chrislehmann

chrislehmann

@chrislehmann.bsky.social

DC bureau chief, The Nation. Former EIC, The Baffler and the New Republic. Powertown flaneur

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chrislehmann
@chrislehmann.bsky.social

Tapping the sign: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comRahm Emanuel’s Losing RecordThe Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.
NBC News@nbcnews.com

Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel calls on Democratic lawmakers to set aside plans to impeach President Trump if they win a majority in the House, pushing them instead to pass an ethics reform package.

nbcnews.toRahm Emanuel says Democrats should focus on ethics reforms rather than impeaching TrumpDemocrats have publicly weighed whether they should pursue impeaching Trump for a third time.
chrislehmann
@chrislehmann.bsky.social

Our "Secretary of War"---aka the dumbest-ever member of the Society for Creative Anachronism

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."

chrislehmann
@chrislehmann.bsky.social

At long last, sir, have you . . . no fucking clue what sports team you're talking about?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

chrislehmann
@chrislehmann.bsky.social

One byproduct of letting your party devolve into a Ceasarian cult of personality: many of your standard bearers become really really bad at basic politics.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.

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lauren
@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

i don't know who thought it was a good idea for the high-profile pedophiles in charge of our government to develop a makework program for lesser known pedophiles within our federal policing apparatus. but i disagree with them

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chrislehmann
@chrislehmann.bsky.social

I was recently interviewed for a Washingtonian feature on Brooks, and after an hourlong conversation, I was only quoted saying "He just makes this shit up." The video below spells out what I meant (and originally said) in incisive detail.

Sam Ulmschneider@samulmschneider.bsky.social

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.

youtube.comThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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David_j_roth
@davidjroth.bsky.social

I wrote about the sad Trump Country Fair thing and the very specific and hilariously shitty vision of America that it expresses. The war on metaphor continues apace. defector.com/dead-country...

defector.comDead Country Fair | DefectorThings come out of Donald Trump’s mouth, then just keep on coming out of it. If he says something once, he will say it again, primarily to reinforce how powerfully and unprecedentedly successful he wa...
chrislehmann
@chrislehmann.bsky.social

Looking forward to him launching a new Third Way movement for unaffiliated assholes with Tucker Carlson. www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...

mediaite.com‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic PrimariesDemocratic strategist James Carville called for a "schism" in the Democratic Party, stating that he wants nothing to do with the likes of three candidates who won their Democratic primaries in New Yor...

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Jacob T. Levy
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social

"It's a republic, not a democracy" say the people cheering for gladiatorial combat in the capital city in a mixture of patriotic fervor and celebration of the ruler's birthday.