Outside the Beltway

We’ve rolled out a few modest updates to the site design.

Mark Levin says we’re “morons” and “illiterate in English” because we’ve quoted the NYT.

Rather than spamming every comment thread with issues, list any other issues here and we’ll see what we can do. 

The long-overdue redesign of OTB is now live.

Whether it’s the abuse angle or the more serious issue of security clearances, the White House still can’t get the story straight on the Rob Porter case.

While I don’t always agree with her, I’ve never ceased to be amazed at the sheer vitriol she inspires, given that she’s unfailingly polite, not discernibly partisan, and bends over backwards to acknowledge the merits of competing viewpoints.

The Trump Administration is seeking to overhaul the food stamps program.

President Trump spoke up about the spousal abuse charges against his former Staff Secretary Rob Porter. His response was entirely predictable.

The Rob Porter story, which is quickly becoming the Rob Porter scandal, tells us a lot about the Trump White House, and none of it is good.

Today in an increasingly liberal, educated, globalized, and democratic world, we have more reason than ever to listen to the opinion of our peers and, where appropriate, to be open to their counsel.

Last week, the President was calling for national unity. This week, he called political opponents “treasonous.”

President Trump is claiming that the Nunes memo vindicates him. He’s wrong.

Donald Trump lies about even the most trivial matters, How are we supposed to believe anything else he says?

Yesterday marked fifteen years since I launched Outside the Beltway on the old Blogspot service. 

We’re slowly fixing the site.

The redevelopment of the site that I posted about a few weeks back is underway in a phased approach.

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

New reports indicate that the President is spending more and more time watching television and tweeting. That’s not what he was elected to do.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

Whatever goodwill may have existed between the Trump Administration and Steve Bannon appears to have evaporated.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

We’re looking to inject some new life into an old blog.

We’re looking for reader input on site functionality and features.

A recent defection from North Korea gives us a peek inside the DPRK, and it’s not pretty.

The differing reactions among Republicans in Washington and the base of the Republican Party to the charges against Roy Moore have enhanced a civil war inside the Republican Party.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

Forget all the talk about a civil war in the Republican Party, the truth is that Republicans and conservatives have already surrendered to Trump and Bannon.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke loses out on yet another Trump Administration position thanks to Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Another Trump lie.

John Kelly has only been White House Chief of Staff for a month, but it’s already apparent that he isn’t likely to last very long in that position.

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin’s trip to Kentucky that ‘just happened’ to coincide with last month’s eclipse is being investigated by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General.

While the rest of us have been distracted by a hurricane in Texas, Robert Mueller’s investigation continues moving forward.

Controversial Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has resigned and will reportedly go to work for Donald Trump.

New reports of Trump’s business ties to Russia are raising eyebrows.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

A public intellectual is getting the help he needs.

The problem with the Trump White House is the man who sits behind the Resolute Desk.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.