 12, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Kevin McCarthy’s Reign Begins—for Now Kevin McCarthy’s Reign Begins—for Now
The morning after the second anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Republicans managed to elect Kevin McCarthy speaker of the House.
Jan 9, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
The January 6 Report and Trump’s Gospel of Success The January 6 Report and Trump’s Gospel of Success
On the anniversary of the insurrection at the Capitol, the House select committee’s report documents the former president’s culpability—and his state of mind.
Jan 6, 2023 / Editorial / Chris Lehmann
We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin
The House of Representatives failed to designate a speaker to inaugurate a new session for the first time in a century, leaving former minority leader Kevin McCarthy in the dust.
Jan 4, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Big Tech’s Monopoly on Congress Big Tech’s Monopoly on Congress
Lawmakers have tried to introduce legislation seeking to advance antitrust reform. Google, Amazon, and Meta have spent millions fighting it.
Dec 22, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Citizen Musk Citizen Musk
The rise and fall of a would-be media tycoon.
Dec 19, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual
The legal and regulatory establishment has permitted a pattern of fraud and misrepresentation nested in the very business model of the crypto industry.
Dec 15, 2022 / Chris Lehmann