Outside the Beltway

How that awful man won again.

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Our long national nightmare is not over.

Lying about hurricanes and stoking ridiculous theories about weather control are the latest examples.

The 45th President and the press, part a million.

And more silence from our MAGA aligned commenters

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

Sometimes the bird gives you the bird

Why press coverage of the former and possibly future President doesn’t match the reality.

To what degree is right wing media shaping Trump’s view of Harris?

Is it the press’s responsibility to turn nonsense into sense?

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Fascist agitation begets violence.

Yet another service disruption over rights fees calls attention to the issue.

J. D. Vance seems to have a cruel sense of humor and issues with women. Weird!

From Juiceboxer to arguably the most important media figure on the left.

Ezra Klein on Manliness, Cat Ladies, Fertility Panic and the 2024 Election.

I love a good data visualization!

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

On hacks and different treatment for Clinton and Trump.

Revisiting an old post.

Unpacking J. D. Vance’s bad PR instincts

Five minutes is an eternity in the current information environment.

An odd juxtaposition in the major press.

Cruelty with compound interest.

I question the timing.

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

Are the press out to get the President? Or abetting a coverup?

The President is going all-in to undo the damage from the debate.

A non-ruling by the Supreme Court is being touted as something else.

Good news is seldom news.

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

Sally Buzzee is out and the staff is “pissed.” Readers will likely notice no difference.

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

The NYT is going all-in painting it as “far more radical, vindictive and unchecked” than the first.

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

The AP journalist taken hostage for almost seven years has died.

Americans are tuning out. Especially those on the right.

There will be lawyers.

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

No, I don’t feel terrible now.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

Two data points are not a trend.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

In a shocking development, the overwhelming frontrunner is winning.

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.