Donald Trump Tells American Jews What to Think Donald Trump Tells American Jews What to Think
In a blatant appeal to conservative Christians, the former president delivered an online rant on the state of Israel with anti-Semitic overtones.
Oct 20, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
J.D. Vance Declares Culture War on Tim Ryan J.D. Vance Declares Culture War on Tim Ryan
In this week’s debate in Youngstown, Ohio, the Republican candidate made a play to energize a far-right base against the Democratic congressman.
Oct 18, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Trump Toadies Control the Republican Party Trump Toadies Control the Republican Party
The Republican Party’s official agenda is a capitulation to extremists and a display of distortion and aggression.
Oct 18, 2022 / Editorial / Chris Lehmann
Kevin McCarthy Is a Quisling Who Stands Apart Kevin McCarthy Is a Quisling Who Stands Apart
Two news stories highlighting the House minority speaker’s role in downplaying the January 6 coup attempt show him to be a weak and amoral Trump collaborator.
Oct 13, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
The Vultures at Alden Capital Want Us to Believe Their Neutrality Is in Good Faith The Vultures at Alden Capital Want Us to Believe Their Neutrality Is in Good Faith
Ending the practice of endorsing presidential candidates isn’t an honorable act of bipartisanship. It’s a craven act of corporate greed.
Oct 10, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth
The book's focus on an individualized rise to power lets the American media, political system, and cult of entrepreneurship off the hook.
Oct 5, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
The Tyranny of the Supreme Court The Tyranny of the Supreme Court
With its Trump-secured right-wing majority, the Supreme Court has reverted to long-standing form as a bastion of reactionary policy.
Oct 4, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Bipartisanship Is Bullshit Bipartisanship Is Bullshit
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema claimed in a recent speech that voters hunger for greater cooperation in Congress. History shows that it’s a dead end.
Sep 29, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Embrace of QAnon Realizes the Dream of the Religious Right Trump’s Embrace of QAnon Realizes the Dream of the Religious Right
For evangelicals and conservative Christians, the former president's cult-like rallies have placed their ritualized militancy at the center of American politics.
Sep 23, 2022 / Highlights / Chris Lehmann
DeSantis’s Contempt for Immigrants Makes Him Politically Stupid DeSantis’s Contempt for Immigrants Makes Him Politically Stupid
The Florida governor’s stunt to send Venezuelan asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard was cruel and illegal—it could also backfire on him.
Sep 19, 2022 / Chris Lehmann