Outside the Beltway

“Foreboding”

Gas prices.

Whatever that means.

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

The Commonwealth’s off-off year contests will be seen as a referendum on Trump.

Not really posts, but hey, here they are anyway.

The loss of many key leaders in short order is a serious problem.

Trump Mobile!

Trump and Netanyahu do not see eye to eye on the matter.

She’s making no one happy.

This week: Star Trek: The Animated Series.

Trump’s latest social media screed.

Montgomery, AL.

A state Representative and his wife have also been shot and are in the hospital.

Force to create compliance should not be supported or excused. And yet…

The authoritarian rhetoric continues.

The war is on.

“Turmoil Above, Peace Below”

The crime: trying to ask DHS Secretary Noem a question at a press conference in a federal building.

The challenges and harms of meeting campaign promises.

The prize: sick and dead US children

A tidbit from Trump’s Fort Bragg speech.

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

A major escalation in Middle East tensions is forecast.

The Beach Boy legend is gone at 82.

But Not Really (Wink Wink)

Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg.

“A brazen attempt at political intimidation.”

The information bubble is real.

He’s clearly using the standoff with the White House to elevate his national stature.

One poll, to be sure, but not one in Trump’s favor.

While critics warn of fascism, the public is thus far backing Trump’s immigration crackdown.

You know, as one does.

This week we talk the weird 70s with the co-hosts of Monster Talk.